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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: Associated Builders & Contractors

1995 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
Edmond Spencer Abraham 100%
John Ashcroft 100%
Bob Bennett 100%
Kit Bond 100%
Hank Brown 100%
Jim Bunn 100%
Conrad Burns 100%
Ben Campbell 100%
IN U.S. Senate Sr Daniel Coats Republican 100%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 100%
Paul Coverdell 100%
Christopher Cox 100%
Larry Craig 100%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 100%
John Ensign 100%
Duncan McLauchlin Faircloth 100%
William Frist 100%
Newt Gingrich 100%
William Phillip Gramm 100%
Rodney Grams 100%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 100%
Enid Greene 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%
Nancy Landon Kassebaum 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%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 100%
Frank Murkowski 100%
Sue Myrick 100%
Don Nickles 100%
Larry Pressler 100%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 100%
Rick Santorum 100%
Bob Smith 100%
Olympia Snowe 100%
Ted Stevens 100%
Craig Thomas 100%
Fred Thompson 100%
Strom Thurmond 100%
John Warner 100%
Wayne Allard 92%
Bill Archer 92%
Richard Armey 92%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 92%
Richard Hugh Baker 92%
William Baker 92%
Cass Ballenger 92%
Robert Barr, Jr. 92%
Bill Barrett 92%
Roscoe Bartlett 92%
Charlie Bass 92%
Douglas Bereuter 92%
Brian Bilbray 92%
Michael Bilirakis 92%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 92%
Peter Blute 92%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 92%
Henry Bonilla 92%
Sonny Bono 92%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 92%
Jim Bunning 92%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 92%
Dan Burton 92%
Steve Buyer 92%
Herbert Callahan 92%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 92%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 92%
FL Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 92%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 92%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 92%
Jon Lynn Christensen 92%
William Clinger 92%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 92%
Michael Collins 92%
Larry Combest 92%
Wes Cooley 92%
Philip Crane 92%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 92%
Frank Arnold Cremeans 92%
Randall Cunningham 92%
Thomas DeLay 92%
Jay Dickey 92%
John Doolittle 92%
Robert Dornan 92%
David Dreier 92%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 92%
Jennifer Dunn 92%
Bill Emerson 92%
Terry Everett 92%
Thomas Ewing 92%
Harris Fawell 92%
Mark Foley 92%
Tillie Fowler 92%
Robert Franks 92%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 92%
David Funderburk 92%
Elton Gallegly 92%
John Ganske 92%
George Gekas 92%
Paul Gillmor 92%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 92%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 92%
Gilbert Gutknecht 92%
Melton Hancock 92%
James Hansen 92%
J. Dennis Hastert 92%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 92%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 92%
Joel Hefley 92%
Fredrick Kenneth Fred' Heineman 92%
Van Hilleary 92%
David Lee Hobson 92%
Pete Hoekstra 92%
Martin Hoke 92%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 92%
Duncan Hunter 92%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 92%
Henry Hyde 92%
Bob Inglis, Sr. 92%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 92%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 92%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 92%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 92%
Sue Kelly 92%
Jay Kim 92%
Joseph Knollenberg 92%
James Kolbe 92%
Stephen Largent 92%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 92%
Greg Laughlin 92%
James Leach 92%
Ron Lewis 92%
Jim Lightfoot 92%
John Linder 92%
Robert Livingston 92%
James Longley, Jr. 92%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 92%
Bill McCollum 92%
James McCrery III 92%
Scott McInnis 92%
David McIntosh 92%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 92%
Jan Meyers 92%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 92%
Dan Miller 92%
Susan Molinari 92%
G.V. Montgomery 92%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 92%
Mark Neumann 92%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 92%
James Nussle 92%
Michael Oxley 92%
Ronald Packard 92%
Mike Parker 92%
William Paxon 92%
Richard Pombo 92%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 92%
Deborah Pryce 92%
James Quillen 92%
George Radanovich 92%
Ralph Regula 92%
Frank Duncan Riggs 92%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 92%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 92%
Toby Roth 92%
AZ U.S. House 5 Matthew Salmon Republican 92%
Steven Schiff 92%
John Shadegg 92%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 92%
Joseph Skeen 92%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 92%
Linda Smith 92%
Nick Smith 92%
Floyd Spence 92%
Cliff Stearns 92%
Bob Stump 92%
James Talent 92%
Randy Tate 92%
Charles Taylor 92%
William Thomas 92%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 92%
Todd Tiahrt 92%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 92%
Barbara Vucanovich 92%
Robert Walker 92%
Zach Wamp 92%
David Weldon 92%
Gerald Weller 92%
Rick White 92%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 92%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 92%
Bill Zeliff 92%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 91%
Herbert Bateman 91%
Ed Bryant 91%
Dick Chrysler 91%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 91%
Barbara Cubin 91%
Jack Fields, Jr. 91%
William Goodling 91%
Jerry Lewis 91%
Carlos Moorhead 91%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 91%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 91%
Gerald B.H. Solomon 90%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 90%
John Chafee 86%
Alfonse D'Amato 86%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 86%
Robert Dole 86%
Slade Gorton 86%
James Merrill Jeffords 86%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 86%
Alan Simpson 86%
Mike Castle 83%
Helen Chenoweth-Hage 83%
Thomas Davis III 83%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 83%
Calvin Dooley 83%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 83%
Michael Patrick Flanagan 83%
Michael Patrick Forbes 83%
Gary Franks 83%
Dan Frisa 83%
Pete Geren 83%
Wayne Gilchrest 83%
Porter Goss 83%
James Greenwood 83%
Steven Gunderson 83%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 83%
Stephen Horn 83%
Nancy Johnson 83%
Scott Klug 83%
Ray LaHood 83%
Steve LaTourette 83%
Jack Metcalf 83%
John Edward Porter 83%
James Ramstad 83%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 83%
Marge Roukema 83%
SC U.S. House 1 Mark Sanford, Jr. Republican 83%
Joe Scarborough 83%
Daniel Schaefer 83%
Andrea Seastrand 83%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 83%
E.G. Shuster 83%
Mark Souder 83%
TX U.S. House 36 Steve Stockman Republican 83%
William Tauzin 83%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 83%
Vern Ehlers 82%
John Myers 82%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 82%
Philip English 75%
John Nathan Hostettler 75%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 75%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 75%
Bill Martini 75%
Robert William Ney 75%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 75%
Jack Quinn 75%
Jim Saxton 75%
Christopher Shays 75%
Peter Torkildsen 75%
James Walsh 75%
W. Curtis Weldon 75%
Richard Zimmer 75%
Bill Brewster 73%
Joseph McDade 73%
Mark Hatfield 71%
William Roth, Jr. 71%
Arlen Specter 71%
Gary Condit 67%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 67%
Chet Edwards 67%
Jon David Fox 67%
Benjamin Gilman 67%
James Hayes 67%
Rick Lazio 67%
John McHugh 67%
Constance Morella 67%
Gene Taylor 67%
Henry Scott Baesler 58%
James Barcia 58%
Robert Cramer 58%
Patsy Ann Danner 58%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 58%
Bill Orton 58%
Lewis Payne, Jr. 58%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 58%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 58%
Charles Stenholm 58%
John Tanner 58%
William Cohen 57%
E. Kika de la Garza 55%
Blanche Lincoln 55%
Michael McNulty 55%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 55%
Charles Rose III 55%
Tom Bevill 50%
Sherwood Boehlert 50%
Glen Browder 50%
Jim Chapman 50%
Robert Clement 50%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 50%
Bart Gordon 50%
Lee Hamilton 50%
W.G. Hefner 50%
Gerald Kleczka 50%
David Minge 50%
Glenn Poshard 50%
Timothy Roemer 50%
Ike Skelton 50%
John Spratt, Jr. 50%
Frank Tejeda 50%
James Traficant, Jr. 50%
Charles Wilson 50%
Jerry Costello 45%
Peter Deutsch 45%
William Lipinski 45%
Karen McCarthy 45%
Norman Sisisky 44%
John Breaux 43%
Jim Exon 43%
J. Bennett Johnston 43%
Herb Kohl 43%
Sam Nunn 43%
Charles Robb 43%
Harold Ford, Sr. 42%
Jane Harman 42%
Thomas Holden 42%
Andrew Jacobs, Jr. 42%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 42%
William Luther 42%
Frank Mascara 42%
Paul McHale 42%
Martin Meehan 42%
Pete Peterson 42%
Owen Pickett 42%
Earl Pomeroy 42%
Bill Richardson 42%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 40%
Harold Volkmer 40%
John Bryant 36%
Sam Gibbons 36%
Karen Thurman 36%
John Baldacci 33%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 33%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 33%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 33%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 33%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 33%
Victor Fazio 33%
Elizabeth Furse 33%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 33%
Tom Lantos 33%
Thomas Manton 33%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 33%
Bart Stupak 33%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 33%
Michael Ward 33%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 33%
Howard Berman 30%
Jonas Frost III 30%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 30%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 29%
Richard Bryan 29%
Kent Conrad 29%
Byron Dorgan 29%
John Glenn 29%
Daniel Graham 29%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 29%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 29%
Carol Moseley Braun 29%
Claiborne Pell 29%
David Pryor 29%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 29%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 27%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 27%
Henry Gonzalez 27%
Gary Ackerman 25%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 25%
Robert Borski, Jr. 25%
Rick Boucher 25%
George Brown, Jr. 25%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 25%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 25%
Ronald Coleman 25%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 25%
Floyd Flake 25%
Barney Frank 25%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 25%
Tony Hall 25%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 25%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 25%
Harry Johnston 25%
Paul Kanjorski 25%
Joseph Kennedy II 25%
Patrick Kennedy 25%
Barbara Bailey Kennelly 25%
Dale Kildee 25%
Ronald Klink 25%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 25%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 25%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 25%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 25%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 25%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 25%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 25%
Ray Thornton 25%
Robert Torricelli 25%
Bob Wise, Jr. 25%
Albert Wynn 25%
Cleo Fields 18%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 18%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 18%
Alan Mollohan 18%
Anthony Beilenson 17%
William Clay, Sr. 17%
Norm Dicks 17%
Julian Dixon 17%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 17%
Thomas Foglietta 17%
Bob Kerrey 17%
John LaFalce 17%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 17%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 17%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 17%
Jack Murtha 17%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 17%
Dave Obey 17%
John Olver 17%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 17%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 17%
Patricia Schroeder 17%
David Skaggs 17%
Louis Stokes 17%
Gerry Studds 17%
Esteban Edward Torres 17%
Bruce Vento 17%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 14%
Jeff Bingaman 14%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 14%
Dale Bumpers 14%
Robert Byrd 14%
Thomas Daschle 14%
Chris Dodd 14%
Russ Feingold 14%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 14%
Wendell Ford 14%
Daniel Inouye 14%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 14%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 14%
Patrick Moynihan 14%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 14%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 14%
Paul Sarbanes 14%
Paul Simon 14%
Paul Wellstone 14%
John Moakley 13%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 11%
Cardiss Collins 11%
William Jefferson 10%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 10%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 9%
Matthew Martinez 9%
Carrie Meek 9%
Jim Oberstar 9%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 9%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 9%
Lynn Woolsey 9%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 8%
David Edward Bonior 8%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 8%
Eva Clayton 8%
Barbara-Rose Collins 8%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 8%
William Coyne 8%
Ronald Dellums 8%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 8%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 8%
Lane Evans 8%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 8%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 8%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 8%
Sam Gejdenson 8%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 8%
Maurice Hinchey 8%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 8%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 8%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 8%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 8%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 8%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 8%
Major Owens 8%
Donald Payne 8%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 8%
Martin Olav Sabo 8%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 8%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 8%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 8%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 8%
Pete Stark 8%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 8%
Ed Towns 8%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 8%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 8%
Pat Williams 8%
Sidney Yates 8%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 0%
Bill Bradley 0%
Ernest Hollings 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%

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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