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Special Interest Groups

Interest Group Ratings

Rating Group: Associated Builders & Contractors

1995-1996 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 69%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 90%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 93%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 100%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jon Kyl Republican 100%
AZ U.S. House 4 Edward Pastor Democratic 14%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 10%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 10%
CA U.S. House 2 Wally Herger, Jr. Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 6 Lynn Woolsey Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 7 George Miller Democratic 14%
CA U.S. House 8 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 13 Pete Stark Democratic 7%
CA U.S. House 14 Anna Eshoo Democratic 29%
CA U.S. House 16 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 7%
CA U.S. House 17 Sam Farr Democratic 7%
CA U.S. House 24 Elton Gallegly Republican 93%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 93%
CA U.S. House 26 David Dreier Republican 93%
CA U.S. House 28 Howard Berman Democratic 25%
CA U.S. House 30 Henry Waxman Democratic 7%
CA U.S. House 31 Xavier Becerra Democratic 10%
CA U.S. House 34 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 7%
CA U.S. House 35 Maxine Waters Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 40 Ed Royce Republican 92%
CA U.S. House 41 Jerry Lewis Republican 92%
CA U.S. House 44 Ken Calvert Republican 93%
CA U.S. House 46 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 93%
CA U.S. House 50 Brian Bilbray Republican 93%
CA U.S. House 51 Bob Filner Democratic 7%
CT U.S. Senate Sr Joe Lieberman Independent Democrat 0%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 21%
FL U.S. House 3 Corrine Brown Democratic 7%
FL U.S. House 6 Cliff Stearns Republican 93%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 93%
FL U.S. House 10 Bill Young Republican 91%
FL U.S. House 18 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 79%
FL U.S. House 23 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 7%
FL Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 93%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 93%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 100%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 23%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 8%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 86%
HI U.S. Senate Sr Daniel Inouye Democratic 10%
HI U.S. Senate Jr Daniel Akaka, Sr. Democratic 0%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 7%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 100%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 20%
IA U.S. House 4 Tom Latham Republican 93%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 93%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 14%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 8%
IL U.S. House 2 Jesse Jackson, Jr. Democratic 0%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 21%
IL U.S. House 12 Jerry Costello Democratic 38%
IL U.S. House 16 Don Manzullo Republican 100%
IN U.S. Senate Sr Dick Lugar Republican 100%
IN U.S. Senate Jr Daniel Coats Republican 90%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 29%
IN U.S. House 5 Dan Burton Republican 93%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 100%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 93%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 90%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 93%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 93%
MA U.S. Senate Sr John Kerry Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 1 John Olver Democratic 14%
MA U.S. House 2 Richard Neal Democratic 14%
MA U.S. House 4 Barney Frank Democratic 21%
MA U.S. House 7 Ed Markey Democratic 14%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 20%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 21%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 21%
MD U.S. House 6 Roscoe Bartlett Republican 93%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 0%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Olympia Snowe Republican 80%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 10%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 93%
MI U.S. House 5 Dale Kildee Democratic 21%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 93%
MI U.S. House 12 Sandy Levin Democratic 14%
MI U.S. House 14 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 7%
MI U.S. House 15 John Dingell Democratic 7%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 57%
MO U.S. House 8 Jo Ann Emerson Republican 92%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 100%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 93%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 7%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 20%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 10%
NA U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood Republican 79%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 93%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 93%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 93%
NC U.S. House 9 Sue Myrick Republican 100%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 7%
ND U.S. Senate Sr Kent Conrad Democratic-NPL 20%
NH U.S. House 2 Charlie Bass Republican 93%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 0%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 21%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 33%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 71%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 50%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 29%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 93%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Jeff Bingaman Democratic 10%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 10%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 25%
NY U.S. House 3 Pete King Republican 64%
NY U.S. House 5 Gary Ackerman Democratic 21%
NY U.S. House 8 Jerry Nadler Democratic 7%
NY U.S. House 10 Ed Towns Democratic 7%
NY U.S. House 12 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 7%
NY U.S. House 14 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 7%
NY U.S. House 15 Charlie Rangel Democratic 14%
NY U.S. House 16 José Serrano Democratic 7%
NY U.S. House 17 Eliot Engel Democratic 7%
NY U.S. House 18 Nita Lowey Democratic 21%
NY U.S. House 22 Maurice Hinchey Democratic 7%
NY U.S. House 28 Louise Slaughter Democratic 7%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 29%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 93%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 93%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 93%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 36%
OH U.S. House 14 Steve LaTourette Republican 86%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 93%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 21%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 70%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 100%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 92%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 93%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 0%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 0%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 29%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 8%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 43%
PA U.S. House 17 Thomas Holden Democratic 36%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 21%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 93%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 21%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 50%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 93%
TX U.S. Senate Sr Kay Hutchison Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 93%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 86%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 92%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 93%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 21%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 93%
TX U.S. House 25 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 29%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 29%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 15%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 100%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 7%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 93%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 21%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 79%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 0%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 7%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 10%
WA U.S. House 4 Richard Hastings Republican 92%
WA U.S. House 6 Norm Dicks Democratic 14%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 7%
WI U.S. Senate Sr Herb Kohl Democratic 30%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 86%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 71%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 29%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 20%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 21%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 80%
Wayne Allard 93%
William Archer 93%
Richard Armey 93%
John Ashcroft 90%
Henry Scott Baesler 50%
Richard Hugh Baker 93%
John Baldacci 29%
Cass Ballenger 93%
James Barcia 50%
Robert Barr, Jr. 93%
William Barrett 93%
Herbert Bateman 92%
Bob Bennett 100%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 21%
Douglas Bereuter 93%
Michael Bilirakis 93%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 93%
Sherwood Boehlert 43%
Kit Bond 90%
Henry Bonilla 93%
David Edward Bonior 7%
Robert Borski, Jr. 21%
Rick Boucher 21%
Carol Moseley Braun 20%
John Breaux 30%
George Brown, Jr. 21%
Richard Bryan 20%
Ed Bryant 92%
Dale Bumpers 10%
Jim Bunning 93%
Conrad Burns 100%
Steve Buyer 93%
Robert Byrd 10%
Herbert Callahan 93%
Ben Campbell 70%
Thomas Campbell 50%
Mike Castle 86%
John Chafee 80%
Helen Chenoweth 86%
Jon Lynn Christensen 93%
William Clay, Sr. 14%
Eva Clayton 8%
Robert Clement 43%
Mac Collins 93%
Larry Combest 93%
Gary Condit 57%
Paul Coverdell 100%
Christopher Cox 100%
William Coyne 7%
Larry Craig 100%
Robert Cramer 50%
Philip Crane 93%
Barbara Cubin 92%
Randall Cunningham 93%
Alfonse D'Amato 70%
Patsy Ann Danner 50%
Thomas Daschle 10%
Thomas Davis III 86%
Thomas DeLay 93%
Peter Deutsch 38%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 57%
Jay Dickey 93%
Julian Dixon 14%
Chris Dodd 10%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 90%
Calvin Dooley 86%
John Doolittle 93%
Byron Dorgan 20%
Jennifer Dunn 92%
Chet Edwards 57%
Vern Ehlers 77%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 86%
Philip English 71%
John Ensign 100%
Lane Evans 7%
Terry Everett 93%
Thomas Ewing 93%
Duncan McLauchlin Faircloth 100%
Harris Fawell 93%
Victor Fazio 29%
Russ Feingold 10%
Mark Foley 93%
Michael Patrick Forbes 71%
Harold Ford, Jr. 38%
Wendell Ford 10%
Tillie Fowler 93%
Jon David Fox 64%
Robert Franks 86%
William Frist 100%
Jonas Frost III 25%
Elizabeth Furse 29%
John Ganske 93%
Sam Gejdenson 7%
George Gekas 93%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 25%
Wayne Gilchrest 86%
Paul Gillmor 93%
Benjamin Gilman 57%
Newt Gingrich 100%
John Glenn 20%
Henry Gonzalez 23%
William Goodling 92%
Bart Gordon 43%
Slade Gorton 70%
Porter Goss 86%
Daniel Graham 20%
William Phillip Gramm 100%
Rodney Grams 90%
James Greenwood 86%
Judd Gregg 100%
Gilbert Gutknecht 93%
Tony Hall 23%
Lee Hamilton 43%
James Hansen 93%
Jane Harman 43%
J. Dennis Hastert 93%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 93%
Joel Hefley 93%
W.G. Hefner 43%
Jesse Helms 100%
Van Hilleary 93%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 15%
David Lee Hobson 93%
Pete Hoekstra 93%
Ernest Hollings 10%
Stephen Horn 71%
John Nathan Hostettler 79%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 86%
Duncan Hunter 93%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 93%
Henry Hyde 93%
Bob Inglis, Sr. 92%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 93%
William Jefferson 8%
James Merrill Jeffords 70%
Nancy Johnson 79%
Paul Kanjorski 21%
Sue Kelly 93%
Dirk Kempthorne 100%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 10%
Joseph Kennedy II 21%
Patrick Kennedy 21%
Barbara Bailey Kennelly 21%
Bob Kerrey 11%
Jay Kim 93%
Gerald Kleczka 42%
Ronald Klink 21%
Scott Klug 79%
Joseph Knollenberg 93%
James Kolbe 93%
John LaFalce 14%
Tom Lantos 29%
Stephen Largent 93%
Rick Lazio 64%
James Leach 86%
Ron Lewis 93%
John Linder 93%
William Lipinski 38%
Robert Livingston 93%
Trent Lott, Sr. 100%
William Luther 36%
Connie Mack 100%
Thomas Manton 29%
Matthew Martinez 8%
Frank Mascara 36%
Robert Matsui 0%
Karen McCarthy 38%
Bill McCollum 93%
James McCrery III 93%
Joseph McDade 73%
Paul McHale 36%
John McHugh 57%
Scott McInnis 93%
David McIntosh 93%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 7%
Michael McNulty 46%
Martin Meehan 36%
Carrie Meek 8%
Jack Metcalf 71%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 0%
Dan Miller 93%
David Minge 50%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 7%
John Moakley 10%
Alan Mollohan 15%
Constance Morella 64%
Daniel Patrick Moynihan 10%
Frank Murkowski 80%
Jack Murtha 14%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 93%
Mark Neumann 86%
Robert William Ney 79%
Don Nickles 100%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 93%
James Nussle 93%
Jim Oberstar 8%
Dave Obey 14%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 50%
Major Owens 7%
Michael Oxley 93%
Ronald Packard 93%
Paul Michael Parker 79%
William Paxon 93%
Donald Payne 7%
Owen Pickett 50%
Richard Pombo 93%
Earl Pomeroy 36%
John Edward Porter 86%
Glenn Poshard 43%
Deborah Pryce 93%
Jack Quinn 64%
George Radanovich 93%
James Ramstad 86%
Ralph Regula 93%
Frank Duncan Riggs 93%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 21%
Charles Robb 30%
Timothy Roemer 43%
William Roth, Jr. 70%
Marge Roukema 79%
Martin Olav Sabo 7%
Matthew Salmon 93%
Mark Sanford, Jr. 86%
Rick Santorum 80%
Paul Sarbanes 10%
H. James Saxton 79%
Joe Scarborough 86%
Daniel Schaefer 86%
Steven Schiff 86%
John Shadegg 93%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 93%
Christopher Shays 71%
E.G. Shuster 86%
Norman Sisisky 50%
David Skaggs 14%
Joseph Skeen 93%
Ike Skelton 43%
Linda Smith 93%
Nick Smith 93%
Bob Smith 100%
Gerald B.H. Solomon 75%
Mark Souder 86%
Arlen Specter 60%
Floyd Spence 93%
John Spratt, Jr. 43%
Charles Stenholm 64%
Ted Stevens 80%
Louis Stokes 14%
Robert Stump 93%
Bart Stupak 29%
James Talent 93%
John Tanner 57%
William Tauzin 86%
Charles Taylor 93%
Gene Taylor 71%
Craig Thomas 100%
William Thomas 93%
Fred Thompson 100%
Karen Thurman 31%
Strom Thurmond 100%
Todd Tiahrt 93%
Esteban Edward Torres 14%
Robert Torricelli 21%
James Traficant, Jr. 43%
Bruce Vento 15%
James Walsh 79%
Zach Wamp 93%
John Warner 100%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 92%
David Weldon 93%
W. Curtis Weldon 71%
Gerald Weller 86%
Paul Wellstone 10%
Rick White 93%
Robert Wise, Jr. 21%
Albert Wynn 21%
Sidney Yates 7%

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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