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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: Associated Builders & Contractors

2001-2002 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 100%
Todd Akin 100%
Wayne Allard 100%
George Allen 100%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 100%
Richard Hugh Baker 100%
Cass Ballenger 100%
Roscoe Bartlett 100%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 100%
Bob Bennett 100%
Judy Biggert 100%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 100%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 100%
Henry Bonilla 100%
Mary Bono Mack 100%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 100%
Henry Brown, Jr. 100%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 100%
Jim Bunning 100%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 100%
Dan Burton 100%
Steve Buyer 100%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 100%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 100%
Chris Cannon 100%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 100%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 100%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 100%
Michael Collins 100%
Christopher Cox 100%
Philip Crane 100%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 100%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 100%
Barbara Cubin 100%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 100%
Randall Cunningham 100%
Jo Ann Davis 100%
Thomas Davis III 100%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 100%
Thomas DeLay 100%
James DeMint 100%
David Dreier 100%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 100%
Jennifer Dunn 100%
Jo Ann Emerson 100%
Terry Everett 100%
Ernest Fletcher 100%
Mark Foley 100%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 100%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 100%
William Frist 100%
Elton Gallegly 100%
Jim Gibbons 100%
Paul Gillmor 100%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 100%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 100%
Porter Goss 100%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 100%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 100%
Gilbert Gutknecht 100%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 100%
Melissa Hart 100%
J. Dennis Hastert 100%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 100%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 100%
Robert Hayes 100%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 100%
Wally Herger, Jr. 100%
David Lee Hobson 100%
Pete Hoekstra 100%
John Nathan Hostettler 100%
Kenny Hulshof 100%
Duncan Hunter 100%
Henry Hyde 100%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 100%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 100%
William Lewis Jenkins 100%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 100%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 100%
Ric Keller 100%
Mark Kennedy 100%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 100%
Joseph Knollenberg 100%
James Kolbe 100%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 100%
Jerry Lewis 100%
Ron Lewis 100%
John Linder 100%
Trent Lott, Sr. 100%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 100%
Don Manzullo 100%
James McCrery III 100%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 100%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 100%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 100%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 100%
Sue Myrick 100%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 100%
Robert William Ney 100%
Anne Northup 100%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 100%
James Nussle 100%
Thomas William Osborne 100%
Doug Ose 100%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 100%
Michael Oxley 100%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 100%
John Peterson 100%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 100%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 100%
Richard Pombo 100%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 100%
Deborah Pryce 100%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 100%
George Radanovich 100%
Ralph Regula 100%
Denny Rehberg 100%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 100%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 100%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 100%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 100%
Jim Ryun 100%
Edward Schrock 100%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 100%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 100%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 100%
Donald Sherwood 100%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 100%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 100%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 100%
Mark Souder 100%
Cliff Stearns 100%
John Sullivan 100%
John Sununu 100%
John Sweeney 100%
Tom Tancredo 100%
William Tauzin 100%
Charles Taylor 100%
William Thomas 100%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 100%
Todd Tiahrt 100%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 100%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 100%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 100%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 100%
George Voinovich 100%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 100%
Zach Wamp 100%
John Warner 100%
David Weldon 100%
Gerald Weller 100%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 100%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 100%
Heather Wilson 100%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 100%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 100%
Charlie Bass 92%
Michael Bilirakis 92%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 92%
Robert Cramer 92%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 92%
John Doolittle 92%
Vern Ehlers 92%
Philip English 92%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 92%
Mark Green 92%
James Greenwood 92%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 92%
Joel Hefley 92%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 92%
Sue Kelly 92%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 92%
Steve LaTourette 92%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 92%
John McHugh 92%
Scott McInnis 92%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 92%
James Ramstad 92%
Thomas Reynolds 92%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 92%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 92%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 92%
John Shadegg 92%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 92%
Nick Smith 92%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 92%
James Walsh 92%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 92%
Kit Bond 89%
Conrad Burns 89%
Ben Campbell 89%
Larry Craig 89%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 89%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 89%
John Ensign 89%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 89%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 89%
Judd Gregg 89%
Kay Hutchison 89%
Dick Lugar 89%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 89%
Don Nickles 89%
Rick Santorum 89%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 89%
Gordon Smith 89%
Ted Stevens 89%
Craig Thomas 89%
Zell Bryan Miller 88%
Mike Castle 85%
Michael Ferguson 85%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 85%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 85%
Nancy Johnson 85%
Tim Johnson 85%
Ray LaHood 85%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 85%
Todd Platts 85%
Jack Quinn 85%
Wayne Gilchrest 83%
Ron Paul 83%
Christopher Shays 83%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 83%
John Breaux 78%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 78%
Jon Kyl 78%
Ben Nelson 78%
Douglas Bereuter 77%
Sherwood Boehlert 77%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 77%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 77%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 77%
Jim Saxton 77%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 77%
W. Curtis Weldon 77%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 75%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 70%
James Leach 69%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 67%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 67%
Peter Fitzgerald 67%
Blanche Lincoln 67%
Olympia Snowe 67%
Arlen Specter 67%
Christopher John 62%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 58%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 56%
James Merrill Jeffords 56%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 54%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 54%
Brad Carson 54%
Calvin Dooley 54%
Chet Edwards 54%
Bart Gordon 54%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 54%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 54%
Charles Stenholm 54%
John Tanner 54%
Ike Skelton 50%
Marion Berry 46%
Jerry Costello 46%
Jane Harman 46%
Mike Ross 46%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 45%
Robert Byrd 44%
Kent Conrad 44%
Byron Dorgan 44%
Ernest Hollings 44%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 44%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 44%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 42%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 38%
Leonard Boswell 38%
Rick Boucher 38%
Harold Ford, Jr. 38%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 38%
Thomas Holden 38%
William Jefferson 38%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 38%
Dennis Moore 38%
Earl Pomeroy 38%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 38%
Gene Taylor 38%
James Turner 38%
Evan Bayh 33%
Thomas Daschle 33%
Chris Dodd 33%
John Edwards 33%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 33%
Herb Kohl 33%
William Lipinski 33%
Jack Murtha 33%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 33%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 33%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 33%
Joe Baca, Sr. 31%
Shelley Berkley 31%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 31%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 31%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 31%
Bob Etheridge 31%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 31%
Darlene Hooley 31%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 31%
Nicholas Lampson 31%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 31%
Karen McCarthy 31%
Alan Mollohan 31%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 31%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 31%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 31%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 31%
John Spratt, Jr. 31%
Baron Hill 27%
Bart Stupak 27%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 25%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 25%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 25%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 25%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 25%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 25%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 25%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 23%
Brian Baird 23%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 23%
Julia Carson 23%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 23%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 23%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 23%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 23%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 23%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 23%
Jonas Frost III 23%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 23%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 23%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 23%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 23%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 23%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 23%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 23%
Dale Kildee 23%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 23%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 23%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 23%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 23%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 23%
Major Owens 23%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 23%
Silvestre Reyes 23%
Ciro Rodriguez 23%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 23%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 23%
Vic Snyder 23%
Ted Strickland 23%
Ellen Tauscher 23%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 23%
Ed Towns 23%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 23%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 23%
David Wu 23%
Albert Wynn 23%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 22%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 22%
Jeff Bingaman 22%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 22%
Jon Corzine 22%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 22%
Russ Feingold 22%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 22%
Daniel Inouye 22%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 22%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 22%
Joe Lieberman 22%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 22%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 22%
Paul Sarbanes 22%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 22%
Diane Watson 20%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 18%
Charlie Gonzalez 18%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 17%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 17%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 17%
Bill Delahunt 17%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 17%
Patrick Kennedy 17%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 17%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 17%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 17%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 17%
Jim Oberstar 17%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 17%
Hilda Solis 17%
Pete Stark 17%
Thomas Allen 15%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 15%
Howard Berman 15%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 15%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 15%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 15%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 15%
James Davis 15%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 15%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 15%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 15%
Peter Deutsch 15%
Norm Dicks 15%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 15%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 15%
Lane Evans 15%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 15%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 15%
Barney Frank 15%
Maurice Hinchey 15%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 15%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 15%
Paul Kanjorski 15%
Gerald Kleczka 15%
Dennis Kucinich 15%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 15%
Tom Lantos 15%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 15%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 15%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 15%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 15%
Robert Matsui 15%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 15%
Michael McNulty 15%
Martin Meehan 15%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 15%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 15%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 15%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 15%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 15%
Dave Obey 15%
John Olver 15%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 15%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 15%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 15%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 15%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 15%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 15%
Martin Olav Sabo 15%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 15%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 15%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 15%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 15%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 15%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 15%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 15%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 15%
Anthony Weiner 15%
Robert Wexler 15%
Lynn Woolsey 15%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 12%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 12%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 12%
Hillary Clinton 11%
Daniel Graham 11%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 11%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 11%
Gary Ackerman 9%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 8%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 8%
Donald Payne 8%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 8%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 8%
Steve Rothman 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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