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Rating Group: Transportation Communications Union

2001 Positions

Issues: Labor Unions
State Office District Name Party Rating
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 100%
Gary Ackerman 100%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 43%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 100%
Todd Akin 29%
Wayne Allard 0%
George Allen 36%
Thomas Allen 100%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 100%
Richard Armey 43%
Joe Baca, Sr. 100%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 43%
Brian Baird 86%
Richard Hugh Baker 43%
John Baldacci 100%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 100%
Cass Ballenger 14%
James Barcia 100%
Robert Barr, Jr. 50%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 100%
Roscoe Bartlett 43%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 40%
Charlie Bass 43%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 91%
Evan Bayh 100%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 100%
Bob Bennett 9%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 86%
Douglas Bereuter 43%
Shelley Berkley 100%
Howard Berman 100%
Marion Berry 100%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 100%
Judy Biggert 43%
Michael Bilirakis 57%
Jeff Bingaman 100%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 100%
Rod Blagojevich 100%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 100%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 43%
Sherwood Boehlert 71%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 43%
Kit Bond 9%
Henry Bonilla 43%
David Edward Bonior 100%
Mary Bono Mack 50%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 100%
Robert Borski, Jr. 100%
Leonard Boswell 100%
Rick Boucher 100%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 100%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 71%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 43%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 100%
John Breaux 91%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 100%
Henry Brown, Jr. 43%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 100%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 27%
Ed Bryant 43%
Jim Bunning 0%
Conrad Burns 9%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 43%
Dan Burton 40%
Steve Buyer 57%
Robert Byrd 100%
Herbert Callahan 43%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 57%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 57%
Ben Campbell 27%
Chris Cannon 43%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 43%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 100%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 86%
Jean Carnahan 100%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 100%
Brad Carson 86%
Julia Carson 100%
Mike Castle 57%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 29%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 91%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 57%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 100%
Eva Clayton 100%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 100%
Robert Clement 71%
Hillary Clinton 100%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 83%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 43%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 27%
Michael Collins 57%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 73%
Larry Combest 57%
Gary Condit 100%
Kent Conrad 91%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 100%
John Cooksey 33%
Jon Corzine 100%
Jerry Costello 100%
Christopher Cox 14%
William Coyne 100%
Larry Craig 27%
Robert Cramer 67%
Philip Crane 43%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 27%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 57%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 100%
Barbara Cubin 25%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 33%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 100%
Randall Cunningham 57%
Thomas Daschle 100%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 100%
James Davis 86%
Jo Ann Davis 57%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 86%
Thomas Davis III 33%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 100%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 50%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 100%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 100%
Bill Delahunt 100%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 100%
Thomas DeLay 14%
James DeMint 14%
Peter Deutsch 100%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 55%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 43%
Norm Dicks 100%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 100%
Chris Dodd 100%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 100%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 40%
Calvin Dooley 50%
John Doolittle 57%
Byron Dorgan 100%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 100%
David Dreier 43%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 57%
Jennifer Dunn 43%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 100%
John Edwards 100%
Chet Edwards 100%
Vern Ehlers 43%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 33%
Jo Ann Emerson 43%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 100%
Philip English 57%
John Ensign 18%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 36%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 100%
Bob Etheridge 100%
Lane Evans 100%
Terry Everett 43%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 100%
Russ Feingold 91%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 100%
Michael Ferguson 71%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 100%
Peter Fitzgerald 45%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 0%
Ernest Fletcher 43%
Mark Foley 50%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 40%
Harold Ford, Jr. 100%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 40%
Barney Frank 100%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 14%
William Frist 0%
Jonas Frost III 100%
Elton Gallegly 57%
John Ganske 83%
George Gekas 43%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 100%
Jim Gibbons 43%
Wayne Gilchrest 33%
Paul Gillmor 43%
Benjamin Gilman 71%
Charlie Gonzalez 83%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 57%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 57%
Bart Gordon 86%
Porter Goss 43%
Daniel Graham 100%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 43%
William Phillip Gramm 0%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 33%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 18%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 43%
Mark Green 57%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 100%
James Greenwood 43%
Judd Gregg 0%
Felix Grucci, Jr. 71%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 100%
Gilbert Gutknecht 57%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 45%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 71%
Tony Hall 100%
James Hansen 43%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 100%
Jane Harman 100%
Melissa Hart 57%
J. Dennis Hastert 0%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 100%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 43%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 36%
Robert Hayes 43%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 43%
Joel Hefley 29%
Jesse Helms 0%
Wally Herger, Jr. 14%
Baron Hill 86%
Van Hilleary 57%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 100%
Maurice Hinchey 100%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 86%
David Lee Hobson 43%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 100%
Pete Hoekstra 29%
Thomas Holden 100%
Ernest Hollings 91%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 100%
Darlene Hooley 100%
Stephen Horn 71%
John Nathan Hostettler 33%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 43%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 100%
Kenny Hulshof 43%
Duncan Hunter 57%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 45%
Kay Hutchison 25%
Henry Hyde 50%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 36%
Daniel Inouye 100%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 100%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 43%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 43%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 33%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 100%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 100%
William Jefferson 100%
James Merrill Jeffords 91%
William Lewis Jenkins 43%
Christopher John 71%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 100%
Nancy Johnson 43%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 14%
Tim Johnson 71%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 100%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 29%
Paul Kanjorski 100%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 100%
Ric Keller 50%
Sue Kelly 57%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 100%
Mark Kennedy 43%
Patrick Kennedy 100%
Brian Kerns 43%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 100%
Dale Kildee 100%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 100%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 71%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 43%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 57%
Gerald Kleczka 100%
Joseph Knollenberg 43%
Herb Kohl 100%
James Kolbe 14%
Dennis Kucinich 100%
Jon Kyl 0%
John LaFalce 100%
Ray LaHood 57%
Nicholas Lampson 100%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 90%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 100%
Tom Lantos 100%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 86%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 86%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 43%
Steve LaTourette 50%
James Leach 67%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 100%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 91%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 100%
Jerry Lewis 33%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 100%
Ron Lewis 43%
Joe Lieberman 100%
Blanche Lincoln 91%
John Linder 43%
William Lipinski 100%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 71%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 100%
Trent Lott, Sr. 0%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 100%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 57%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 71%
Dick Lugar 0%
William Luther 100%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 100%
James Maloney 100%
Don Manzullo 57%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 100%
Frank Mascara 100%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 86%
Robert Matsui 100%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 55%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 100%
Karen McCarthy 100%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 100%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 0%
James McCrery III 43%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 100%
John McHugh 71%
Scott McInnis 43%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 86%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 43%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 100%
Michael McNulty 100%
Martin Meehan 100%
Carrie Meek 100%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 100%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 57%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 100%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 100%
Dan Miller 14%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 29%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 100%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 50%
Zell Bryan Miller 80%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 100%
Alan Mollohan 100%
Dennis Moore 100%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 50%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 100%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 57%
Constance Morella 71%
Frank Murkowski 30%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 100%
Jack Murtha 100%
Sue Myrick 14%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 100%
Ben Nelson 100%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 91%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 43%
Robert William Ney 57%
Don Nickles 9%
Anne Northup 43%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 57%
James Nussle 57%
Jim Oberstar 100%
Dave Obey 100%
John Olver 100%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 83%
Thomas William Osborne 43%
Doug Ose 43%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 43%
Major Owens 100%
Michael Oxley 40%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 100%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 86%
Ron Paul 0%
Donald Payne 100%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 100%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 14%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 83%
John Peterson 43%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 57%
David Phelps 86%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 57%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 14%
Todd Platts 50%
Richard Pombo 57%
Earl Pomeroy 86%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 43%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 100%
Deborah Pryce 43%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 50%
Jack Quinn 71%
George Radanovich 33%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 100%
James Ramstad 43%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 100%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 100%
Ralph Regula 43%
Denny Rehberg 43%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 100%
Silvestre Reyes 86%
Thomas Reynolds 43%
Bob Riley 33%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 100%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 27%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 100%
Ciro Rodriguez 100%
Timothy Roemer 100%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 43%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 43%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 14%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 57%
Mike Ross 100%
Steve Rothman 100%
Marge Roukema 71%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 17%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 100%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 57%
Jim Ryun 43%
Martin Olav Sabo 100%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 100%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 100%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 100%
Rick Santorum 18%
Paul Sarbanes 100%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 100%
Jim Saxton 71%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 14%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 100%
Edward Schrock 43%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 100%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 100%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 29%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 86%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 20%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 50%
John Shadegg 14%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 43%
Christopher Shays 29%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 36%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 100%
Donald Sherwood 57%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 57%
Ronnie Shows 100%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 60%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 43%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 43%
Joseph Skeen 43%
Ike Skelton 71%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 100%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 86%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 86%
Gordon Smith 55%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 43%
Nick Smith 14%
Bob Smith 0%
Olympia Snowe 82%
Vic Snyder 86%
Hilda Solis 100%
Mark Souder 50%
Arlen Specter 91%
John Spratt, Jr. 86%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 100%
Pete Stark 100%
Cliff Stearns 57%
Charles Stenholm 29%
Ted Stevens 45%
Ted Strickland 100%
Bob Stump 43%
Bart Stupak 100%
John Sununu 14%
John Sweeney 50%
Tom Tancredo 14%
John Tanner 71%
Ellen Tauscher 100%
William Tauzin 57%
Charles Taylor 29%
Gene Taylor 43%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 43%
Craig Thomas 0%
William Thomas 29%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 100%
Fred Thompson 18%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 86%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 33%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 57%
Karen Thurman 100%
Strom Thurmond 9%
Todd Tiahrt 33%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 33%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 100%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 33%
Robert Torricelli 100%
Ed Towns 100%
James Traficant, Jr. 71%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 100%
James Turner 86%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 100%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 57%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 86%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 100%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 43%
George Voinovich 27%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 43%
James Walsh 33%
Zach Wamp 33%
John Warner 36%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 100%
Wesley Watkins 33%
Diane Watson 100%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 100%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 43%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 100%
Anthony Weiner 100%
David Weldon 29%
W. Curtis Weldon 71%
Gerald Weller 57%
Paul Wellstone 100%
Robert Wexler 100%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 43%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 43%
Heather Wilson 43%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 57%
Lynn Woolsey 100%
David Wu 86%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 100%
Albert Wynn 100%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 43%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 40%

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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