Rating Group: American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO)

1997 Positions

Issues: Labor Unions

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State Office Name Party Rating
Neil Abercrombie 100%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 14%
Gary Ackerman 100%
AL U.S. House - 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 0%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 71%
Wayne Allard 0%
Thomas Allen 100%
Rob Andrews 100%
Bill Archer 0%
Richard Armey 0%
John Ashcroft 0%
Spencer Bachus 13%
Richard Hugh Baker 0%
ME State Senate - 9 Joseph Baldacci Democratic 100%
Cass Ballenger 0%
James Barcia 88%
Bob Barr, Jr. 0%
Tom Barrett 100%
Bill Barrett 25%
Roscoe Bartlett 0%
Joe Barton 0%
Charlie Bass 0%
Herbert Bateman, Sr. 25%
Max Baucus 29%
NA U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra 100%
Bob Bennett 0%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 88%
Douglas Bereuter 29%
Howard Berman 100%
Marion Berry 100%
NA President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 57%
Brian Bilbray 13%
Michael Bilirakis 14%
Jeff Bingaman 57%
GA U.S. House - 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 88%
Rod Blagojevich 100%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 0%
OR U.S. House - 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 100%
Roy Blunt 25%
Sherwood Boehlert 63%
John Boehner 0%
Kit Bond 0%
Henry Bonilla 0%
David Edward Bonior 100%
Robert Borski, Jr. 100%
Leonard Boswell 75%
Rick Boucher 100%
Barbara Boxer 86%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 75%
Kevin Brady 0%
John Breaux 14%
Corrine Brown 100%
George Brown, Jr. 100%
OH U.S. Senate - Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 100%
Sam Brownback 0%
Richard Bryan 29%
Ed Bryant 0%
Jim Bunning 0%
Conrad Burns 14%
Richard Burr 13%
Dan Burton 13%
Steve Buyer 0%
Robert Byrd 100%
Herbert Callahan 14%
CA U.S. House - 41 Ken Calvert Republican 0%
Dave Camp 13%
Ben Campbell 29%
Thomas Campbell 38%
FL Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 13%
Chris Cannon 13%
MD U.S. Senate - Sr Ben Cardin Democratic 88%
Julia Carson 100%
Mike Castle 38%
Steve Chabot 0%
John Chafee 14%
Saxby Chambliss 0%
Helen Chenoweth-Hage 0%
William Clay, Sr. 100%
Eva Clayton 100%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 57%
Robert Clement 75%
SC U.S. House - 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 100%
Howard Coble 0%
Thomas Coburn 0%
Thad Cochran 0%
Michael Collins 13%
ME U.S. Senate - Sr Susan Collins Republican 14%
Larry Combest 0%
Gary Condit 75%
Kent Conrad 57%
John Conyers, Jr. 100%
Merrill Cook 0%
John Cooksey 0%
Jerry Costello 100%
Paul Coverdell 29%
Christopher Cox 0%
William Coyne 100%
Larry Craig 0%
Robert Cramer 75%
Philip Crane 0%
State Office Name Party Rating
Neil Abercrombie 100%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 14%
Gary Ackerman 100%
AL U.S. House - 4 Robert Aderholt R 0%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 71%
Wayne Allard 0%
Thomas Allen 100%
Rob Andrews 100%
Bill Archer 0%
Richard Armey 0%
John Ashcroft 0%
Spencer Bachus 13%
Richard Hugh Baker 0%
ME State Senate - 9 Joseph Baldacci D 100%
Cass Ballenger 0%
James Barcia 88%
Bob Barr, Jr. 0%
Tom Barrett 100%
Bill Barrett 25%
Roscoe Bartlett 0%
Joe Barton 0%
Charlie Bass 0%
Herbert Bateman, Sr. 25%
Max Baucus 29%
NA U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra 100%
Bob Bennett 0%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 88%
Douglas Bereuter 29%
Howard Berman 100%
Marion Berry 100%
NA President Joe Biden, Jr. D 57%
Brian Bilbray 13%
Michael Bilirakis 14%
Jeff Bingaman 57%
GA U.S. House - 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. D 88%
Rod Blagojevich 100%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 0%
OR U.S. House - 3 Earl Blumenauer D 100%
Roy Blunt 25%
Sherwood Boehlert 63%
John Boehner 0%
Kit Bond 0%
Henry Bonilla 0%
David Edward Bonior 100%
Robert Borski, Jr. 100%
Leonard Boswell 75%
Rick Boucher 100%
Barbara Boxer 86%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 75%
Kevin Brady 0%
John Breaux 14%
Corrine Brown 100%
George Brown, Jr. 100%
OH U.S. Senate - Sr Sherrod Brown D 100%
Sam Brownback 0%
Richard Bryan 29%
Ed Bryant 0%
Jim Bunning 0%
Conrad Burns 14%
Richard Burr 13%
Dan Burton 13%
Steve Buyer 0%
Robert Byrd 100%
Herbert Callahan 14%
CA U.S. House - 41 Ken Calvert R 0%
Dave Camp 13%
Ben Campbell 29%
Thomas Campbell 38%
FL Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 13%
Chris Cannon 13%
MD U.S. Senate - Sr Ben Cardin D 88%
Julia Carson 100%
Mike Castle 38%
Steve Chabot 0%
John Chafee 14%
Saxby Chambliss 0%
Helen Chenoweth-Hage 0%
William Clay, Sr. 100%
Eva Clayton 100%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 57%
Robert Clement 75%
SC U.S. House - 6 Jim Clyburn D 100%
Howard Coble 0%
Thomas Coburn 0%
Thad Cochran 0%
Michael Collins 13%
ME U.S. Senate - Sr Susan Collins R 14%
Larry Combest 0%
Gary Condit 75%
Kent Conrad 57%
John Conyers, Jr. 100%
Merrill Cook 0%
John Cooksey 0%
Jerry Costello 100%
Paul Coverdell 29%
Christopher Cox 0%
William Coyne 100%
Larry Craig 0%
Robert Cramer 75%
Philip Crane 0%
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