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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: Transportation Communications Union

1998 Positions

Issues: Labor Unions
State Office District Name Party Rating
Edmond Spencer Abraham 0%
Gary Ackerman 100%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 60%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 100%
Wayne Allard 20%
Thomas Allen 100%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 100%
Bill Archer 0%
Richard Armey 20%
John Ashcroft 0%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 40%
Richard Hugh Baker 25%
John Baldacci 100%
Cass Ballenger 0%
James Barcia 100%
Robert Barr, Jr. 20%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 100%
Bill Barrett 40%
Roscoe Bartlett 0%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 20%
Charlie Bass 40%
Herbert Bateman 20%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 100%
Bob Bennett 20%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 100%
Douglas Bereuter 33%
Howard Berman 100%
Marion Berry 100%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 100%
Brian Bilbray 40%
Michael Bilirakis 25%
Jeff Bingaman 100%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 100%
Rod Blagojevich 100%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 0%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 100%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 40%
Sherwood Boehlert 80%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 20%
Kit Bond 20%
Henry Bonilla 33%
David Edward Bonior 100%
Mary Bono Mack 0%
Robert Borski, Jr. 100%
Leonard Boswell 100%
Rick Boucher 100%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 100%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 80%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 20%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 100%
John Breaux 100%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 100%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 100%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 0%
Richard Bryan 100%
Ed Bryant 0%
Conrad Burns 20%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 20%
Dan Burton 20%
Steve Buyer 0%
Robert Byrd 100%
Herbert Callahan 20%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 20%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 0%
Ben Campbell 40%
Thomas Campbell 60%
FL Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 20%
Chris Cannon 0%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 100%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 100%
Julia Carson 100%
Mike Castle 40%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 20%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 0%
Helen Chenoweth-Hage 40%
William Clay, Sr. 100%
Eva Clayton 100%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 100%
Robert Clement 100%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 100%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 0%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 40%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 20%
Michael Collins 20%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 80%
Larry Combest 20%
Gary Condit 100%
Kent Conrad 100%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 100%
Merrill Cook 0%
John Cooksey 0%
Jerry Costello 100%
Paul Coverdell 0%
Christopher Cox 0%
William Coyne 100%
Larry Craig 20%
Robert Cramer 100%
Philip Crane 20%
Barbara Cubin 20%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 100%
Randall Cunningham 20%
Patsy Ann Danner 100%
Thomas Daschle 100%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 100%
James Davis 100%
Thomas Davis III 40%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 20%
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 20%
Peter Deutsch 100%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 20%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 100%
Jay Dickey 20%
Norm Dicks 100%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 100%
Julian Dixon 100%
Chris Dodd 100%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 100%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 20%
Calvin Dooley 100%
John Doolittle 20%
Byron Dorgan 100%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 100%
David Dreier 20%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 0%
Jennifer Dunn 20%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 100%
Chet Edwards 100%
Vern Ehlers 60%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 0%
Jo Ann Emerson 20%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 100%
Philip English 40%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 20%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 100%
Bob Etheridge 100%
Lane Evans 100%
Terry Everett 20%
Thomas Ewing 0%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 100%
Russ Feingold 100%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 100%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 100%
Mark Foley 60%
Michael Patrick Forbes 100%
Harold Ford, Jr. 100%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 20%
Tillie Fowler 0%
Barney Frank 100%
Robert Franks 80%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 20%
William Frist 20%
Jonas Frost III 100%
Elton Gallegly 40%
John Ganske 40%
Sam Gejdenson 100%
George Gekas 25%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 100%
Jim Gibbons 20%
Wayne Gilchrest 0%
Paul Gillmor 25%
Benjamin Gilman 75%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 20%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 20%
William Goodling 20%
Bart Gordon 100%
Slade Gorton 20%
Porter Goss 0%
Daniel Graham 80%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 20%
William Phillip Gramm 20%
Rodney Grams 20%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 0%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 20%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 100%
James Greenwood 40%
Judd Gregg 20%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 100%
Gilbert Gutknecht 20%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 20%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 40%
Tony Hall 100%
James Hansen 0%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 100%
J. Dennis Hastert 20%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 100%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 20%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 20%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 0%
Joel Hefley 20%
Jesse Helms 20%
Wally Herger, Jr. 0%
Rick Hill 0%
Van Hilleary 0%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 100%
Maurice Hinchey 100%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 100%
David Lee Hobson 40%
Pete Hoekstra 20%
Thomas Holden 100%
Ernest Hollings 80%
Darlene Hooley 100%
Stephen Horn 40%
John Nathan Hostettler 20%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 100%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 100%
Kenny Hulshof 0%
Duncan Hunter 33%
Asa Hutchinson 20%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 0%
Kay Hutchison 0%
Henry Hyde 40%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 0%
Daniel Inouye 100%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 20%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 100%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 100%
James Merrill Jeffords 80%
William Lewis Jenkins 20%
Christopher John 75%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 100%
Nancy Johnson 80%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 20%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 100%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 20%
Paul Kanjorski 100%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 100%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 0%
Sue Kelly 80%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 80%
Patrick Kennedy 100%
Bob Kerrey 100%
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 80%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 0%
Gerald Kleczka 100%
Ronald Klink 100%
Joseph Knollenberg 20%
Herb Kohl 100%
James Kolbe 0%
Dennis Kucinich 100%
Jon Kyl 0%
John LaFalce 100%
Ray LaHood 80%
Nicholas Lampson 100%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 100%
Tom Lantos 100%
Stephen Largent 20%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 20%
Steve LaTourette 80%
Frank Lautenberg 100%
Rick Lazio 80%
James Leach 60%
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 60%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 100%
Jerry Lewis 20%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 100%
Ron Lewis 20%
Joe Lieberman 100%
William Lipinski 100%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 60%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 100%
Trent Lott, Sr. 20%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 100%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 100%
Dick Lugar 0%
William Luther 100%
Connie Mack 0%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 100%
James Maloney 100%
Don Manzullo 20%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 100%
Matthew Martinez 100%
Frank Mascara 100%
Robert Matsui 100%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 60%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 100%
Karen McCarthy 100%
Bill McCollum 0%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 20%
James McCrery III 40%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 100%
John McHugh 80%
Scott McInnis 20%
David McIntosh 20%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 80%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 0%
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 Sr Bob Menendez Democratic 100%
Jack Metcalf 60%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 0%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 100%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 100%
Dan Miller 0%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 100%
David Minge 100%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 100%
John Moakley 100%
Alan Mollohan 100%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 100%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 40%
Constance Morella 60%
Patrick Moynihan 100%
Frank Murkowski 20%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 100%
Jack Murtha 100%
Sue Myrick 20%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 100%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 20%
Robert William Ney 60%
Don Nickles 0%
Anne Northup 40%
James Nussle 20%
Jim Oberstar 100%
Dave Obey 100%
John Olver 100%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 100%
Major Owens 100%
Michael Oxley 20%
Ronald Packard 20%
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 100%
Ron Paul 60%
Donald Payne 100%
Edward Pease 60%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 100%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 100%
John Peterson 20%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 40%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 20%
Owen Pickett 100%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 20%
Richard Pombo 20%
Earl Pomeroy 100%
John Edward Porter 20%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 20%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 100%
Deborah Pryce 0%
Jack Quinn 80%
George Radanovich 0%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 100%
James Ramstad 40%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 100%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 100%
Ralph Regula 60%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 100%
Silvestre Reyes 100%
Bob Riley 20%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 100%
Charles Robb 80%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 20%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 100%
Ciro Rodriguez 100%
Timothy Roemer 100%
James Rogan 0%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 25%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 75%
William Roth, Jr. 40%
Steve Rothman 100%
Marge Roukema 20%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 0%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 100%
Jim Ryun 20%
Martin Olav Sabo 100%
AZ U.S. House 5 Matthew Salmon Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 100%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 100%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 100%
SC U.S. House 1 Mark Sanford, Jr. Republican 20%
Rick Santorum 20%
Paul Sarbanes 100%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 100%
Jim Saxton 60%
Joe Scarborough 0%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 20%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 100%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 0%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 100%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 20%
John Shadegg 0%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 20%
Christopher Shays 60%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 60%
Ronnie Shows 20%
E.G. Shuster 0%
Norman Sisisky 100%
Joseph Skeen 20%
Ike Skelton 100%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 100%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 80%
Gordon Smith 20%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 25%
Nick Smith 20%
Bob Smith 0%
Olympia Snowe 80%
Vic Snyder 100%
Mark Souder 0%
Arlen Specter 80%
Floyd Spence 0%
John Spratt, Jr. 100%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 100%
Pete Stark 100%
Cliff Stearns 20%
Charles Stenholm 60%
Ted Stevens 40%
Ted Strickland 100%
Bob Stump 20%
Bart Stupak 100%
John Sununu 0%
James Talent 20%
John Tanner 80%
Ellen Tauscher 100%
William Tauzin 0%
Charles Taylor 20%
Gene Taylor 40%
Craig Thomas 20%
William Thomas 0%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 100%
Fred Thompson 60%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 0%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 20%
Karen Thurman 100%
Strom Thurmond 0%
Todd Tiahrt 20%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 100%
Robert Torricelli 100%
Ed Towns 100%
James Traficant, Jr. 75%
James Turner 100%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 0%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 100%
Bruce Vento 100%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 100%
James Walsh 60%
Zach Wamp 40%
John Warner 20%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 100%
Wesley Watkins 0%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 100%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 20%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 100%
David Weldon 0%
W. Curtis Weldon 60%
Gerald Weller 60%
Paul Wellstone 100%
Robert Wexler 100%
Bob Weygand 100%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 40%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 20%
Heather Wilson 100%
Bob Wise, Jr. 100%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 20%
Lynn Woolsey 100%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 100%
Albert Wynn 100%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 20%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 80%

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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