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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: Transportation Communications Union

1995 Positions

Issues: Labor Unions
State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 86%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 10%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 30%
AZ U.S. House 5 Matthew Salmon Republican 0%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 100%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 30%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 90%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 80%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 90%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 10%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 20%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 88%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 0%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 70%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 80%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 100%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 100%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 100%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 40%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 11%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 100%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 50%
FL Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 20%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 20%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 100%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 100%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 10%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 0%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 89%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 20%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 20%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 80%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 0%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 90%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 90%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 90%
IN U.S. Senate Sr Daniel Coats Republican 20%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 20%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 20%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 50%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 30%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 20%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 100%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 100%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 100%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 90%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 10%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 10%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 90%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 89%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 100%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 90%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 80%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 100%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 30%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 10%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 60%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 89%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 90%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 0%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 0%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 100%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 20%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 40%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 80%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 20%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 90%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 100%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 70%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 80%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 90%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 90%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 80%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 89%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 0%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 10%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 0%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 40%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 0%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 90%
SC U.S. House 1 Mark Sanford, Jr. Republican 0%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 10%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 10%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 10%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 90%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 20%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 90%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 90%
TX U.S. House 36 Steve Stockman Republican 20%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 30%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 90%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 20%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 70%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 20%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 70%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 100%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 0%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 90%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 67%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 0%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 30%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 90%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 90%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 60%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 30%
Gary Ackerman 90%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 70%
Wayne Allard 10%
Bill Archer 0%
Richard Armey 0%
John Ashcroft 10%
Henry Scott Baesler 80%
Richard Hugh Baker 0%
William Baker 10%
John Baldacci 90%
Cass Ballenger 20%
James Barcia 70%
Robert Barr, Jr. 10%
Bill Barrett 20%
Roscoe Bartlett 20%
Charlie Bass 0%
Herbert Bateman 0%
Anthony Beilenson 100%
Bob Bennett 40%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 80%
Douglas Bereuter 20%
Howard Berman 100%
Tom Bevill 80%
Brian Bilbray 12%
Michael Bilirakis 20%
Jeff Bingaman 50%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 20%
Peter Blute 70%
Sherwood Boehlert 60%
Kit Bond 20%
Henry Bonilla 10%
David Edward Bonior 100%
Sonny Bono 20%
Rick Boucher 90%
Bill Bradley 88%
John Breaux 90%
George Brown, Jr. 100%
Hank Brown 20%
Richard Bryan 60%
Ed Bryant 0%
John Bryant 90%
Dale Bumpers 60%
Jim Bunn 50%
Jim Bunning 20%
Conrad Burns 30%
Dan Burton 0%
Steve Buyer 10%
Robert Byrd 70%
Herbert Callahan 22%
Ben Campbell 40%
Mike Castle 40%
John Chafee 30%
Helen Chenoweth-Hage 0%
Jon Lynn Christensen 0%
Dick Chrysler 11%
William Clay, Sr. 100%
Eva Clayton 90%
William Cohen 33%
Ronald Coleman 100%
Barbara-Rose Collins 100%
Cardiss Collins 100%
Michael Collins 10%
Larry Combest 20%
Gary Condit 80%
Kent Conrad 60%
Wes Cooley 0%
Jerry Costello 90%
Paul Coverdell 10%
Christopher Cox 10%
Larry Craig 10%
Robert Cramer 80%
Philip Crane 0%
Frank Arnold Cremeans 40%
Barbara Cubin 10%
Randall Cunningham 11%
Alfonse D'Amato 30%
Patsy Ann Danner 90%
Thomas Daschle 70%
Thomas Davis III 20%
E. Kika de la Garza 80%
Thomas DeLay 20%
Ronald Dellums 100%
Peter Deutsch 90%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 70%
Jay Dickey 10%
Norm Dicks 90%
Julian Dixon 90%
Chris Dodd 90%
Robert Dole 10%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 20%
Calvin Dooley 70%
John Doolittle 0%
Byron Dorgan 70%
Robert Dornan 10%
David Dreier 0%
Jennifer Dunn 20%
Chet Edwards 70%
Vern Ehlers 30%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 30%
Bill Emerson 20%
Philip English 80%
John Ensign 0%
Lane Evans 100%
Terry Everett 30%
Thomas Ewing 10%
Jim Exon 44%
Duncan McLauchlin Faircloth 10%
Harris Fawell 30%
Victor Fazio 100%
Russ Feingold 80%
Cleo Fields 100%
Jack Fields, Jr. 10%
Floyd Flake 100%
Michael Patrick Flanagan 60%
Mark Foley 20%
Michael Patrick Forbes 38%
Wendell Ford 70%
Tillie Fowler 20%
Jon David Fox 40%
Barney Frank 90%
Gary Franks 30%
Robert Franks 40%
Dan Frisa 40%
William Frist 20%
Jonas Frost III 90%
David Funderburk 0%
Elton Gallegly 10%
John Ganske 30%
Sam Gejdenson 90%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 90%
Pete Geren 30%
Sam Gibbons 90%
Wayne Gilchrest 20%
Paul Gillmor 11%
Benjamin Gilman 90%
John Glenn 70%
Henry Gonzalez 100%
Slade Gorton 30%
Porter Goss 20%
Daniel Graham 80%
William Phillip Gramm 33%
Rodney Grams 10%
Enid Greene 10%
Judd Gregg 10%
Steven Gunderson 40%
Gilbert Gutknecht 10%
Tony Hall 100%
Lee Hamilton 80%
Melton Hancock 0%
James Hansen 0%
Jane Harman 88%
J. Dennis Hastert 10%
Mark Hatfield 30%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 10%
Joel Hefley 0%
W.G. Hefner 90%
Fredrick Kenneth Fred' Heineman 30%
Jesse Helms 20%
Wally Herger, Jr. 0%
Van Hilleary 0%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 100%
Maurice Hinchey 100%
David Lee Hobson 10%
Pete Hoekstra 10%
Ernest Hollings 70%
Stephen Horn 60%
John Nathan Hostettler 0%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 70%
Duncan Hunter 10%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 20%
Kay Hutchison 20%
Henry Hyde 20%
Daniel Inouye 70%
Andrew Jacobs, Jr. 80%
William Jefferson 100%
James Merrill Jeffords 33%
Nancy Johnson 30%
Harry Johnston 90%
J. Bennett Johnston 90%
Nancy Landon Kassebaum 10%
Sue Kelly 70%
Dirk Kempthorne 10%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 90%
Joseph Kennedy II 90%
Patrick Kennedy 100%
Barbara Bailey Kennelly 90%
Bob Kerrey 30%
Dale Kildee 100%
Jay Kim 20%
Gerald Kleczka 80%
Scott Klug 0%
Joseph Knollenberg 20%
Herb Kohl 90%
James Kolbe 10%
Jon Kyl 20%
John LaFalce 100%
Ray LaHood 20%
Tom Lantos 90%
Stephen Largent 0%
Steve LaTourette 50%
Greg Laughlin 20%
Rick Lazio 90%
James Leach 40%
Jerry Lewis 44%
Ron Lewis 20%
Joe Lieberman 90%
Jim Lightfoot 20%
Blanche Lincoln 50%
John Linder 30%
William Lipinski 90%
Robert Livingston 20%
James Longley, Jr. 20%
Trent Lott, Sr. 20%
Dick Lugar 20%
William Luther 90%
Connie Mack 33%
Thomas Manton 90%
Don Manzullo 10%
Matthew Martinez 100%
Bill Martini 70%
Frank Mascara 90%
Robert Matsui 100%
Karen McCarthy 80%
Bill McCollum 10%
James McCrery III 20%
John McHugh 70%
Scott McInnis 0%
David McIntosh 10%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 100%
Michael McNulty 90%
Martin Meehan 90%
Carrie Meek 100%
Jack Metcalf 40%
Jan Meyers 10%
Dan Miller 0%
David Minge 80%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 89%
John Moakley 100%
Susan Molinari 20%
Alan Mollohan 90%
G.V. Montgomery 10%
Carlos Moorhead 0%
Constance Morella 40%
Carol Moseley Braun 80%
Patrick Moynihan 100%
Frank Murkowski 44%
John Myers 20%
Sue Myrick 0%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 20%
Mark Neumann 30%
Robert William Ney 80%
Don Nickles 10%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 10%
Sam Nunn 40%
James Nussle 0%
Jim Oberstar 90%
Dave Obey 90%
John Olver 100%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 80%
Bill Orton 90%
Major Owens 100%
Michael Oxley 10%
Ronald Packard 10%
Mike Parker 10%
William Paxon 0%
Donald Payne 100%
Lewis Payne, Jr. 60%
Claiborne Pell 89%
Pete Peterson 90%
Owen Pickett 60%
Richard Pombo 10%
Earl Pomeroy 90%
John Edward Porter 10%
Glenn Poshard 80%
Larry Pressler 20%
David Pryor 70%
Jack Quinn 90%
George Radanovich 0%
James Ramstad 0%
Bill Richardson 90%
Frank Duncan Riggs 30%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 90%
Charles Robb 70%
Timothy Roemer 70%
Charles Rose III 88%
Toby Roth 10%
William Roth, Jr. 20%
Marge Roukema 40%
Martin Olav Sabo 100%
Paul Sarbanes 90%
Jim Saxton 20%
Joe Scarborough 0%
Daniel Schaefer 22%
Steven Schiff 50%
Patricia Schroeder 89%
Andrea Seastrand 0%
John Shadegg 0%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 20%
Christopher Shays 20%
Paul Simon 90%
Alan Simpson 20%
Norman Sisisky 70%
David Skaggs 100%
Joseph Skeen 20%
Ike Skelton 80%
Linda Smith 30%
Nick Smith 0%
Bob Smith 20%
Olympia Snowe 20%
Gerald B.H. Solomon 43%
Mark Souder 0%
Arlen Specter 40%
Pete Stark 89%
Cliff Stearns 11%
Charles Stenholm 40%
Ted Stevens 30%
Gerry Studds 100%
Bob Stump 0%
Bart Stupak 80%
James Talent 0%
Randy Tate 40%
William Tauzin 30%
Charles Taylor 20%
Gene Taylor 20%
Frank Tejeda 80%
Craig Thomas 20%
William Thomas 20%
Fred Thompson 30%
Ray Thornton 100%
Karen Thurman 100%
Strom Thurmond 10%
Todd Tiahrt 20%
Peter Torkildsen 60%
Esteban Edward Torres 90%
Robert Torricelli 100%
Ed Towns 100%
Bruce Vento 100%
Harold Volkmer 100%
Barbara Vucanovich 20%
James Walsh 70%
Zach Wamp 10%
Michael Ward 100%
John Warner 56%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 11%
David Weldon 20%
Gerald Weller 40%
Paul Wellstone 80%
Rick White 0%
Pat Williams 100%
Charles Wilson 90%
Bob Wise, Jr. 90%
Lynn Woolsey 90%
Albert Wynn 100%
Sidney Yates 100%
Bill Zeliff 10%
Richard Zimmer 20%

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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