CQ Voting Studies are an annual analysis of a member's support or opposition to a given position. Interest Group Ratings are based on rankings from groups chosen to represent liberal, conservative, business and labor viewpoints.Voting Participation scores are based on the number of times a member voted "yea" or "nay" on roll call votes (not including quorum calls in the House).
CQ Vote Studies
Year Presidential
Support Party
Unity
S* O* S O
1998 79% 20% 91% 8%
1997 83 16 88 10
1996 86 14 89 11
1995 86 14 84 14
S=Support; O=Oppose
Voting Participation
Year %
1998 99
1997 99
1996 100
1995 98
Interest Groups
Year ADA AFL-CIO CCUS ACU
1998 95% n/a 39% 4 %
1997 95 100 60 8
1996 80 82 31 10
1995 90 100 33 20
Note on Interest Groups: ADA=Americans for Democratic Action; AFL-CIO=American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations; CCUS=Chamber of Commerce of the United States; ACU=American Conservative Union
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