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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: Associated Builders & Contractors

1995-1996 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
Bob Bennett 100%
Conrad Burns 100%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 100%
Paul Coverdell 100%
Christopher Cox 100%
Larry Craig 100%
John Ensign 100%
Duncan McLauchlin Faircloth 100%
William Frist 100%
Newt Gingrich 100%
William Phillip Gramm 100%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 100%
Judd Gregg 100%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 100%
Jesse Helms 100%
Wally Herger, Jr. 100%
Kay Hutchison 100%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 100%
Dirk Kempthorne 100%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 100%
Jon Kyl 100%
Trent Lott, Sr. 100%
Dick Lugar 100%
Connie Mack 100%
Don Manzullo 100%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 100%
Sue Myrick 100%
Don Nickles 100%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 100%
Bob Smith 100%
Craig Thomas 100%
Fred Thompson 100%
Strom Thurmond 100%
John Warner 100%
Wayne Allard 93%
Bill Archer 93%
Richard Armey 93%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 93%
Richard Hugh Baker 93%
Cass Ballenger 93%
Robert Barr, Jr. 93%
Bill Barrett 93%
Roscoe Bartlett 93%
Charlie Bass 93%
Douglas Bereuter 93%
Brian Bilbray 93%
Michael Bilirakis 93%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 93%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 93%
Henry Bonilla 93%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 93%
Jim Bunning 93%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 93%
Dan Burton 93%
Steve Buyer 93%
Herbert Callahan 93%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 93%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 93%
FL Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 93%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 93%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 93%
Jon Lynn Christensen 93%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 93%
Michael Collins 93%
Larry Combest 93%
Philip Crane 93%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 93%
Randall Cunningham 93%
Thomas DeLay 93%
Jay Dickey 93%
John Doolittle 93%
David Dreier 93%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 93%
Terry Everett 93%
Thomas Ewing 93%
Harris Fawell 93%
Mark Foley 93%
Tillie Fowler 93%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 93%
Elton Gallegly 93%
John Ganske 93%
George Gekas 93%
Paul Gillmor 93%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 93%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 93%
Gilbert Gutknecht 93%
James Hansen 93%
J. Dennis Hastert 93%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 93%
Joel Hefley 93%
Van Hilleary 93%
David Lee Hobson 93%
Pete Hoekstra 93%
Duncan Hunter 93%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 93%
Henry Hyde 93%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 93%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 93%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 93%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 93%
Sue Kelly 93%
Jay Kim 93%
Joseph Knollenberg 93%
James Kolbe 93%
Stephen Largent 93%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 93%
Ron Lewis 93%
John Linder 93%
Robert Livingston 93%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 93%
Bill McCollum 93%
James McCrery III 93%
Scott McInnis 93%
David McIntosh 93%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 93%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 93%
Dan Miller 93%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 93%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 93%
James Nussle 93%
Michael Oxley 93%
Ronald Packard 93%
William Paxon 93%
Richard Pombo 93%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 93%
Deborah Pryce 93%
George Radanovich 93%
Ralph Regula 93%
Frank Duncan Riggs 93%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 93%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 93%
AZ U.S. House 5 Matthew Salmon Republican 93%
John Shadegg 93%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 93%
Joseph Skeen 93%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 93%
Linda Smith 93%
Nick Smith 93%
Floyd Spence 93%
Cliff Stearns 93%
Bob Stump 93%
James Talent 93%
Charles Taylor 93%
William Thomas 93%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 93%
Todd Tiahrt 93%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 93%
Zach Wamp 93%
David Weldon 93%
Rick White 93%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 93%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 93%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 92%
Herbert Bateman 92%
Ed Bryant 92%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 92%
Barbara Cubin 92%
Jennifer Dunn 92%
Jo Ann Emerson 92%
William Goodling 92%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 92%
Bob Inglis, Sr. 92%
Jerry Lewis 92%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 92%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 92%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 91%
John Ashcroft 90%
Kit Bond 90%
IN U.S. Senate Sr Daniel Coats Republican 90%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 90%
Rodney Grams 90%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 90%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 90%
Mike Castle 86%
Helen Chenoweth-Hage 86%
Thomas Davis III 86%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 86%
Calvin Dooley 86%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 86%
Robert Franks 86%
Wayne Gilchrest 86%
Porter Goss 86%
James Greenwood 86%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 86%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 86%
Steve LaTourette 86%
James Leach 86%
Mark Neumann 86%
John Edward Porter 86%
James Ramstad 86%
SC U.S. House 1 Mark Sanford, Jr. Republican 86%
Joe Scarborough 86%
Daniel Schaefer 86%
Steven Schiff 86%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 86%
E.G. Shuster 86%
Mark Souder 86%
William Tauzin 86%
Gerald Weller 86%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 80%
John Chafee 80%
Frank Murkowski 80%
Rick Santorum 80%
Olympia Snowe 80%
Ted Stevens 80%
John Nathan Hostettler 79%
Nancy Johnson 79%
Scott Klug 79%
Ray LaHood 79%
Robert William Ney 79%
Mike Parker 79%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 79%
Marge Roukema 79%
Jim Saxton 79%
James Walsh 79%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 79%
Vern Ehlers 77%
Gerald B.H. Solomon 75%
Joseph McDade 73%
Philip English 71%
Michael Patrick Forbes 71%
Stephen Horn 71%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 71%
Jack Metcalf 71%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 71%
Christopher Shays 71%
Gene Taylor 71%
W. Curtis Weldon 71%
Ben Campbell 70%
Alfonse D'Amato 70%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 70%
Slade Gorton 70%
James Merrill Jeffords 70%
William Roth, Jr. 70%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 69%
Jon David Fox 64%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 64%
Rick Lazio 64%
Constance Morella 64%
Jack Quinn 64%
Charles Stenholm 64%
Arlen Specter 60%
Gary Condit 57%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 57%
Chet Edwards 57%
Benjamin Gilman 57%
John McHugh 57%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 57%
John Tanner 57%
Henry Scott Baesler 50%
James Barcia 50%
Thomas Campbell 50%
Robert Cramer 50%
Patsy Ann Danner 50%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 50%
David Minge 50%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 50%
Owen Pickett 50%
Norman Sisisky 50%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 50%
Michael McNulty 46%
Sherwood Boehlert 43%
Robert Clement 43%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 43%
Bart Gordon 43%
Lee Hamilton 43%
Jane Harman 43%
W.G. Hefner 43%
Glenn Poshard 43%
Timothy Roemer 43%
Ike Skelton 43%
John Spratt, Jr. 43%
James Traficant, Jr. 43%
Gerald Kleczka 42%
Jerry Costello 38%
Peter Deutsch 38%
Harold Ford, Jr. 38%
William Lipinski 38%
Karen McCarthy 38%
Thomas Holden 36%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 36%
William Luther 36%
Frank Mascara 36%
Paul McHale 36%
Martin Meehan 36%
Earl Pomeroy 36%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 33%
Karen Thurman 31%
John Breaux 30%
Herb Kohl 30%
Charles Robb 30%
John Baldacci 29%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 29%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 29%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 29%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 29%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 29%
Victor Fazio 29%
Elizabeth Furse 29%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 29%
Tom Lantos 29%
Thomas Manton 29%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 29%
Bart Stupak 29%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 29%
Howard Berman 25%
Jonas Frost III 25%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 25%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 25%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 23%
Henry Gonzalez 23%
Tony Hall 23%
Gary Ackerman 21%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 21%
Robert Borski, Jr. 21%
Rick Boucher 21%
George Brown, Jr. 21%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 21%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 21%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 21%
Barney Frank 21%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 21%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 21%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 21%
Paul Kanjorski 21%
Joseph Kennedy II 21%
Patrick Kennedy 21%
Barbara Bailey Kennelly 21%
Dale Kildee 21%
Ronald Klink 21%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 21%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 21%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 21%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 21%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 21%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 21%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 21%
Robert Torricelli 21%
Bob Wise, Jr. 21%
Albert Wynn 21%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 20%
Richard Bryan 20%
Kent Conrad 20%
Byron Dorgan 20%
John Glenn 20%
Daniel Graham 20%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 20%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 20%
Carol Moseley Braun 20%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 20%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 15%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 15%
Alan Mollohan 15%
Bruce Vento 15%
William Clay, Sr. 14%
Norm Dicks 14%
Julian Dixon 14%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 14%
John LaFalce 14%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 14%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 14%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 14%
Jack Murtha 14%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 14%
Dave Obey 14%
John Olver 14%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 14%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 14%
David Skaggs 14%
Louis Stokes 14%
Esteban Edward Torres 14%
Bob Kerrey 11%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 10%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 10%
Jeff Bingaman 10%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 10%
Dale Bumpers 10%
Robert Byrd 10%
Thomas Daschle 10%
Chris Dodd 10%
Russ Feingold 10%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 10%
Wendell Ford 10%
Ernest Hollings 10%
Daniel Inouye 10%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 10%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 10%
John Moakley 10%
Patrick Moynihan 10%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 10%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 10%
Paul Sarbanes 10%
Paul Wellstone 10%
Eva Clayton 8%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 8%
William Jefferson 8%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 8%
Matthew Martinez 8%
Carrie Meek 8%
Jim Oberstar 8%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 8%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 8%
Lynn Woolsey 8%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 7%
David Edward Bonior 7%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 7%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 7%
William Coyne 7%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 7%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 7%
Lane Evans 7%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 7%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 7%
Sam Gejdenson 7%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 7%
Maurice Hinchey 7%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 7%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 7%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 7%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 7%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 7%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 7%
Major Owens 7%
Donald Payne 7%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 7%
Martin Olav Sabo 7%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 7%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 7%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 7%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 7%
Pete Stark 7%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 7%
Ed Towns 7%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 7%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 7%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 7%
Sidney Yates 7%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 0%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 0%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 0%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 0%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 0%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 0%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 0%
Joe Lieberman 0%
Robert Matsui 0%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 0%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 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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