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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: Communications Workers of America

1998 Positions

Issues: Labor Unions
State Office District Name Party Rating
Edmond Spencer Abraham 0%
Gary Ackerman 100%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 100%
Wayne Allard 0%
Thomas Allen 100%
Bill Archer 0%
Richard Armey 0%
John Ashcroft 0%
Richard Hugh Baker 0%
John Baldacci 100%
Cass Ballenger 0%
James Barcia 86%
Robert Barr, Jr. 14%
Bill Barrett 14%
Roscoe Bartlett 14%
Charlie Bass 14%
Herbert Bateman 0%
Bob Bennett 0%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 57%
Douglas Bereuter 17%
Howard Berman 100%
Marion Berry 86%
Brian Bilbray 14%
Michael Bilirakis 14%
Jeff Bingaman 86%
Rod Blagojevich 100%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 0%
Sherwood Boehlert 86%
Kit Bond 29%
Henry Bonilla 0%
David Edward Bonior 100%
Mary Bono Mack 20%
Robert Borski, Jr. 100%
Leonard Boswell 57%
Rick Boucher 100%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 67%
John Breaux 86%
George Brown, Jr. 100%
Richard Bryan 100%
Ed Bryant 0%
Jim Bunning 0%
Conrad Burns 0%
Dan Burton 0%
Steve Buyer 14%
Robert Byrd 100%
Herbert Callahan 0%
Ben Campbell 43%
Thomas Campbell 29%
FL Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 14%
Chris Cannon 0%
Julia Carson 100%
Mike Castle 29%
John Chafee 29%
Helen Chenoweth-Hage 43%
William Clay, Sr. 100%
Eva Clayton 100%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 86%
Robert Clement 57%
Michael Collins 0%
Larry Combest 0%
Gary Condit 57%
Kent Conrad 100%
Merrill Cook 14%
John Cooksey 0%
Jerry Costello 100%
Paul Coverdell 0%
Christopher Cox 0%
William Coyne 100%
Larry Craig 0%
Robert Cramer 57%
Philip Crane 0%
Barbara Cubin 0%
Randall Cunningham 0%
Patsy Ann Danner 71%
Thomas Daschle 100%
James Davis 57%
Thomas Davis III 14%
Bill Delahunt 100%
Thomas DeLay 0%
Peter Deutsch 100%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 71%
Jay Dickey 0%
Norm Dicks 71%
Julian Dixon 100%
Chris Dodd 100%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 0%
Calvin Dooley 57%
John Doolittle 14%
Byron Dorgan 100%
David Dreier 0%
Jennifer Dunn 0%
Chet Edwards 71%
Vern Ehlers 29%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 0%
Jo Ann Emerson 14%
Philip English 43%
Bob Etheridge 83%
Lane Evans 100%
Terry Everett 14%
Thomas Ewing 0%
Russ Feingold 100%
Mark Foley 14%
Michael Patrick Forbes 71%
Harold Ford, Jr. 80%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 0%
Tillie Fowler 20%
Barney Frank 100%
Robert Franks 14%
William Frist 0%
Jonas Frost III 100%
Elton Gallegly 14%
John Ganske 14%
Sam Gejdenson 100%
George Gekas 0%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 100%
Jim Gibbons 14%
Wayne Gilchrest 0%
Paul Gillmor 0%
Benjamin Gilman 67%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 29%
William Goodling 14%
Bart Gordon 71%
Slade Gorton 0%
Porter Goss 0%
Daniel Graham 71%
William Phillip Gramm 0%
Rodney Grams 0%
James Greenwood 14%
Judd Gregg 0%
Gilbert Gutknecht 14%
Tony Hall 86%
James Hansen 0%
J. Dennis Hastert 0%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 0%
Joel Hefley 0%
Jesse Helms 0%
Wally Herger, Jr. 0%
Rick Hill 29%
Van Hilleary 14%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 100%
Maurice Hinchey 100%
David Lee Hobson 0%
Pete Hoekstra 14%
Thomas Holden 86%
Ernest Hollings 60%
Darlene Hooley 57%
Stephen Horn 43%
John Nathan Hostettler 14%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 17%
Kenny Hulshof 0%
Duncan Hunter 17%
Asa Hutchinson 17%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 0%
Kay Hutchison 0%
Henry Hyde 0%
Daniel Inouye 100%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 0%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 100%
William Jefferson 100%
James Merrill Jeffords 29%
William Lewis Jenkins 14%
Christopher John 57%
Nancy Johnson 43%
Paul Kanjorski 100%
Sue Kelly 43%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 100%
Patrick Kennedy 100%
Bob Kerrey 100%
Dale Kildee 100%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 100%
Gerald Kleczka 100%
Ronald Klink 100%
Joseph Knollenberg 0%
Herb Kohl 86%
James Kolbe 0%
Dennis Kucinich 100%
Jon Kyl 0%
John LaFalce 100%
Ray LaHood 43%
Nicholas Lampson 100%
Tom Lantos 100%
Stephen Largent 0%
Steve LaTourette 57%
Frank Lautenberg 100%
Rick Lazio 29%
James Leach 29%
Jerry Lewis 0%
Ron Lewis 0%
Joe Lieberman 71%
John Linder 0%
William Lipinski 86%
Trent Lott, Sr. 0%
Dick Lugar 0%
William Luther 86%
Connie Mack 0%
James Maloney 86%
Don Manzullo 0%
Matthew Martinez 83%
Frank Mascara 100%
Robert Matsui 86%
Karen McCarthy 83%
Bill McCollum 0%
James McCrery III 0%
John McHugh 57%
Scott McInnis 0%
David McIntosh 0%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 100%
Michael McNulty 100%
Martin Meehan 100%
Carrie Meek 100%
Jack Metcalf 43%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 100%
Dan Miller 0%
David Minge 71%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 100%
John Moakley 100%
Alan Mollohan 100%
Constance Morella 43%
Patrick Moynihan 100%
Frank Murkowski 0%
Jack Murtha 100%
Sue Myrick 0%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 0%
Robert William Ney 43%
Don Nickles 0%
Anne Northup 14%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 14%
James Nussle 0%
Jim Oberstar 100%
Dave Obey 100%
John Olver 100%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 86%
Major Owens 100%
Michael Oxley 0%
Ronald Packard 0%
Ron Paul 29%
Donald Payne 100%
Edward Pease 14%
John Peterson 0%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 0%
Owen Pickett 57%
Richard Pombo 14%
Earl Pomeroy 100%
John Edward Porter 0%
Deborah Pryce 0%
Jack Quinn 43%
George Radanovich 0%
James Ramstad 0%
Ralph Regula 43%
Silvestre Reyes 100%
Bob Riley 14%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 86%
Charles Robb 86%
Ciro Rodriguez 100%
Timothy Roemer 71%
James Rogan 0%
William Roth, Jr. 0%
Steve Rothman 100%
Marge Roukema 14%
Jim Ryun 0%
Martin Olav Sabo 100%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 71%
Rick Santorum 0%
Paul Sarbanes 100%
Jim Saxton 20%
Joe Scarborough 14%
John Shadegg 0%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 0%
Christopher Shays 14%
E.G. Shuster 14%
Norman Sisisky 86%
Joseph Skeen 0%
Ike Skelton 83%
Gordon Smith 0%
Nick Smith 29%
Bob Smith 0%
Olympia Snowe 43%
Vic Snyder 71%
Mark Souder 14%
Arlen Specter 67%
Floyd Spence 14%
John Spratt, Jr. 86%
Pete Stark 100%
Cliff Stearns 14%
Charles Stenholm 43%
Ted Stevens 14%
Ted Strickland 100%
Bob Stump 0%
Bart Stupak 86%
John Sununu 0%
James Talent 0%
John Tanner 43%
Ellen Tauscher 43%
William Tauzin 0%
Charles Taylor 29%
Gene Taylor 50%
Craig Thomas 0%
William Thomas 0%
Fred Thompson 14%
Karen Thurman 86%
Strom Thurmond 0%
Todd Tiahrt 0%
Robert Torricelli 100%
Ed Towns 100%
James Traficant, Jr. 71%
James Turner 57%
Bruce Vento 100%
James Walsh 29%
Zach Wamp 14%
John Warner 0%
Wesley Watkins 0%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 0%
David Weldon 0%
W. Curtis Weldon 43%
Gerald Weller 43%
Paul Wellstone 100%
Robert Wexler 100%
Bob Weygand 100%
Heather Wilson 0%
Bob Wise, Jr. 100%
Lynn Woolsey 86%
Albert Wynn 100%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 86%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 100%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 86%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 100%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 100%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 71%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 83%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 100%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 100%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 57%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 100%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 100%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 100%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 86%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 100%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 86%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 100%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 71%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 100%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 100%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 86%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 100%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 83%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 83%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 100%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 100%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 100%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 71%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 100%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 100%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 100%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 71%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 57%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 83%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 100%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 71%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Bob Menendez Democratic 100%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 100%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 57%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 86%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 100%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 100%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 71%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 100%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 100%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 100%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 100%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 86%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 100%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 57%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 100%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 86%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 86%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 100%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 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%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 100%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 83%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 86%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 43%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 14%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 0%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 0%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 0%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 0%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 0%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 0%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 0%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 0%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 17%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 50%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 0%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 43%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 33%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 29%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 0%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 14%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 0%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 0%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 0%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 14%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 0%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 0%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 29%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 0%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 0%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 0%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 14%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 0%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 29%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 14%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 0%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 29%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 0%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 14%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 14%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 0%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 14%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 0%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 0%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 0%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 17%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 29%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 67%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 40%
AZ U.S. House 5 Matthew Salmon Republican 0%
SC U.S. House 1 Mark Sanford, Jr. Republican 14%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 0%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 14%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 0%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 0%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 29%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 43%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 0%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 0%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 0%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 29%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 0%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 14%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 0%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 43%

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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