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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: Communications Workers of America

1997 Positions

Issues: Labor Unions
State Office District Name Party Rating
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 100%
James Barcia 100%
Howard Berman 100%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 100%
David Edward Bonior 100%
Robert Borski, Jr. 100%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 100%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 100%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 100%
Julia Carson 100%
William Clay, Sr. 100%
Eva Clayton 100%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 100%
Jerry Costello 100%
William Coyne 100%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 100%
Bill Delahunt 100%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 100%
Byron Dorgan 100%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 100%
Lane Evans 100%
Wendell Ford 100%
Barney Frank 100%
Sam Gejdenson 100%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 100%
Henry Gonzalez 100%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 100%
Tony Hall 100%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 100%
W.G. Hefner 100%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 100%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 100%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 100%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 100%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 100%
Joseph Kennedy II 100%
Patrick Kennedy 100%
Dale Kildee 100%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 100%
Ronald Klink 100%
Dennis Kucinich 100%
Tom Lantos 100%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 100%
Frank Mascara 100%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 100%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 100%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 100%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 100%
Alan Mollohan 100%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 100%
Dave Obey 100%
John Olver 100%
Major Owens 100%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 100%
Donald Payne 100%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 100%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 100%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 100%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 100%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 100%
Steve Rothman 100%
Martin Olav Sabo 100%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 100%
Paul Sarbanes 100%
Steven Schiff 100%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 100%
John Spratt, Jr. 100%
Pete Stark 100%
Louis Stokes 100%
Ted Strickland 100%
Bart Stupak 100%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 100%
Esteban Edward Torres 100%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 100%
Bruce Vento 100%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 100%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 100%
Paul Wellstone 100%
Robert Wexler 100%
Bob Weygand 100%
Lynn Woolsey 100%
Albert Wynn 100%
Sidney Yates 100%
Thomas Allen 88%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 88%
John Baldacci 88%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 88%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 88%
Marion Berry 88%
Rod Blagojevich 88%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 88%
Rick Boucher 88%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 88%
George Brown, Jr. 88%
Gary Condit 88%
Patsy Ann Danner 88%
James Davis 88%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 88%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 88%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 88%
Julian Dixon 88%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 88%
Chet Edwards 88%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 88%
Bob Etheridge 88%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 88%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 88%
Victor Fazio 88%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 88%
Harold Ford, Jr. 88%
Jonas Frost III 88%
Elizabeth Furse 88%
Bart Gordon 88%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 88%
Lee Hamilton 88%
Maurice Hinchey 88%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 88%
Darlene Hooley 88%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 88%
William Jefferson 88%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 88%
Jay Johnson 88%
Paul Kanjorski 88%
Barbara Bailey Kennelly 88%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 88%
Gerald Kleczka 88%
Nicholas Lampson 88%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 88%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 88%
William Luther 88%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 88%
James Maloney 88%
Thomas Manton 88%
Matthew Martinez 88%
Robert Matsui 88%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 88%
Karen McCarthy 88%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 88%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 88%
Paul McHale 88%
Carrie Meek 88%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 88%
John Moakley 88%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 88%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 88%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 88%
Earl Pomeroy 88%
Glenn Poshard 88%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 88%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 88%
Silvestre Reyes 88%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 88%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 88%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 88%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 88%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 88%
Norman Sisisky 88%
David Skaggs 88%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 88%
Vic Snyder 88%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 88%
Ellen Tauscher 88%
Karen Thurman 88%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 88%
Bob Wise, Jr. 88%
Gary Ackerman 86%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 86%
Robert Byrd 86%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 86%
Thomas Daschle 86%
Russ Feingold 86%
Thomas Holden 86%
Ernest Hollings 86%
Daniel Inouye 86%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 86%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 86%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 86%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 86%
Carol Moseley Braun 86%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 86%
Jim Oberstar 86%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 86%
Ciro Rodriguez 86%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 86%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 86%
Robert Torricelli 86%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 86%
Thomas Foglietta 83%
Martin Meehan 83%
Ed Towns 83%
Henry Scott Baesler 75%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 75%
Leonard Boswell 75%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 75%
Robert Clement 75%
Peter Deutsch 75%
Norm Dicks 75%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 75%
Benjamin Gilman 75%
John LaFalce 75%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 75%
David Minge 75%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 75%
Jack Murtha 75%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 75%
Timothy Roemer 75%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 75%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 75%
Ike Skelton 75%
James Turner 75%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 71%
Jeff Bingaman 71%
Dale Bumpers 71%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 71%
Kent Conrad 71%
Chris Dodd 71%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 71%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 71%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 71%
Michael McNulty 71%
Robert Cramer 63%
Calvin Dooley 63%
Jane Harman 63%
Stephen Horn 63%
William Lipinski 63%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 63%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 63%
Owen Pickett 63%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 63%
James Traficant, Jr. 63%
John Glenn 57%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 57%
Arlen Specter 57%
Sherwood Boehlert 50%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 50%
Philip English 50%
Michael Patrick Forbes 50%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 50%
Christopher John 50%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 50%
Joseph McDade 50%
Charles Stenholm 50%
John Tanner 50%
Gene Taylor 50%
Alfonse D'Amato 43%
Bob Kerrey 43%
Herb Kohl 43%
Joe Lieberman 43%
Patrick Moynihan 43%
Jack Quinn 43%
Charles Robb 43%
Olympia Snowe 43%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 38%
Mike Castle 38%
Thomas Davis III 38%
Harris Fawell 38%
David Lee Hobson 38%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 38%
Henry Hyde 38%
Nancy Johnson 38%
James Leach 38%
John McHugh 38%
Constance Morella 38%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 38%
Ralph Regula 38%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 38%
Marge Roukema 38%
James Walsh 38%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 38%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 38%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 29%
John Breaux 29%
Richard Bryan 29%
Ben Campbell 29%
Paul Coverdell 29%
Daniel Graham 29%
John Edward Porter 29%
Herbert Bateman 25%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 25%
Herbert Callahan 25%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 25%
Thomas Campbell 25%
Michael Collins 25%
Jay Dickey 25%
Vern Ehlers 25%
Jon David Fox 25%
Robert Franks 25%
George Gekas 25%
Paul Gillmor 25%
Asa Hutchinson 25%
Jay Kim 25%
Scott Klug 25%
Ray LaHood 25%
Steve LaTourette 25%
Rick Lazio 25%
Jerry Lewis 25%
Robert Livingston 25%
Jack Metcalf 25%
Dan Miller 25%
Robert William Ney 25%
Michael Oxley 25%
Mike Parker 25%
William Paxon 25%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 25%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 25%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 25%
Christopher Shays 25%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 25%
Linda Smith 25%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 25%
W. Curtis Weldon 25%
Gerald Weller 25%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 25%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 14%
Conrad Burns 14%
Chris Cannon 14%
John Chafee 14%
Helen Chenoweth-Hage 14%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 14%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 14%
Barbara Cubin 14%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 14%
Duncan McLauchlin Faircloth 14%
Jim Gibbons 14%
Wayne Gilchrest 14%
Duncan Hunter 14%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 14%
James Kolbe 14%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 14%
Bob Riley 14%
Rick Santorum 14%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 14%
Bob Smith 14%
Ted Stevens 14%
Strom Thurmond 14%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 13%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 13%
Robert Barr, Jr. 13%
Bill Barrett 13%
Roscoe Bartlett 13%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 13%
Douglas Bereuter 13%
Brian Bilbray 13%
Michael Bilirakis 13%
Henry Bonilla 13%
Jim Bunning 13%
Dan Burton 13%
FL Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 13%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 13%
Merrill Cook 13%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 13%
Randall Cunningham 13%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 13%
John Doolittle 13%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 13%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 13%
John Ensign 13%
Terry Everett 13%
Mark Foley 13%
Tillie Fowler 13%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 13%
John Ganske 13%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 13%
William Goodling 13%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 13%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 13%
Joel Hefley 13%
Wally Herger, Jr. 13%
Van Hilleary 13%
John Nathan Hostettler 13%
Bob Inglis, Sr. 13%
William Lewis Jenkins 13%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 13%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 13%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 13%
Joseph Knollenberg 13%
Ron Lewis 13%
Scott McInnis 13%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 13%
Sue Myrick 13%
Anne Northup 13%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 13%
Michael Pappas 13%
Edward Pease 13%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 13%
Richard Pombo 13%
James Ramstad 13%
Frank Duncan Riggs 13%
James Rogan 13%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 13%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 13%
AZ U.S. House 5 Matthew Salmon Republican 13%
SC U.S. House 1 Mark Sanford, Jr. Republican 13%
Jim Saxton 13%
Joe Scarborough 13%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 13%
John Shadegg 13%
E.G. Shuster 13%
Nick Smith 13%
Gerald B.H. Solomon 13%
Mark Souder 13%
Floyd Spence 13%
Cliff Stearns 13%
Charles Taylor 13%
William Thomas 13%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 13%
Todd Tiahrt 13%
Zach Wamp 13%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 13%
David Weldon 13%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 13%
Wayne Allard 0%
Bill Archer 0%
Richard Armey 0%
John Ashcroft 0%
Richard Hugh Baker 0%
Cass Ballenger 0%
Charlie Bass 0%
Bob Bennett 0%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 0%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 0%
Kit Bond 0%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 0%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 0%
Ed Bryant 0%
Steve Buyer 0%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 0%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 0%
Jon Lynn Christensen 0%
IN U.S. Senate Sr Daniel Coats Republican 0%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 0%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 0%
Larry Combest 0%
John Cooksey 0%
Christopher Cox 0%
Larry Craig 0%
Philip Crane 0%
Thomas DeLay 0%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 0%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 0%
David Dreier 0%
Jennifer Dunn 0%
Jo Ann Emerson 0%
Thomas Ewing 0%
William Frist 0%
Elton Gallegly 0%
Newt Gingrich 0%
Slade Gorton 0%
Porter Goss 0%
William Phillip Gramm 0%
Rodney Grams 0%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 0%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 0%
James Greenwood 0%
Judd Gregg 0%
Gilbert Gutknecht 0%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 0%
James Hansen 0%
J. Dennis Hastert 0%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 0%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 0%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 0%
Jesse Helms 0%
Rick Hill 0%
Pete Hoekstra 0%
Kenny Hulshof 0%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 0%
Kay Hutchison 0%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 0%
James Merrill Jeffords 0%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 0%
Sue Kelly 0%
Dirk Kempthorne 0%
Jon Kyl 0%
Stephen Largent 0%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 0%
John Linder 0%
Trent Lott, Sr. 0%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 0%
Dick Lugar 0%
Connie Mack 0%
Don Manzullo 0%
Bill McCollum 0%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 0%
James McCrery III 0%
David McIntosh 0%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 0%
Frank Murkowski 0%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 0%
Mark Neumann 0%
Don Nickles 0%
James Nussle 0%
Ronald Packard 0%
Ron Paul 0%
John Peterson 0%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 0%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 0%
Deborah Pryce 0%
George Radanovich 0%
Bill Redmond 0%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 0%
William Roth, Jr. 0%
Jim Ryun 0%
Daniel Schaefer 0%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 0%
Joseph Skeen 0%
Gordon Smith 0%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 0%
Robert Smith 0%
Vincent Snowbarger 0%
Bob Stump 0%
John Sununu 0%
James Talent 0%
William Tauzin 0%
Craig Thomas 0%
Fred Thompson 0%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 0%
John Warner 0%
Wesley Watkins 0%
Rick White 0%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 0%

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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