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Special Interest Groups

Interest Group Ratings

Rating Group: Associated Builders & Contractors

1999 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 100%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 60%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 100%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 91%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 83%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 80%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jon Kyl Republican 100%
AZ U.S. House 4 Edward Pastor Democratic 8%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 20%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 1 Mike Thompson Democratic 16%
CA U.S. House 2 Wally Herger, Jr. Republican 91%
CA U.S. House 6 Lynn Woolsey Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 7 George Miller Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 8 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 9 Barbara Lee Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 13 Pete Stark Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 14 Anna Eshoo Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 16 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 10%
CA U.S. House 17 Sam Farr Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 23 Lois Capps Democratic 33%
CA U.S. House 24 Elton Gallegly Republican 83%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 26 David Dreier Republican 91%
CA U.S. House 27 Brad Sherman Democratic 16%
CA U.S. House 28 Howard Berman Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 30 Henry Waxman Democratic 9%
CA U.S. House 31 Xavier Becerra Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 34 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 35 Maxine Waters Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 38 Grace Napolitano Democratic 18%
CA U.S. House 40 Ed Royce Republican 91%
CA U.S. House 41 Jerry Lewis Republican 91%
CA U.S. House 42 Gary Miller Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 44 Ken Calvert Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 45 Mary Bono Mack Republican 91%
CA U.S. House 46 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 91%
CA U.S. House 47 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 33%
CA U.S. House 50 Brian Bilbray Republican 72%
CA U.S. House 51 Bob Filner Democratic 8%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 16%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 8%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 100%
CT U.S. Senate Sr Joe Lieberman Independent Democrat 20%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 8%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 8%
FL U.S. House 3 Corrine Brown Democratic 8%
FL U.S. House 6 Cliff Stearns Republican 91%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 100%
FL U.S. House 10 Bill Young Republican 90%
FL U.S. House 18 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 70%
FL U.S. House 23 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 11%
FL Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 91%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 91%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 100%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 90%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 58%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 0%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 91%
HI U.S. Senate Sr Daniel Inouye Democratic 0%
HI U.S. Senate Jr Daniel Akaka, Sr. Democratic 0%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 8%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 100%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 0%
IA U.S. House 3 Leonard Boswell Democratic 41%
IA U.S. House 4 Tom Latham Republican 100%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 100%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 100%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 0%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 10%
IL U.S. House 2 Jesse Jackson, Jr. Democratic 0%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 8%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 9%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 8%
IL U.S. House 12 Jerry Costello Democratic 16%
IL U.S. House 13 Judy Biggert Republican 100%
IL U.S. House 16 Don Manzullo Republican 100%
IL U.S. House 19 John Shimkus Republican 91%
IN U.S. Senate Sr Dick Lugar Republican 100%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 0%
IN U.S. House 5 Dan Burton Republican 100%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 100%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 91%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 100%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 100%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 100%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 100%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 66%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 20%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 85%
MA U.S. Senate Sr John Kerry Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 1 John Olver Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 2 Richard Neal Democratic 8%
MA U.S. House 3 Jim McGovern Democratic 8%
MA U.S. House 4 Barney Frank Democratic 8%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 8%
MA U.S. House 7 Ed Markey Democratic 8%
MA U.S. House 8 Mike Capuano Democratic 8%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 0%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 16%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 8%
MD U.S. House 6 Roscoe Bartlett Republican 100%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 8%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Olympia Snowe Republican 60%
ME U.S. Senate Jr Susan Collins Republican 80%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 0%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 25%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 100%
MI U.S. House 5 Dale Kildee Democratic 8%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 91%
MI U.S. House 12 Sandy Levin Democratic 8%
MI U.S. House 14 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 8%
MI U.S. House 15 John Dingell Democratic 8%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 58%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 100%
MO U.S. House 8 Jo Ann Emerson Republican 91%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 80%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 100%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 9%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 20%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 0%
NA U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood Republican 90%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 91%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 83%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 25%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 91%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 50%
NC U.S. House 9 Sue Myrick Republican 91%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 0%
ND U.S. Senate Sr Kent Conrad Democratic-NPL 0%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 100%
NH U.S. House 2 Charlie Bass Republican 91%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 0%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 8%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 18%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 75%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 66%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 16%
NJ U.S. House 8 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 91%
NJ U.S. House 9 Steve Rothman Democratic 8%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 75%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 8%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Jeff Bingaman Democratic 20%
NM U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Udall Democratic 8%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 0%
NV U.S. House 1 Shelley Berkley Democratic 16%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 3 Pete King Republican 75%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 33%
NY U.S. House 5 Gary Ackerman Democratic 8%
NY U.S. House 6 Gregory Meeks Democratic 8%
NY U.S. House 7 Joe Crowley Democratic 8%
NY U.S. House 8 Jerry Nadler Democratic 8%
NY U.S. House 10 Ed Towns Democratic 8%
NY U.S. House 12 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 16%
NY U.S. House 14 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 10%
NY U.S. House 15 Charlie Rangel Democratic 8%
NY U.S. House 16 José Serrano Democratic 8%
NY U.S. House 17 Eliot Engel Democratic 8%
NY U.S. House 18 Nita Lowey Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 22 Maurice Hinchey Democratic 8%
NY U.S. House 28 Louise Slaughter Democratic 9%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 0%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 90%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 91%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 91%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 18%
OH U.S. House 10 Dennis Kucinich Democratic 8%
OH U.S. House 14 Steve LaTourette Republican 83%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 91%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 8%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 80%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 100%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 83%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 100%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 20%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 100%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 16%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 8%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 91%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 8%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 8%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 25%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 91%
PA U.S. House 17 Thomas Holden Democratic 33%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 0%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 0%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 66%
SC U.S. Senate Jr James DeMint Republican 100%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 0%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 0%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 91%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 75%
TX U.S. Senate Sr Kay Hutchison Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 91%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 75%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 88%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 83%
TX U.S. House 14 Ron Paul Republican 75%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa-Flores, Sr. Democratic 25%
TX U.S. House 16 Silvestre Reyes Democratic 16%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 16%
TX U.S. House 20 Charlie Gonzalez Democratic 8%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 25 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 0%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 25%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 8%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 83%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 100%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 16%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 100%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 33%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 75%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 0%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 8%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 20%
WA U.S. House 4 Richard Hastings Republican 100%
WA U.S. House 6 Norm Dicks Democratic 9%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 11%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 33%
WI U.S. Senate Sr Herb Kohl Democratic 0%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 91%
WI U.S. House 2 Tammy Baldwin Democratic 0%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 25%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 91%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 83%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 0%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 0%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 16%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 100%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 80%
Wayne Allard 100%
Thomas Allen 8%
William Archer 91%
Richard Armey 100%
John Ashcroft 100%
Brian Baird 8%
Richard Hugh Baker 100%
John Baldacci 8%
Cass Ballenger 91%
James Barcia 50%
Robert Barr, Jr. 91%
William Barrett 83%
Herbert Bateman 83%
Evan Bayh 0%
Bob Bennett 100%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 8%
Douglas Bereuter 83%
Marion Berry 50%
Michael Bilirakis 91%
Rod Blagojevich 8%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 100%
Sherwood Boehlert 50%
Kit Bond 100%
Henry Bonilla 91%
David Edward Bonior 8%
Robert Borski, Jr. 8%
Rick Boucher 8%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 41%
John Breaux 20%
Richard Bryan 20%
Ed Bryant 100%
Jim Bunning 100%
Conrad Burns 100%
Steve Buyer 100%
Robert Byrd 20%
Herbert Callahan 83%
Ben Campbell 80%
Thomas Campbell 58%
Chris Cannon 91%
Julia Carson 9%
Mike Castle 66%
Helen Chenoweth 91%
William Clay, Sr. 8%
Eva Clayton 8%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 0%
Robert Clement 50%
Mac Collins 91%
Larry Combest 100%
Gary Condit 66%
Merrill Cook 83%
John Cooksey 91%
Paul Coverdell 100%
Christopher Cox 90%
William Coyne 8%
Larry Craig 100%
Robert Cramer 58%
Philip Crane 91%
Barbara Cubin 100%
Randall Cunningham 100%
Patsy Ann Danner 58%
Thomas Daschle 0%
James Davis 16%
Thomas Davis III 91%
Bill Delahunt 16%
Thomas DeLay 91%
Peter Deutsch 16%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 75%
Jay Dickey 100%
Julian Dixon 8%
Chris Dodd 25%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 80%
Calvin Dooley 58%
John Doolittle 91%
Byron Dorgan 0%
Jennifer Dunn 100%
John Edwards 0%
Chet Edwards 18%
Vern Ehlers 100%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 100%
Philip English 91%
Bob Etheridge 41%
Lane Evans 8%
Terry Everett 91%
Thomas Ewing 100%
Russ Feingold 0%
Peter Fitzgerald 60%
Ernest Fletcher 100%
Mark Foley 75%
Michael Patrick Forbes 50%
Harold Ford, Jr. 16%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 100%
Tillie Fowler 100%
Robert Franks 83%
William Frist 100%
Jonas Frost III 25%
John Ganske 58%
Sam Gejdenson 8%
George Gekas 100%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 8%
Jim Gibbons 75%
Wayne Gilchrest 75%
Paul Gillmor 91%
Benjamin Gilman 66%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 100%
William Goodling 100%
Bart Gordon 45%
Slade Gorton 80%
Porter Goss 91%
Daniel Graham 0%
William Phillip Gramm 100%
Rodney Grams 100%
Mark Green 100%
James Greenwood 75%
Judd Gregg 100%
Gilbert Gutknecht 100%
Charles Hagel 100%
Tony Hall 25%
James Hansen 100%
J. Dennis Hastert 100%
Robert Hayes 100%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 91%
Joel Hefley 91%
Jesse Helms 100%
Baron Hill 25%
Rick Hill 83%
Van Hilleary 100%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 8%
David Lee Hobson 91%
Pete Hoekstra 100%
Ernest Hollings 0%
Darlene Hooley 16%
Stephen Horn 66%
John Nathan Hostettler 90%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 81%
Kenny Hulshof 81%
Duncan Hunter 91%
William Hutchinson 100%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 100%
Henry Hyde 72%
Jay Inslee 0%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 83%
William Jefferson 18%
James Merrill Jeffords 60%
William Lewis Jenkins 91%
Christopher John 66%
Nancy Johnson 66%
Paul Kanjorski 8%
Sue Kelly 83%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 0%
Patrick Kennedy 9%
Bob Kerrey 20%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 0%
Gerald Kleczka 8%
Ronald Klink 8%
Joseph Knollenberg 91%
James Kolbe 90%
Steven Kuykendall 91%
John LaFalce 8%
Nicholas Lampson 8%
Tom Lantos 11%
Stephen Largent 91%
Rick Lazio 75%
James Leach 83%
Ron Lewis 100%
Blanche Lincoln 20%
John Linder 91%
William Lipinski 25%
Trent Lott, Sr. 100%
William Luther 16%
Connie Mack 100%
James Maloney 33%
Matthew Martinez 9%
Frank Mascara 8%
Robert Matsui 8%
Karen McCarthy 25%
Bill McCollum 91%
James McCrery III 100%
John McHugh 75%
Scott McInnis 91%
David McIntosh 91%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 9%
Michael McNulty 8%
Martin Meehan 0%
Carrie Meek 8%
Jack Metcalf 90%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 8%
Dan Miller 91%
David Minge 16%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 16%
John Moakley 8%
Alan Mollohan 27%
Dennis Moore 25%
Constance Morella 16%
Daniel Patrick Moynihan 20%
Frank Murkowski 80%
Jack Murtha 33%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 91%
Robert William Ney 100%
Don Nickles 100%
Anne Northup 100%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 83%
James Nussle 100%
Jim Oberstar 9%
Dave Obey 0%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 16%
Doug Ose 91%
Major Owens 8%
Michael Oxley 100%
Ronald Packard 91%
Donald Payne 8%
Edward Pease 100%
John Peterson 100%
David Phelps 16%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 100%
Owen Pickett 41%
Richard Pombo 100%
Earl Pomeroy 33%
John Edward Porter 66%
Deborah Pryce 100%
Jack Quinn 50%
George Radanovich 100%
James Ramstad 75%
Ralph Regula 83%
Thomas Reynolds 91%
Bob Riley 90%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 25%
Charles Robb 20%
Ciro Rodriguez 8%
Timothy Roemer 41%
James Rogan 100%
William Roth, Jr. 100%
Marge Roukema 75%
Jim Ryun 91%
Martin Olav Sabo 0%
Matthew Salmon 91%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 41%
Mark Sanford, Jr. 83%
Rick Santorum 80%
Paul Sarbanes 0%
H. James Saxton 75%
Joe Scarborough 90%
John Shadegg 91%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 81%
Christopher Shays 50%
Donald Sherwood 91%
Ronnie Shows 54%
E.G. Shuster 100%
Norman Sisisky 50%
Joseph Skeen 100%
Ike Skelton 41%
Gordon Smith 80%
Nick Smith 90%
Bob Smith 100%
Vic Snyder 8%
Mark Souder 100%
Arlen Specter 0%
Floyd Spence 91%
John Spratt, Jr. 9%
Charles Stenholm 41%
Ted Stevens 80%
Ted Strickland 16%
Robert Stump 91%
Bart Stupak 16%
John Sununu 91%
John Sweeney 83%
James Talent 100%
Tom Tancredo 100%
John Tanner 50%
Ellen Tauscher 33%
William Tauzin 100%
Charles Taylor 91%
Gene Taylor 50%
Craig Thomas 100%
William Thomas 90%
Fred Thompson 60%
Karen Thurman 8%
Strom Thurmond 100%
Todd Tiahrt 91%
Robert Torricelli 20%
James Traficant, Jr. 41%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 16%
James Turner 41%
Bruce Vento 8%
George Voinovich 60%
James Walsh 75%
Zach Wamp 75%
John Warner 100%
Wesley Watkins 100%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 100%
Anthony Weiner 8%
David Weldon 91%
W. Curtis Weldon 75%
Gerald Weller 83%
Paul Wellstone 0%
Robert Wexler 0%
Robert Weygand 25%
Heather Wilson 91%
Robert Wise, Jr. 25%
David Wu 16%
Albert Wynn 8%

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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