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State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
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Daniel Akaka, Sr. | 100% | |||
WI | U.S. Senate - Jr | Tammy Baldwin | Democratic | 100% |
Evan Bayh | 100% | |||
Howard Berman | 100% | |||
Marion Berry | 100% | |||
NA | President | Joe Biden, Jr. | Democratic | 100% |
Tim Bishop | 100% | |||
Barbara Boxer | 100% | |||
Bob Brady | 100% | |||
OH | U.S. Senate - Sr | Sherrod Brown | Democratic | 100% |
Robert Byrd | 100% | |||
Lois Capps | 100% | |||
MD | U.S. Senate - Sr | Ben Cardin | Democratic | 100% |
DE | U.S. Senate - Sr | Tom Carper | Democratic | 100% |
Julia Carson | 100% | |||
Hillary Clinton | 100% | |||
Kent Conrad | 100% | |||
John Conyers, Jr. | 100% | |||
Jon Corzine | 100% | |||
Elijah Cummings | 100% | |||
Mark Dayton | 100% | |||
Peter DeFazio | 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% | |||
Byron Dorgan | 100% | |||
Mike Doyle, Jr. | 100% | |||
Rahm Emanuel | 100% | |||
Lane Evans | 100% | |||
Chaka Fattah, Sr. | 100% | |||
Dianne Feinstein | 100% | |||
Barney Frank | 100% | |||
AZ | U.S. House - 7 | Raul Grijalva | Democratic | 100% |
Luis Gutiérrez | 100% | |||
Tom Harkin | 100% | |||
Maurice Hinchey | 100% | |||
MD | U.S. House - 5 | Steny Hoyer | Democratic | 100% |
Daniel Inouye | 100% | |||
Jesse Jackson, Jr. | 100% | |||
Timothy Johnson | 100% | |||
Paul Kanjorski | 100% | |||
OH | U.S. House - 9 | Marcy Kaptur | Democratic | 100% |
Edward Kennedy, Sr. | 100% | |||
John Kerry | 100% | |||
Dale Kildee | 100% | |||
Carolyn Kilpatrick | 100% | |||
Dennis Kucinich | 100% | |||
Mary Landrieu | 100% | |||
Frank Lautenberg | 100% | |||
Patrick Leahy | 100% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 12 | Barbara Lee | Democratic | 100% |
Carl Levin | 100% | |||
Sandy Levin | 100% | |||
John Lewis | 100% | |||
Blanche Lincoln | 100% | |||
Nita Lowey | 100% | |||
Carolyn Maloney | 100% | |||
MA | U.S. Senate - Jr | Ed Markey | Democratic | 100% |
Jim McDermott | 100% | |||
Michael McNulty | 100% | |||
Barbara Mikulski | 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% |
Bill Nelson, Sr. | 100% | |||
Dave Obey | 100% | |||
John Olver | 100% | |||
NJ | U.S. House - 9 | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | Democratic | 100% |
Ed Pastor | 100% | |||
Donald Payne | 100% | |||
RI | U.S. Senate - Sr | Jack Reed | Democratic | 100% |
Harry Reid | 100% | |||
Jay Rockefeller IV | 100% | |||
Lucille Roybal-Allard | 100% | |||
Bobby Rush | 100% | |||
Tim Ryan | 100% | |||
Martin Olav Sabo | 100% | |||
VT | U.S. Senate - Sr | Bernie Sanders | Independent | 100% |
Paul Sarbanes | 100% | |||
IL | U.S. House - 9 | Jan Schakowsky | Democratic | 100% |
NY | U.S. Senate - Sr | Chuck Schumer | Democratic | 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% | |||
MI | U.S. Senate - Sr | Debbie Stabenow | Democratic | 100% |
Pete Stark | 100% | |||
Ted Strickland | 100% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 38 | Linda Sánchez | Democratic | 100% |
John Tierney | 100% | |||
Ed Towns | 100% | |||
Stephanie Tubbs Jones | 100% | |||
MD | U.S. Senate - Jr | Chris Van Hollen, Jr. | Democratic | 100% |
Pete Visclosky | 100% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 43 | Maxine Waters | Democratic | 100% |
Henry Waxman | 100% | |||
Anthony Weiner | 100% | |||
OR | U.S. Senate - Sr | Ron Wyden | Democratic | 100% |
Neil Abercrombie | 93% |