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State Office Name Party Rating
Neil Abercrombie 100%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 29%
Gary Ackerman 100%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 86%
Wayne Allard 29%
Thomas Allen 67%
Rob Andrews 83%
Bill Archer 50%
Richard Armey 50%
John Ashcroft 14%
Spencer Bachus 50%
Henry Scott Baesler 83%
Richard Hugh Baker 50%
Cass Ballenger 33%
James Barcia 67%
Bob Barr, Jr. 50%
Tom Barrett 83%
Bill Barrett 50%
Roscoe Bartlett 50%
Joe Barton 50%
Charlie Bass 50%
Herbert Bateman, Sr. 50%
Max Baucus 71%
NA U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra 100%
Bob Bennett 14%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 83%
Douglas Bereuter 50%
Howard Berman 100%
Marion Berry 67%
Brian Bilbray 67%
Michael Bilirakis 50%
Jeff Bingaman 57%
Rod Blagojevich 100%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 50%
Roy Blunt 50%
Sherwood Boehlert 67%
John Boehner 50%
Kit Bond 29%
Henry Bonilla 50%
David Edward Bonior 67%
Robert Borski, Jr. 100%
Leonard Boswell 100%
Rick Boucher 83%
Barbara Boxer 86%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 67%
Kevin Brady 50%
John Breaux 71%
Corrine Brown 67%
George Brown, Jr. 83%
Sam Brownback 29%
Richard Bryan 57%
Ed Bryant 33%
Dale Bumpers 71%
Jim Bunning 50%
Conrad Burns 29%
Richard Burr 50%
Dan Burton 50%
Steve Buyer 50%
Robert Byrd 86%
Herbert Callahan 50%
Dave Camp 67%
Ben Campbell 29%
Thomas Campbell 33%
FL Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 67%
Chris Cannon 50%
Julia Carson 100%
Mike Castle 67%
Steve Chabot 50%
John Chafee 43%
Saxby Chambliss 67%
Helen Chenoweth-Hage 50%
Jon Lynn Christensen 50%
William Clay, Sr. 83%
Eva Clayton 83%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 71%
Robert Clement 50%
Dan Coats 29%
Howard Coble 50%
Thomas Coburn 33%
Thad Cochran 43%
Michael Collins 50%
Larry Combest 50%
Gary Condit 67%
Kent Conrad 86%
John Conyers, Jr. 100%
Merrill Cook 50%
John Cooksey 50%
Jerry Costello 50%
Paul Coverdell 29%
Christopher Cox 50%
William Coyne 83%
Larry Craig 29%
Robert Cramer 67%
Philip Crane 33%
Barbara Cubin 50%
Elijah Cummings 100%
Randall Cunningham 50%
Alfonse D'Amato 29%
Patsy Ann Danner 67%
Thomas Daschle 86%
State Office Name Party Rating
Neil Abercrombie 100%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 29%
Gary Ackerman 100%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 86%
Wayne Allard 29%
Thomas Allen 67%
Rob Andrews 83%
Bill Archer 50%
Richard Armey 50%
John Ashcroft 14%
Spencer Bachus 50%
Henry Scott Baesler 83%
Richard Hugh Baker 50%
Cass Ballenger 33%
James Barcia 67%
Bob Barr, Jr. 50%
Tom Barrett 83%
Bill Barrett 50%
Roscoe Bartlett 50%
Joe Barton 50%
Charlie Bass 50%
Herbert Bateman, Sr. 50%
Max Baucus 71%
NA U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra 100%
Bob Bennett 14%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 83%
Douglas Bereuter 50%
Howard Berman 100%
Marion Berry 67%
Brian Bilbray 67%
Michael Bilirakis 50%
Jeff Bingaman 57%
Rod Blagojevich 100%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 50%
Roy Blunt 50%
Sherwood Boehlert 67%
John Boehner 50%
Kit Bond 29%
Henry Bonilla 50%
David Edward Bonior 67%
Robert Borski, Jr. 100%
Leonard Boswell 100%
Rick Boucher 83%
Barbara Boxer 86%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 67%
Kevin Brady 50%
John Breaux 71%
Corrine Brown 67%
George Brown, Jr. 83%
Sam Brownback 29%
Richard Bryan 57%
Ed Bryant 33%
Dale Bumpers 71%
Jim Bunning 50%
Conrad Burns 29%
Richard Burr 50%
Dan Burton 50%
Steve Buyer 50%
Robert Byrd 86%
Herbert Callahan 50%
Dave Camp 67%
Ben Campbell 29%
Thomas Campbell 33%
FL Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 67%
Chris Cannon 50%
Julia Carson 100%
Mike Castle 67%
Steve Chabot 50%
John Chafee 43%
Saxby Chambliss 67%
Helen Chenoweth-Hage 50%
Jon Lynn Christensen 50%
William Clay, Sr. 83%
Eva Clayton 83%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 71%
Robert Clement 50%
Dan Coats 29%
Howard Coble 50%
Thomas Coburn 33%
Thad Cochran 43%
Michael Collins 50%
Larry Combest 50%
Gary Condit 67%
Kent Conrad 86%
John Conyers, Jr. 100%
Merrill Cook 50%
John Cooksey 50%
Jerry Costello 50%
Paul Coverdell 29%
Christopher Cox 50%
William Coyne 83%
Larry Craig 29%
Robert Cramer 67%
Philip Crane 33%
Barbara Cubin 50%
Elijah Cummings 100%
Randall Cunningham 50%
Alfonse D'Amato 29%
Patsy Ann Danner 67%
Thomas Daschle 86%
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