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State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
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Thomas Allen | 100% | |||
Joe Baca, Sr. | 100% | |||
WI | U.S. Senate - Jr | Tammy Baldwin | Democratic | 100% |
Evan Bayh | 100% | |||
NA | U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services | Xavier Becerra | 100% | |
Shelley Berkley | 100% | |||
Tim Bishop | 100% | |||
Barbara Boxer | 100% | |||
Bob Brady | 100% | |||
Corrine Brown | 100% | |||
Mike Capuano | 100% | |||
MD | U.S. Senate - Sr | Ben Cardin | Democratic | 100% |
Russ Carnahan | 100% | |||
Julia Carson | 100% | |||
MO | U.S. House - 5 | Emanuel Cleaver II | Democratic | 100% |
SC | U.S. House - 6 | Jim Clyburn | Democratic | 100% |
Elijah Cummings | 100% | |||
Artur Davis | 100% | |||
IL | U.S. House - 7 | Danny Davis | Democratic | 100% |
CO | U.S. House - 1 | Diana DeGette | Democratic | 100% |
CT | U.S. House - 3 | Rosa DeLauro | Democratic | 100% |
John Dingell | 100% | |||
Chris Dodd | 100% | |||
Mike Doyle, Jr. | 100% | |||
IL | U.S. Senate - Sr | Dick Durbin | Democratic | 100% |
Eliot Engel | 100% | |||
Chaka Fattah, Sr. | 100% | |||
Dianne Feinstein | 100% | |||
Barney Frank | 100% | |||
Charlie Gonzalez | 100% | |||
TX | U.S. House - 9 | Al Green | Democratic | 100% |
Gene Green | 100% | |||
Luis Gutiérrez | 100% | |||
Tom Harkin | 100% | |||
Alcee Hastings, Sr. | 100% | |||
Brian Higgins | 100% | |||
Maurice Hinchey | 100% | |||
Tim Holden | 100% | |||
Rush Holt, Jr. | 100% | |||
MD | U.S. House - 5 | Steny Hoyer | Democratic | 100% |
Daniel Inouye | 100% | |||
Steve Israel | 100% | |||
Jesse Jackson, Jr. | 100% | |||
TX | U.S. House - 18 | Sheila Jackson Lee | Democratic | 100% |
Eddie Johnson | 100% | |||
Paul Kanjorski | 100% | |||
OH | U.S. House - 9 | Marcy Kaptur | Democratic | 100% |
Patrick Kennedy | 100% | |||
Dale Kildee | 100% | |||
Carolyn Kilpatrick | 100% | |||
Ron Kind | 100% | |||
Tom Lantos | 100% | |||
CT | U.S. House - 1 | John Larson | Democratic | 100% |
Carl Levin | 100% | |||
Sandy Levin | 100% | |||
Dan Lipinski | 100% | |||
Nita Lowey | 100% | |||
MA | U.S. House - 8 | Stephen Lynch | Democratic | 100% |
MA | U.S. Senate - Jr | Ed Markey | Democratic | 100% |
Carolyn McCarthy | 100% | |||
MA | U.S. House - 2 | Jim McGovern | Democratic | 100% |
Michael McNulty | 100% | |||
Martin Meehan | 100% | |||
Kendrick Meek, Sr. | 100% | |||
ME | Councilor - Ward 3 | Mike Michaud | 100% | |
Brad Miller | 100% | |||
Jack Murtha | 100% | |||
NY | U.S. House - 12 | Jerry Nadler | Democratic | 100% |
CA | U.S. House - 31 | Grace Napolitano | Democratic | 100% |
MA | U.S. House - 1 | Richard Neal | Democratic | 100% |
Jim Oberstar | 100% | |||
Dave Obey | 100% | |||
John Olver | 100% | |||
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. | 100% | |||
NJ | U.S. House - 6 | Frank Pallone, Jr. | Democratic | 100% |
NJ | U.S. House - 9 | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | Democratic | 100% |
Donald Payne | 100% | |||
Earl Pomeroy | 100% | |||
David Price | 100% | |||
Charlie Rangel | 100% | |||
RI | U.S. Senate - Sr | Jack Reed | Democratic | 100% |
Silvestre Reyes | 100% | |||
Jay Rockefeller IV | 100% | |||
Steve Rothman | 100% | |||
Lucille Roybal-Allard | 100% | |||
VT | U.S. Senate - Sr | Bernie Sanders | Independent | 100% |
IL | U.S. House - 9 | Jan Schakowsky | Democratic | 100% |
NY | U.S. Senate - Sr | Chuck Schumer | Democratic | 100% |
Allyson Schwartz | 100% | |||
VA | U.S. House - 3 | Bobby Scott | Democratic | 100% |
José Serrano | 100% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 32 | Brad Sherman | Democratic | 100% |
Louise Slaughter | 100% | |||
John Spratt, Jr. | 100% | |||
MI | U.S. Senate - Sr | Debbie Stabenow | Democratic | 100% |
Bart Stupak | 100% | |||
MS | U.S. House - 2 | Bennie Thompson | Democratic | 100% |
John Tierney | 100% | |||
Ed Towns | 100% | |||
Stephanie Tubbs Jones | 100% |