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Special Interest Groups

Interest Group Ratings

Rating Group: Communications Workers of America

1997 Positions

Issues: Labor
State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 38%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 14%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 0%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 13%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 13%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 14%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jon Kyl Republican 0%
AZ U.S. House 4 Edward Pastor Democratic 88%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 71%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 2 Wally Herger, Jr. Republican 13%
CA U.S. House 6 Lynn Woolsey Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 7 George Miller Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 8 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 13 Pete Stark Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 14 Anna Eshoo Democratic 88%
CA U.S. House 16 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 88%
CA U.S. House 17 Sam Farr Democratic 88%
CA U.S. House 24 Elton Gallegly Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 26 David Dreier Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 27 Brad Sherman Democratic 75%
CA U.S. House 28 Howard Berman Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 30 Henry Waxman Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 31 Xavier Becerra Democratic 88%
CA U.S. House 34 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 88%
CA U.S. House 35 Maxine Waters Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 40 Ed Royce Republican 13%
CA U.S. House 41 Jerry Lewis Republican 25%
CA U.S. House 44 Ken Calvert Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 46 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 13%
CA U.S. House 47 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 88%
CA U.S. House 50 Brian Bilbray Republican 13%
CA U.S. House 51 Bob Filner Democratic 88%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 88%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 13%
CT U.S. Senate Sr Joe Lieberman Independent Democrat 43%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 100%
FL U.S. House 3 Corrine Brown Democratic 88%
FL U.S. House 6 Cliff Stearns Republican 13%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 10 Bill Young Republican 25%
FL U.S. House 18 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 38%
FL U.S. House 23 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 100%
FL Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 13%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 13%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 13%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 100%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 100%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 13%
HI U.S. Senate Sr Daniel Inouye Democratic 86%
HI U.S. Senate Jr Daniel Akaka, Sr. Democratic 86%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 100%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 0%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 71%
IA U.S. House 3 Leonard Boswell Democratic 75%
IA U.S. House 4 Tom Latham Republican 0%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 13%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 88%
IL U.S. House 2 Jesse Jackson, Jr. Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 12 Jerry Costello Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 16 Don Manzullo Republican 0%
IL U.S. House 19 John Shimkus Republican 25%
IN U.S. Senate Sr Dick Lugar Republican 0%
IN U.S. Senate Jr Daniel Coats Republican 0%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 88%
IN U.S. House 5 Dan Burton Republican 13%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 0%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 13%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 0%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 0%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 13%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 25%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 57%
MA U.S. Senate Sr John Kerry Democratic 71%
MA U.S. House 1 John Olver Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 2 Richard Neal Democratic 88%
MA U.S. House 3 Jim McGovern Democratic 88%
MA U.S. House 4 Barney Frank Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 7 Ed Markey Democratic 100%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 100%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 100%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 100%
MD U.S. House 6 Roscoe Bartlett Republican 13%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 100%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Olympia Snowe Republican 43%
ME U.S. Senate Jr Susan Collins Republican 14%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 86%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 88%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 25%
MI U.S. House 5 Dale Kildee Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 25%
MI U.S. House 12 Sandy Levin Democratic 88%
MI U.S. House 14 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 86%
MI U.S. House 15 John Dingell Democratic 88%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 75%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 38%
MO U.S. House 8 Jo Ann Emerson Republican 0%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 0%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 0%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 100%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 29%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 71%
NA U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood Republican 25%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 25%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 13%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 88%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 0%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 63%
NC U.S. House 9 Sue Myrick Republican 13%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 100%
ND U.S. Senate Sr Kent Conrad Democratic-NPL 71%
NH U.S. House 2 Charlie Bass Republican 0%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 86%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 88%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 63%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 63%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 8 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 9 Steve Rothman Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 13%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Jeff Bingaman Democratic 71%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 100%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 88%
NY U.S. House 3 Pete King Republican 50%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 88%
NY U.S. House 5 Gary Ackerman Democratic 86%
NY U.S. House 8 Jerry Nadler Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 10 Ed Towns Democratic 83%
NY U.S. House 12 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 14 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 88%
NY U.S. House 15 Charlie Rangel Democratic 88%
NY U.S. House 16 José Serrano Democratic 86%
NY U.S. House 17 Eliot Engel Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 18 Nita Lowey Democratic 75%
NY U.S. House 22 Maurice Hinchey Democratic 88%
NY U.S. House 28 Louise Slaughter Democratic 86%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 100%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 0%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 0%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 0%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 100%
OH U.S. House 10 Dennis Kucinich Democratic 100%
OH U.S. House 14 Steve LaTourette Republican 25%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 13%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 88%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 0%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 14%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 14%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 0%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 86%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 88%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 88%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 88%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 75%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 0%
PA U.S. House 17 Thomas Holden Democratic 86%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 100%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 13%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 100%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 86%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 13%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 13%
TX U.S. Senate Sr Kay Hutchison Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 13%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 13%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 14 Ron Paul Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa-Flores, Sr. Democratic 88%
TX U.S. House 16 Silvestre Reyes Democratic 88%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 88%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 25 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 88%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 88%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 88%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 0%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 0%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 100%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 13%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 75%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 38%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 86%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 100%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 86%
WA U.S. House 4 Richard Hastings Republican 0%
WA U.S. House 6 Norm Dicks Democratic 75%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 88%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 88%
WI U.S. Senate Sr Herb Kohl Democratic 43%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 88%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 25%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 38%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 75%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 86%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 100%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 14%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 14%
Wayne Allard 0%
Thomas Allen 88%
William Archer 0%
Richard Armey 0%
John Ashcroft 0%
Henry Scott Baesler 75%
Richard Hugh Baker 0%
John Baldacci 88%
Cass Ballenger 0%
James Barcia 100%
Robert Barr, Jr. 13%
William Barrett 13%
Herbert Bateman 25%
Bob Bennett 0%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 88%
Douglas Bereuter 13%
Marion Berry 88%
Michael Bilirakis 13%
Rod Blagojevich 88%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 0%
Sherwood Boehlert 50%
Kit Bond 0%
Henry Bonilla 13%
David Edward Bonior 100%
Robert Borski, Jr. 100%
Rick Boucher 88%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 75%
Carol Moseley Braun 86%
John Breaux 29%
George Brown, Jr. 88%
Richard Bryan 29%
Ed Bryant 0%
Dale Bumpers 71%
Jim Bunning 13%
Conrad Burns 14%
Steve Buyer 0%
Robert Byrd 86%
Herbert Callahan 25%
Ben Campbell 29%
Thomas Campbell 25%
Chris Cannon 14%
Julia Carson 100%
Mike Castle 38%
John Chafee 14%
Helen Chenoweth 14%
Jon Lynn Christensen 0%
William Clay, Sr. 100%
Eva Clayton 100%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 71%
Robert Clement 75%
Mac Collins 25%
Larry Combest 0%
Gary Condit 88%
Merrill Cook 13%
John Cooksey 0%
Paul Coverdell 29%
Christopher Cox 0%
William Coyne 100%
Larry Craig 0%
Robert Cramer 63%
Philip Crane 0%
Barbara Cubin 14%
Randall Cunningham 13%
Alfonse D'Amato 43%
Patsy Ann Danner 88%
Thomas Daschle 86%
James Davis 88%
Thomas Davis III 38%
Bill Delahunt 100%
Thomas DeLay 0%
Peter Deutsch 75%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 50%
Jay Dickey 25%
Julian Dixon 88%
Chris Dodd 71%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 0%
Calvin Dooley 63%
John Doolittle 13%
Byron Dorgan 100%
Jennifer Dunn 0%
Chet Edwards 88%
Vern Ehlers 25%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 13%
Philip English 50%
John Ensign 13%
Bob Etheridge 88%
Lane Evans 100%
Terry Everett 13%
Thomas Ewing 0%
Duncan McLauchlin Faircloth 14%
Harris Fawell 38%
Victor Fazio 88%
Russ Feingold 86%
Thomas Foglietta 83%
Mark Foley 13%
Michael Patrick Forbes 50%
Harold Ford, Jr. 88%
Wendell Ford 100%
Tillie Fowler 13%
Jon David Fox 25%
Robert Franks 25%
William Frist 0%
Jonas Frost III 88%
Elizabeth Furse 88%
John Ganske 13%
Sam Gejdenson 100%
George Gekas 25%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 100%
Jim Gibbons 14%
Wayne Gilchrest 14%
Paul Gillmor 25%
Benjamin Gilman 75%
Newt Gingrich 0%
John Glenn 57%
Henry Gonzalez 100%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 50%
William Goodling 13%
Bart Gordon 88%
Slade Gorton 0%
Porter Goss 0%
Daniel Graham 29%
William Phillip Gramm 0%
Rodney Grams 0%
James Greenwood 0%
Judd Gregg 0%
Gilbert Gutknecht 0%
Charles Hagel 0%
Tony Hall 100%
Lee Hamilton 88%
James Hansen 0%
Jane Harman 63%
J. Dennis Hastert 0%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 0%
Joel Hefley 13%
W.G. Hefner 100%
Jesse Helms 0%
Rick Hill 0%
Van Hilleary 13%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 100%
David Lee Hobson 38%
Pete Hoekstra 0%
Ernest Hollings 86%
Darlene Hooley 88%
Stephen Horn 63%
John Nathan Hostettler 13%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 38%
Kenny Hulshof 0%
Duncan Hunter 14%
William Hutchinson 25%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 0%
Henry Hyde 38%
Bob Inglis, Sr. 13%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 0%
William Jefferson 88%
James Merrill Jeffords 0%
William Lewis Jenkins 13%
Christopher John 50%
Jay Johnson 88%
Nancy Johnson 38%
Paul Kanjorski 88%
Sue Kelly 0%
Dirk Kempthorne 0%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 100%
Joseph Kennedy II 100%
Patrick Kennedy 100%
Barbara Bailey Kennelly 88%
Bob Kerrey 43%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 100%
Jay Kim 25%
Gerald Kleczka 88%
Ronald Klink 100%
Scott Klug 25%
Joseph Knollenberg 13%
James Kolbe 14%
John LaFalce 75%
Nicholas Lampson 88%
Tom Lantos 100%
Stephen Largent 0%
Rick Lazio 25%
James Leach 38%
Ron Lewis 13%
John Linder 0%
William Lipinski 63%
Robert Livingston 25%
Trent Lott, Sr. 0%
William Luther 88%
Connie Mack 0%
James Maloney 88%
Thomas Manton 88%
Matthew Martinez 88%
Frank Mascara 100%
Robert Matsui 88%
Karen McCarthy 88%
Bill McCollum 0%
James McCrery III 0%
Joseph McDade 50%
Paul McHale 88%
John McHugh 38%
Scott McInnis 13%
David McIntosh 0%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 100%
Michael McNulty 71%
Martin Meehan 83%
Carrie Meek 88%
Jack Metcalf 25%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 88%
Dan Miller 25%
David Minge 75%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 100%
John Moakley 88%
Alan Mollohan 100%
Constance Morella 38%
Daniel Patrick Moynihan 43%
Frank Murkowski 0%
Jack Murtha 75%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 0%
Mark Neumann 0%
Robert William Ney 25%
Don Nickles 0%
Anne Northup 13%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 13%
James Nussle 0%
Jim Oberstar 86%
Dave Obey 100%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 88%
Major Owens 100%
Michael Oxley 25%
Ronald Packard 0%
Michael Pappas 13%
Paul Michael Parker 25%
William Paxon 25%
Donald Payne 100%
Edward Pease 13%
John Peterson 0%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 13%
Owen Pickett 63%
Richard Pombo 13%
Earl Pomeroy 88%
John Edward Porter 29%
Glenn Poshard 88%
Deborah Pryce 0%
Jack Quinn 43%
George Radanovich 0%
James Ramstad 13%
William Redmond 0%
Ralph Regula 38%
Frank Duncan Riggs 13%
Bob Riley 14%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 100%
Charles Robb 43%
Ciro Rodriguez 86%
Timothy Roemer 75%
James Rogan 13%
William Roth, Jr. 0%
Marge Roukema 38%
Jim Ryun 0%
Martin Olav Sabo 100%
Matthew Salmon 13%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 75%
Mark Sanford, Jr. 13%
Rick Santorum 14%
Paul Sarbanes 100%
H. James Saxton 13%
Joe Scarborough 13%
Daniel Schaefer 0%
Steven Schiff 100%
John Shadegg 13%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 25%
Christopher Shays 25%
E.G. Shuster 13%
Norman Sisisky 88%
David Skaggs 88%
Joseph Skeen 0%
Ike Skelton 75%
Gordon Smith 0%
Linda Smith 25%
Nick Smith 13%
Robert Smith 0%
Bob Smith 14%
Vincent Snowbarger 0%
Vic Snyder 88%
Gerald B.H. Solomon 13%
Mark Souder 13%
Arlen Specter 57%
Floyd Spence 13%
John Spratt, Jr. 100%
Charles Stenholm 50%
Ted Stevens 14%
Louis Stokes 100%
Ted Strickland 100%
Robert Stump 0%
Bart Stupak 100%
John Sununu 0%
James Talent 0%
John Tanner 50%
Ellen Tauscher 88%
William Tauzin 0%
Charles Taylor 13%
Gene Taylor 50%
Craig Thomas 0%
William Thomas 13%
Fred Thompson 0%
Karen Thurman 88%
Strom Thurmond 14%
Todd Tiahrt 13%
Esteban Edward Torres 100%
Robert Torricelli 86%
James Traficant, Jr. 63%
James Turner 75%
Bruce Vento 100%
James Walsh 38%
Zach Wamp 13%
John Warner 0%
Wesley Watkins 0%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 13%
David Weldon 13%
W. Curtis Weldon 25%
Gerald Weller 25%
Paul Wellstone 100%
Robert Wexler 100%
Robert Weygand 100%
Rick White 0%
Robert Wise, Jr. 88%
Albert Wynn 100%
Sidney Yates 100%

How to Interpret these Evaluations

Keep in mind that ratings done by special interest groups often do not represent a non-partisan stance. In addition, some groups select votes that tend to favor members of one political party over another, rather than choosing votes based solely on issues concerns. Nevertheless, they can be invaluable in showing where an incumbent has stood on a series of votes in the past one or two years, especially when ratings by groups on all sides of an issue are compared. Website links, if available, and descriptions of the organizations offering performance evaluations are accessible by clicking on the name of the group.

Most performance evaluations are displayed in a percentage format. However, some organizations present their ratings in the form of a letter grade or endorsement based on voting records, interviews, survey results and/or sources of campaign funding. For consistency and ease in understanding, Project Vote Smart converts all scores into a percentage when possible. Please visit the group's website or call 1-888-VOTESMART for more specific information.

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