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Special Interest Groups

Interest Group Ratings

Rating Group: Transportation Communications Union

1999 Positions

Issues: Labor
State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 43%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 0%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 0%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 29%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 43%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 0%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jon Kyl Republican 0%
AZ U.S. House 4 Edward Pastor Democratic 86%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 100%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 1 Mike Thompson Democratic 86%
CA U.S. House 2 Wally Herger, Jr. Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 6 Lynn Woolsey Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 7 George Miller Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 8 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 9 Barbara Lee Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 13 Pete Stark Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 14 Anna Eshoo Democratic 71%
CA U.S. House 16 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 71%
CA U.S. House 17 Sam Farr Democratic 86%
CA U.S. House 23 Lois Capps Democratic 86%
CA U.S. House 24 Elton Gallegly Republican 43%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 14%
CA U.S. House 26 David Dreier Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 27 Brad Sherman Democratic 86%
CA U.S. House 28 Howard Berman Democratic 71%
CA U.S. House 30 Henry Waxman Democratic 86%
CA U.S. House 31 Xavier Becerra Democratic 86%
CA U.S. House 34 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 86%
CA U.S. House 35 Maxine Waters Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 38 Grace Napolitano Democratic 86%
CA U.S. House 40 Ed Royce Republican 14%
CA U.S. House 41 Jerry Lewis Republican 14%
CA U.S. House 42 Gary Miller Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 44 Ken Calvert Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 45 Mary Bono Mack Republican 29%
CA U.S. House 46 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 14%
CA U.S. House 47 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 50 Brian Bilbray Republican 17%
CA U.S. House 51 Bob Filner Democratic 86%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 100%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 86%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 29%
CT U.S. Senate Sr Joe Lieberman Independent Democrat 100%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 86%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 100%
FL U.S. House 3 Corrine Brown Democratic 100%
FL U.S. House 6 Cliff Stearns Republican 43%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 14%
FL U.S. House 10 Bill Young Republican 29%
FL U.S. House 18 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 57%
FL U.S. House 23 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 100%
FL Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 14%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 29%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 0%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 14%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 86%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 100%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 29%
HI U.S. Senate Sr Daniel Inouye Democratic 100%
HI U.S. Senate Jr Daniel Akaka, Sr. Democratic 100%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 100%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 0%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 100%
IA U.S. House 3 Leonard Boswell Democratic 86%
IA U.S. House 4 Tom Latham Republican 14%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 9%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 0%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 86%
IL U.S. House 2 Jesse Jackson, Jr. Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 12 Jerry Costello Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 13 Judy Biggert Republican 0%
IL U.S. House 16 Don Manzullo Republican 0%
IL U.S. House 19 John Shimkus Republican 29%
IN U.S. Senate Sr Dick Lugar Republican 0%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 100%
IN U.S. House 5 Dan Burton Republican 33%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 0%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 29%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 0%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 0%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 29%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 29%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 71%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 82%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 40%
MA U.S. Senate Sr John Kerry Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 1 John Olver Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 2 Richard Neal Democratic 86%
MA U.S. House 3 Jim McGovern Democratic 86%
MA U.S. House 4 Barney Frank Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 7 Ed Markey Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 8 Mike Capuano Democratic 100%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 100%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 100%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 100%
MD U.S. House 6 Roscoe Bartlett Republican 29%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 100%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Olympia Snowe Republican 9%
ME U.S. Senate Jr Susan Collins Republican 0%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 100%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 86%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 14%
MI U.S. House 5 Dale Kildee Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 14%
MI U.S. House 12 Sandy Levin Democratic 71%
MI U.S. House 14 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 86%
MI U.S. House 15 John Dingell Democratic 86%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 71%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 14%
MO U.S. House 8 Jo Ann Emerson Republican 29%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 0%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 0%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 100%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 100%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 100%
NA U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood Republican 29%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 14%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 57%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 86%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 43%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 86%
NC U.S. House 9 Sue Myrick Republican 17%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 100%
ND U.S. Senate Sr Kent Conrad Democratic-NPL 100%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 0%
NH U.S. House 2 Charlie Bass Republican 14%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 86%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 71%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 71%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 8 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 9 Steve Rothman Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 14%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 86%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Jeff Bingaman Democratic 100%
NM U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Udall Democratic 100%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 100%
NV U.S. House 1 Shelley Berkley Democratic 86%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 3 Pete King Republican 71%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 86%
NY U.S. House 5 Gary Ackerman Democratic 86%
NY U.S. House 6 Gregory Meeks Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 7 Joe Crowley Democratic 86%
NY U.S. House 8 Jerry Nadler Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 10 Ed Towns Democratic 86%
NY U.S. House 12 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 14 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 86%
NY U.S. House 15 Charlie Rangel Democratic 86%
NY U.S. House 16 José Serrano Democratic 86%
NY U.S. House 17 Eliot Engel Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 18 Nita Lowey Democratic 86%
NY U.S. House 22 Maurice Hinchey Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 28 Louise Slaughter Democratic 100%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 100%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 17%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 0%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 14%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 100%
OH U.S. House 10 Dennis Kucinich Democratic 100%
OH U.S. House 14 Steve LaTourette Republican 43%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 29%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 86%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 0%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 0%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 43%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 0%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 100%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 14%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 86%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 100%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 14%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 86%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 0%
PA U.S. House 17 Thomas Holden Democratic 86%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 86%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 100%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 57%
SC U.S. Senate Jr James DeMint Republican 14%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 100%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 100%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 14%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 57%
TX U.S. Senate Sr Kay Hutchison Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 14%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 14%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 14%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 14%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 14%
TX U.S. House 14 Ron Paul Republican 14%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa-Flores, Sr. Democratic 86%
TX U.S. House 16 Silvestre Reyes Democratic 86%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 86%
TX U.S. House 20 Charlie Gonzalez Democratic 86%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 17%
TX U.S. House 25 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 86%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 86%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 86%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 14%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 0%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 100%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 0%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 71%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 29%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 100%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 100%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 100%
WA U.S. House 4 Richard Hastings Republican 0%
WA U.S. House 6 Norm Dicks Democratic 71%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 75%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 71%
WI U.S. Senate Sr Herb Kohl Democratic 100%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 43%
WI U.S. House 2 Tammy Baldwin Democratic 100%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 71%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 29%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 29%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 86%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 100%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 100%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 0%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 0%
Wayne Allard 0%
Thomas Allen 86%
William Archer 0%
Richard Armey 0%
John Ashcroft 0%
Brian Baird 86%
Richard Hugh Baker 0%
John Baldacci 86%
Cass Ballenger 29%
James Barcia 100%
Robert Barr, Jr. 43%
William Barrett 0%
Herbert Bateman 14%
Evan Bayh 100%
Bob Bennett 0%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 86%
Douglas Bereuter 0%
Marion Berry 71%
Michael Bilirakis 43%
Rod Blagojevich 86%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 0%
Sherwood Boehlert 57%
Kit Bond 0%
Henry Bonilla 0%
David Edward Bonior 100%
Robert Borski, Jr. 100%
Rick Boucher 86%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 71%
John Breaux 64%
Richard Bryan 100%
Ed Bryant 14%
Jim Bunning 0%
Conrad Burns 0%
Steve Buyer 14%
Robert Byrd 100%
Herbert Callahan 29%
Ben Campbell 9%
Thomas Campbell 29%
Chris Cannon 43%
Julia Carson 100%
Mike Castle 29%
Helen Chenoweth 43%
William Clay, Sr. 100%
Eva Clayton 86%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 91%
Robert Clement 71%
Mac Collins 29%
Larry Combest 0%
Gary Condit 71%
Merrill Cook 43%
John Cooksey 14%
Christopher Cox 14%
William Coyne 100%
Larry Craig 0%
Robert Cramer 71%
Philip Crane 0%
Barbara Cubin 14%
Randall Cunningham 0%
Patsy Ann Danner 86%
Thomas Daschle 100%
James Davis 71%
Thomas Davis III 14%
Bill Delahunt 100%
Thomas DeLay 0%
Peter Deutsch 86%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 57%
Jay Dickey 43%
Julian Dixon 86%
Chris Dodd 100%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 0%
Calvin Dooley 57%
John Doolittle 14%
Byron Dorgan 100%
Jennifer Dunn 0%
John Edwards 100%
Chet Edwards 86%
Vern Ehlers 0%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 29%
Philip English 43%
Bob Etheridge 86%
Lane Evans 100%
Terry Everett 29%
Thomas Ewing 29%
Russ Feingold 100%
Peter Fitzgerald 18%
Ernest Fletcher 0%
Mark Foley 29%
Michael Patrick Forbes 86%
Harold Ford, Jr. 86%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 14%
Tillie Fowler 14%
Robert Franks 29%
William Frist 0%
Jonas Frost III 86%
John Ganske 71%
Sam Gejdenson 100%
George Gekas 14%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 100%
Jim Gibbons 43%
Wayne Gilchrest 33%
Paul Gillmor 29%
Benjamin Gilman 71%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 29%
William Goodling 43%
Bart Gordon 86%
Slade Gorton 0%
Porter Goss 0%
Daniel Graham 100%
William Phillip Gramm 0%
Rodney Grams 0%
Mark Green 14%
James Greenwood 43%
Judd Gregg 0%
Gilbert Gutknecht 14%
Charles Hagel 0%
Tony Hall 100%
James Hansen 14%
J. Dennis Hastert 0%
Robert Hayes 29%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 14%
Joel Hefley 57%
Jesse Helms 0%
Baron Hill 86%
Rick Hill 86%
Van Hilleary 43%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 100%
David Lee Hobson 29%
Pete Hoekstra 0%
Ernest Hollings 100%
Darlene Hooley 86%
Stephen Horn 57%
John Nathan Hostettler 43%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 0%
Kenny Hulshof 17%
Duncan Hunter 43%
William Hutchinson 14%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 0%
Henry Hyde 29%
Jay Inslee 86%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 0%
William Jefferson 71%
James Merrill Jeffords 9%
William Lewis Jenkins 43%
Christopher John 57%
Nancy Johnson 0%
Paul Kanjorski 86%
Sue Kelly 43%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 100%
Patrick Kennedy 100%
Bob Kerrey 91%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 100%
Gerald Kleczka 86%
Ronald Klink 100%
Joseph Knollenberg 0%
James Kolbe 0%
Steven Kuykendall 0%
John LaFalce 86%
Nicholas Lampson 86%
Tom Lantos 100%
Stephen Largent 14%
Rick Lazio 43%
James Leach 29%
Ron Lewis 14%
Blanche Lincoln 100%
John Linder 14%
William Lipinski 100%
Trent Lott, Sr. 0%
William Luther 86%
Connie Mack 0%
James Maloney 86%
Matthew Martinez 100%
Frank Mascara 100%
Robert Matsui 86%
Karen McCarthy 86%
Bill McCollum 14%
James McCrery III 0%
John McHugh 43%
Scott McInnis 29%
David McIntosh 14%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 100%
Michael McNulty 86%
Martin Meehan 86%
Carrie Meek 100%
Jack Metcalf 33%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 86%
Dan Miller 0%
David Minge 86%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 100%
John Moakley 86%
Alan Mollohan 100%
Dennis Moore 86%
Constance Morella 43%
Daniel Patrick Moynihan 100%
Frank Murkowski 0%
Jack Murtha 86%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 0%
Robert William Ney 43%
Don Nickles 0%
Anne Northup 0%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 57%
James Nussle 29%
Jim Oberstar 100%
Dave Obey 100%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 86%
Doug Ose 14%
Major Owens 100%
Michael Oxley 14%
Ronald Packard 0%
Donald Payne 100%
Edward Pease 14%
John Peterson 25%
David Phelps 86%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 14%
Owen Pickett 57%
Richard Pombo 29%
Earl Pomeroy 86%
John Edward Porter 14%
Deborah Pryce 0%
Jack Quinn 86%
George Radanovich 14%
James Ramstad 0%
Ralph Regula 14%
Thomas Reynolds 29%
Bob Riley 29%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 100%
Charles Robb 100%
Ciro Rodriguez 86%
Timothy Roemer 86%
James Rogan 14%
William Roth, Jr. 0%
Marge Roukema 29%
Jim Ryun 0%
Martin Olav Sabo 100%
Matthew Salmon 14%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 86%
Mark Sanford, Jr. 86%
Rick Santorum 0%
Paul Sarbanes 100%
H. James Saxton 14%
Joe Scarborough 17%
John Shadegg 0%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 14%
Christopher Shays 14%
Donald Sherwood 29%
Ronnie Shows 71%
E.G. Shuster 17%
Norman Sisisky 86%
Joseph Skeen 14%
Ike Skelton 86%
Gordon Smith 0%
Nick Smith 0%
Bob Smith 0%
Vic Snyder 86%
Mark Souder 29%
Arlen Specter 36%
Floyd Spence 29%
John Spratt, Jr. 100%
Charles Stenholm 57%
Ted Stevens 9%
Ted Strickland 100%
Robert Stump 0%
Bart Stupak 100%
John Sununu 0%
John Sweeney 71%
James Talent 0%
Tom Tancredo 29%
John Tanner 71%
Ellen Tauscher 86%
William Tauzin 14%
Charles Taylor 14%
Gene Taylor 86%
Craig Thomas 0%
William Thomas 0%
Fred Thompson 0%
Karen Thurman 86%
Strom Thurmond 0%
Todd Tiahrt 14%
Robert Torricelli 91%
James Traficant, Jr. 100%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 100%
James Turner 71%
Bruce Vento 100%
George Voinovich 36%
James Walsh 57%
Zach Wamp 43%
John Warner 9%
Wesley Watkins 0%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 0%
Anthony Weiner 86%
David Weldon 29%
W. Curtis Weldon 57%
Gerald Weller 43%
Paul Wellstone 100%
Robert Wexler 100%
Robert Weygand 100%
Heather Wilson 29%
Robert Wise, Jr. 100%
David Wu 100%
Albert Wynn 100%

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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