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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: Associated Builders & Contractors

1998 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
Edmond Spencer Abraham 100%
Bill Archer 100%
Richard Armey 100%
Richard Hugh Baker 100%
Roscoe Bartlett 100%
Herbert Bateman 100%
Bob Bennett 100%
Michael Bilirakis 100%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 100%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 100%
Mary Bono Mack 100%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 100%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 100%
Ed Bryant 100%
Jim Bunning 100%
Conrad Burns 100%
Dan Burton 100%
Steve Buyer 100%
Herbert Callahan 100%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 100%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 100%
FL Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 100%
Chris Cannon 100%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 100%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 100%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 100%
Michael Collins 100%
Larry Combest 100%
John Cooksey 100%
Paul Coverdell 100%
Larry Craig 100%
Randall Cunningham 100%
Thomas DeLay 100%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 100%
Jay Dickey 100%
John Doolittle 100%
David Dreier 100%
Jennifer Dunn 100%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 100%
Terry Everett 100%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 100%
Tillie Fowler 100%
William Frist 100%
George Gekas 100%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 100%
William Goodling 100%
Slade Gorton 100%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 100%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 100%
Judd Gregg 100%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 100%
James Hansen 100%
J. Dennis Hastert 100%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 100%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 100%
Joel Hefley 100%
Van Hilleary 100%
Kenny Hulshof 100%
Asa Hutchinson 100%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 100%
Kay Hutchison 100%
William Lewis Jenkins 100%
Joseph Knollenberg 100%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 100%
Ron Lewis 100%
John Linder 100%
Trent Lott, Sr. 100%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 100%
Dick Lugar 100%
Connie Mack 100%
Don Manzullo 100%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 100%
James McCrery III 100%
Scott McInnis 100%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 100%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 100%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 100%
Don Nickles 100%
Anne Northup 100%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 100%
James Nussle 100%
Michael Oxley 100%
Ronald Packard 100%
Edward Pease 100%
John Peterson 100%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 100%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 100%
Deborah Pryce 100%
Bob Riley 100%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 100%
James Rogan 100%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 100%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 100%
Jim Ryun 100%
Rick Santorum 100%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 100%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 100%
Joseph Skeen 100%
Gordon Smith 100%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 100%
Floyd Spence 100%
Cliff Stearns 100%
John Sununu 100%
James Talent 100%
William Tauzin 100%
Charles Taylor 100%
William Thomas 100%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 100%
Strom Thurmond 100%
Todd Tiahrt 100%
Wesley Watkins 100%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 100%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 100%
Heather Wilson 100%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 100%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 91%
Cass Ballenger 91%
Robert Barr, Jr. 91%
Charlie Bass 91%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 91%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 91%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 91%
Merrill Cook 91%
Thomas Davis III 91%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 91%
Vern Ehlers 91%
Jo Ann Emerson 91%
Thomas Ewing 91%
Mark Foley 91%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 91%
Elton Gallegly 91%
Jim Gibbons 91%
James Greenwood 91%
Gilbert Gutknecht 91%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 91%
Wally Herger, Jr. 91%
David Lee Hobson 91%
Pete Hoekstra 91%
John Nathan Hostettler 91%
Henry Hyde 91%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 91%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 91%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 91%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 91%
James Kolbe 91%
Jerry Lewis 91%
Bill McCollum 91%
David McIntosh 91%
Dan Miller 91%
Sue Myrick 91%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 91%
Robert William Ney 91%
Richard Pombo 91%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 91%
James Ramstad 91%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 91%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 91%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 91%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 91%
Nick Smith 91%
Bob Stump 91%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 91%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 91%
Zach Wamp 91%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 91%
David Weldon 91%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 91%
Henry Bonilla 90%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 90%
Porter Goss 90%
George Radanovich 90%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 90%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 89%
Wayne Allard 86%
John Ashcroft 86%
Kit Bond 86%
John Chafee 86%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 86%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 86%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 86%
William Phillip Gramm 86%
Rodney Grams 86%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 86%
Jon Kyl 86%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 86%
Frank Murkowski 86%
William Roth, Jr. 86%
Bob Smith 86%
Ted Stevens 86%
Craig Thomas 86%
Fred Thompson 86%
John Warner 86%
Jesse Helms 83%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 82%
Bill Barrett 82%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 82%
Douglas Bereuter 82%
Helen Chenoweth-Hage 82%
Christopher Cox 82%
Philip Crane 82%
Barbara Cubin 82%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 82%
Wayne Gilchrest 82%
Paul Gillmor 82%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 82%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 82%
Duncan Hunter 82%
Stephen Largent 82%
Ron Paul 82%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 82%
Ralph Regula 82%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 82%
AZ U.S. House 5 Matthew Salmon Republican 82%
Joe Scarborough 82%
John Shadegg 82%
E.G. Shuster 82%
Mark Souder 82%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 80%
Jim Saxton 80%
Gene Taylor 80%
Brian Bilbray 73%
Philip English 73%
Robert Franks 73%
John Ganske 73%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 73%
Christopher John 73%
James Leach 73%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 73%
John McHugh 73%
John Edward Porter 73%
Marge Roukema 73%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 73%
W. Curtis Weldon 73%
Gerald Weller 73%
Olympia Snowe 71%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 70%
James Merrill Jeffords 67%
Mike Castle 64%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 64%
Stephen Horn 64%
Sue Kelly 64%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 64%
Ray LaHood 64%
Rick Lazio 64%
Jack Metcalf 64%
SC U.S. House 1 Mark Sanford, Jr. Republican 64%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 64%
James Walsh 64%
Benjamin Gilman 60%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 60%
Ben Campbell 57%
Thomas Campbell 55%
Rick Hill 55%
Nancy Johnson 55%
Steve LaTourette 55%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 55%
Jack Quinn 55%
Christopher Shays 55%
Charles Stenholm 55%
John Tanner 50%
James Barcia 45%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 45%
Leonard Boswell 45%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 45%
Gary Condit 45%
Robert Cramer 45%
Patsy Ann Danner 45%
Michael Patrick Forbes 45%
Bart Gordon 45%
James Maloney 45%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 45%
Constance Morella 45%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 45%
Timothy Roemer 45%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 45%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 45%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 43%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 43%
John Breaux 43%
Richard Bryan 43%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 43%
Daniel Graham 43%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 43%
Herb Kohl 43%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 43%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 36%
Marion Berry 36%
Sherwood Boehlert 36%
Bob Etheridge 36%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 36%
Darlene Hooley 36%
Jack Murtha 36%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 36%
Owen Pickett 36%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 36%
Ike Skelton 36%
Bart Stupak 36%
Ellen Tauscher 36%
James Traficant, Jr. 36%
James Turner 36%
Howard Berman 33%
Harold Ford, Jr. 33%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 33%
Arlen Specter 33%
Robert Torricelli 33%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 30%
Matthew Martinez 30%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 30%
Ciro Rodriguez 30%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 30%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 29%
Jeff Bingaman 29%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 29%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 29%
Kent Conrad 29%
Thomas Daschle 29%
Chris Dodd 29%
Byron Dorgan 29%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 29%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 29%
Daniel Inouye 29%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 29%
Bob Kerrey 29%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 29%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 29%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 29%
Joe Lieberman 29%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 29%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 29%
Charles Robb 29%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 29%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 29%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 27%
Gary Ackerman 27%
Thomas Allen 27%
John Baldacci 27%
Rod Blagojevich 27%
David Edward Bonior 27%
Julia Carson 27%
Eva Clayton 27%
Robert Clement 27%
Jerry Costello 27%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 27%
Norm Dicks 27%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 27%
Calvin Dooley 27%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 27%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 27%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 27%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 27%
Jonas Frost III 27%
Sam Gejdenson 27%
Tony Hall 27%
Thomas Holden 27%
Dale Kildee 27%
Gerald Kleczka 27%
Ronald Klink 27%
Nicholas Lampson 27%
Tom Lantos 27%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 27%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 27%
William Luther 27%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 27%
Frank Mascara 27%
Karen McCarthy 27%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 27%
Martin Meehan 27%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 27%
David Minge 27%
Alan Mollohan 27%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 27%
Jim Oberstar 27%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 27%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 27%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 27%
Silvestre Reyes 27%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 27%
Steve Rothman 27%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 27%
Norman Sisisky 27%
Vic Snyder 27%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 27%
Ted Strickland 27%
Karen Thurman 27%
Bruce Vento 27%
Bob Wise, Jr. 27%
Lynn Woolsey 27%
Albert Wynn 27%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 22%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 20%
Julian Dixon 20%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 20%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 20%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 20%
John LaFalce 20%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 20%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 20%
John Olver 20%
Earl Pomeroy 20%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 18%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 18%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 18%
Rick Boucher 18%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 18%
William Coyne 18%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 18%
James Davis 18%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 18%
Peter Deutsch 18%
Chet Edwards 18%
Lane Evans 18%
Maurice Hinchey 18%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 18%
Paul Kanjorski 18%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 18%
William Lipinski 18%
Robert Matsui 18%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 18%
Carrie Meek 18%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 18%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 18%
John Moakley 18%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 18%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 18%
Major Owens 18%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 18%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 18%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 18%
Martin Olav Sabo 18%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 18%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 18%
John Spratt, Jr. 18%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 18%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 18%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 18%
Robert Wexler 18%
Bob Weygand 18%
Ernest Hollings 17%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 17%
Robert Byrd 14%
Russ Feingold 14%
William Jefferson 14%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 14%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 14%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 14%
Patrick Moynihan 14%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 13%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 11%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 11%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 10%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 10%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 10%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 10%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 10%
Michael McNulty 10%
Ed Towns 10%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 9%
Robert Borski, Jr. 9%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 9%
William Clay, Sr. 9%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 9%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 9%
Bill Delahunt 9%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 9%
Barney Frank 9%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 9%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 9%
Patrick Kennedy 9%
Dennis Kucinich 9%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 9%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 9%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 9%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 9%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 9%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 9%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 9%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 0%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 0%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 0%
Dave Obey 0%
Donald Payne 0%
Paul Sarbanes 0%
Pete Stark 0%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 0%
Paul Wellstone 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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