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State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
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Thomas Allen | 100% | |||
WI | U.S. Senate - Jr | Tammy Baldwin | Democratic | 100% |
Barbara Boxer | 100% | |||
Lacy Clay, Jr. | 100% | |||
Elijah Cummings | 100% | |||
CT | U.S. House - 3 | Rosa DeLauro | Democratic | 100% |
TX | U.S. House - 37 | Lloyd Doggett II | Democratic | 100% |
IL | U.S. Senate - Sr | Dick Durbin | Democratic | 100% |
Lane Evans | 100% | |||
Sam Farr | 100% | |||
Russ Feingold | 100% | |||
Bob Filner | 100% | |||
AZ | U.S. House - 7 | Raul Grijalva | Democratic | 100% |
Maurice Hinchey | 100% | |||
Mike Honda | 100% | |||
OH | U.S. House - 9 | Marcy Kaptur | Democratic | 100% |
Dennis Kucinich | 100% | |||
Jim Langevin | 100% | |||
Patrick Leahy | 100% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 12 | Barbara Lee | Democratic | 100% |
John Lewis | 100% | |||
Nita Lowey | 100% | |||
MN | U.S. House - 4 | Betty McCollum | Democratic | 100% |
MA | U.S. House - 2 | Jim McGovern | Democratic | 100% |
Barbara Mikulski | 100% | |||
Juanita Millender-McDonald | 100% | |||
George Miller | 100% | |||
WA | U.S. Senate - Sr | Patty Murray | Democratic | 100% |
Ed Pastor | 100% | |||
Donald Payne | 100% | |||
David Price | 100% | |||
VT | U.S. Senate - Sr | Bernie Sanders | Independent | 100% |
IL | U.S. House - 9 | Jan Schakowsky | Democratic | 100% |
Mark Udall | 100% | |||
Neil Abercrombie | 88% | |||
NA | U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services | Xavier Becerra | 88% | |
OR | U.S. House - 3 | Earl Blumenauer | Democratic | 88% |
Bob Brady | 88% | |||
OH | U.S. Senate - Sr | Sherrod Brown | Democratic | 88% |
Lois Capps | 88% | |||
Mike Capuano | 88% | |||
Julia Carson | 88% | |||
John Conyers, Jr. | 88% | |||
IL | U.S. House - 7 | Danny Davis | Democratic | 88% |
Peter DeFazio | 88% | |||
Bill Delahunt | 88% | |||
Norm Dicks | 88% | |||
John Dingell | 88% | |||
Mike Doyle, Jr. | 88% | |||
Barney Frank | 88% | |||
Bart Gordon | 88% | |||
Luis Gutiérrez | 88% | |||
WA | Governor | Jay Inslee | Democratic | 88% |
TX | U.S. House - 18 | Sheila Jackson Lee | Democratic | 88% |
Eddie Johnson | 88% | |||
Dale Kildee | 88% | |||
Carolyn Kilpatrick | 88% | |||
Ron Kind | 88% | |||
WA | U.S. House - 2 | Rick Larsen | Democratic | 88% |
Sandy Levin | 88% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 18 | Zoe Lofgren | Democratic | 88% |
MA | U.S. Senate - Jr | Ed Markey | Democratic | 88% |
Jim McDermott | 88% | |||
Michael McNulty | 88% | |||
NY | U.S. House - 5 | Gregory Meeks | Democratic | 88% |
Dennis Moore | 88% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 31 | Grace Napolitano | Democratic | 88% |
Jim Oberstar | 88% | |||
John Olver | 88% | |||
Major Owens | 88% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 11 | Nancy Pelosi | Democratic | 88% |
Charlie Rangel | 88% | |||
Lucille Roybal-Allard | 88% | |||
Martin Olav Sabo | 88% | |||
José Serrano | 88% | |||
Louise Slaughter | 88% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 38 | Linda Sánchez | Democratic | 88% |
Tom Udall | 88% | |||
NY | U.S. House - 7 | Nydia Velázquez | Democratic | 88% |
CA | U.S. House - 43 | Maxine Waters | Democratic | 88% |
Diane Watson | 88% | |||
Henry Waxman | 88% | |||
Anthony Weiner | 88% | |||
Lynn Woolsey | 88% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 16 | Anna Eshoo | Democratic | 86% |
MA | U.S. House - 8 | Stephen Lynch | Democratic | 86% |
Cynthia Ann McKinney | 86% | |||
WI | U.S. House - 4 | Gwen Moore | Democratic | 86% |
Silvestre Reyes | 86% | |||
Loretta Sanchez | 86% | |||
Bart Stupak | 86% | |||
Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. | 83% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 30 | Adam Schiff | Democratic | 80% |
Joe Baca, Sr. | 75% | |||
Brian Baird | 75% | |||
Howard Berman | 75% | |||
Jeff Bingaman | 75% | |||
Tim Bishop | 75% | |||
Leonard Boswell | 75% | |||
WA | U.S. Senate - Jr | Maria Cantwell | Democratic | 75% |