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State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
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Gary Ackerman | 100% | |||
Thomas Allen | 100% | |||
Rob Andrews | 100% | |||
Evan Bayh | 100% | |||
NA | U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services | Xavier Becerra | 100% | |
Howard Berman | 100% | |||
GA | U.S. House - 2 | Sanford Bishop, Jr. | Democratic | 100% |
Tim Bishop | 100% | |||
OR | U.S. House - 3 | Earl Blumenauer | Democratic | 100% |
Corrine Brown | 100% | |||
G. K. Butterfield, Jr. | 100% | |||
Lois Capps | 100% | |||
Mike Capuano | 100% | |||
MD | U.S. Senate - Sr | Ben Cardin | Democratic | 100% |
Russ Carnahan | 100% | |||
DE | U.S. Senate - Sr | Tom Carper | Democratic | 100% |
Julia Carson | 100% | |||
MO | U.S. House - 5 | Emanuel Cleaver II | Democratic | 100% |
SC | U.S. House - 6 | Jim Clyburn | Democratic | 100% |
John Conyers, Jr. | 100% | |||
Jim Cooper | 100% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 21 | Jim Costa | Democratic | 100% |
Jerry Costello | 100% | |||
Elijah Cummings | 100% | |||
Artur Davis | 100% | |||
IL | U.S. House - 7 | Danny Davis | Democratic | 100% |
Peter DeFazio | 100% | |||
CO | U.S. House - 1 | Diana DeGette | Democratic | 100% |
CT | U.S. House - 3 | Rosa DeLauro | Democratic | 100% |
Bill Delahunt | 100% | |||
John Dingell | 100% | |||
Chris Dodd | 100% | |||
Mike Doyle, Jr. | 100% | |||
Rahm Emanuel | 100% | |||
Eliot Engel | 100% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 16 | Anna Eshoo | Democratic | 100% |
Sam Farr | 100% | |||
Chaka Fattah, Sr. | 100% | |||
Dianne Feinstein | 100% | |||
Bob Filner | 100% | |||
Barney Frank | 100% | |||
Charlie Gonzalez | 100% | |||
TX | U.S. House - 9 | Al Green | Democratic | 100% |
Gene Green | 100% | |||
AZ | U.S. House - 7 | Raul Grijalva | Democratic | 100% |
Luis Gutiérrez | 100% | |||
Tom Harkin | 100% | |||
Jane Harman | 100% | |||
Alcee Hastings, Sr. | 100% | |||
Brian Higgins | 100% | |||
Maurice Hinchey | 100% | |||
Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. | 100% | |||
Rush Holt, Jr. | 100% | |||
Mike Honda | 100% | |||
Darlene Hooley | 100% | |||
MD | U.S. House - 5 | Steny Hoyer | Democratic | 100% |
WA | Governor | Jay Inslee | Democratic | 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% |
Dale Kildee | 100% | |||
Carolyn Kilpatrick | 100% | |||
Ron Kind | 100% | |||
Dennis Kucinich | 100% | |||
Jim Langevin | 100% | |||
Tom Lantos | 100% | |||
CT | U.S. House - 1 | John Larson | Democratic | 100% |
Patrick Leahy | 100% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 12 | Barbara Lee | Democratic | 100% |
Carl Levin | 100% | |||
Sandy Levin | 100% | |||
Dan Lipinski | 100% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 18 | Zoe Lofgren | Democratic | 100% |
Nita Lowey | 100% | |||
MA | U.S. House - 8 | Stephen Lynch | Democratic | 100% |
MA | U.S. Senate - Jr | Ed Markey | Democratic | 100% |
CA | U.S. House - 7 | Doris Matsui | Democratic | 100% |
Carolyn McCarthy | 100% | |||
MN | U.S. House - 4 | Betty McCollum | Democratic | 100% |
Jim McDermott | 100% | |||
MA | U.S. House - 2 | Jim McGovern | Democratic | 100% |
Kendrick Meek, Sr. | 100% | |||
ME | Councilor - Ward 3 | Mike Michaud | 100% | |
Juanita Millender-McDonald | 100% | |||
George Miller | 100% | |||
Brad Miller | 100% | |||
WI | U.S. House - 4 | Gwen Moore | Democratic | 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% |