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State Office Name Party Rating
Neil Abercrombie 80%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 30%
Gary Ackerman 89%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 90%
Wayne Allard 10%
Thomas Allen 90%
Rob Andrews 70%
Bill Archer 20%
Richard Armey 20%
John Ashcroft 10%
Spencer Bachus 10%
Richard Hugh Baker 20%
Cass Ballenger 30%
James Barcia 70%
Bob Barr, Jr. 20%
Tom Barrett 80%
Bill Barrett 30%
Roscoe Bartlett 20%
Joe Barton 10%
Charlie Bass 50%
Herbert Bateman, Sr. 10%
Max Baucus 70%
NA U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra 100%
Bob Bennett 20%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 60%
Douglas Bereuter 30%
Howard Berman 100%
Marion Berry 40%
Brian Bilbray 50%
Michael Bilirakis 20%
Jeff Bingaman 80%
Rod Blagojevich 90%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 20%
Roy Blunt 20%
Sherwood Boehlert 60%
John Boehner 20%
Kit Bond 30%
Henry Bonilla 20%
David Edward Bonior 100%
Mary Bono Mack 13%
Robert Borski, Jr. 100%
Leonard Boswell 50%
Rick Boucher 50%
Barbara Boxer 80%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 60%
Kevin Brady 20%
Bob Brady 100%
John Breaux 60%
Corrine Brown 90%
Sam Brownback 20%
Richard Bryan 80%
Ed Bryant 20%
Jim Bunning 20%
Conrad Burns 10%
Richard Burr 30%
Dan Burton 20%
Steve Buyer 20%
Robert Byrd 90%
Herbert Callahan 20%
Dave Camp 20%
Ben Campbell 30%
Thomas Campbell 50%
FL Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 20%
Chris Cannon 10%
Lois Capps 78%
Julia Carson 100%
Mike Castle 50%
Steve Chabot 20%
John Chafee 60%
Saxby Chambliss 20%
Helen Chenoweth-Hage 20%
William Clay, Sr. 100%
Eva Clayton 80%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 90%
Robert Clement 60%
Howard Coble 20%
Thomas Coburn 20%
Thad Cochran 20%
Michael Collins 20%
Larry Combest 20%
Gary Condit 44%
Kent Conrad 70%
John Conyers, Jr. 90%
Merrill Cook 30%
John Cooksey 20%
Jerry Costello 90%
Paul Coverdell 20%
Christopher Cox 20%
William Coyne 90%
Larry Craig 10%
Robert Cramer 40%
Philip Crane 20%
Barbara Cubin 20%
Elijah Cummings 90%
Randall Cunningham 20%
Patsy Ann Danner 40%
Thomas Daschle 80%
James Davis 50%
Thomas Davis III 20%
Peter DeFazio 90%
State Office Name Party Rating
Neil Abercrombie 80%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 30%
Gary Ackerman 89%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 90%
Wayne Allard 10%
Thomas Allen 90%
Rob Andrews 70%
Bill Archer 20%
Richard Armey 20%
John Ashcroft 10%
Spencer Bachus 10%
Richard Hugh Baker 20%
Cass Ballenger 30%
James Barcia 70%
Bob Barr, Jr. 20%
Tom Barrett 80%
Bill Barrett 30%
Roscoe Bartlett 20%
Joe Barton 10%
Charlie Bass 50%
Herbert Bateman, Sr. 10%
Max Baucus 70%
NA U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra 100%
Bob Bennett 20%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 60%
Douglas Bereuter 30%
Howard Berman 100%
Marion Berry 40%
Brian Bilbray 50%
Michael Bilirakis 20%
Jeff Bingaman 80%
Rod Blagojevich 90%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 20%
Roy Blunt 20%
Sherwood Boehlert 60%
John Boehner 20%
Kit Bond 30%
Henry Bonilla 20%
David Edward Bonior 100%
Mary Bono Mack 13%
Robert Borski, Jr. 100%
Leonard Boswell 50%
Rick Boucher 50%
Barbara Boxer 80%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 60%
Kevin Brady 20%
Bob Brady 100%
John Breaux 60%
Corrine Brown 90%
Sam Brownback 20%
Richard Bryan 80%
Ed Bryant 20%
Jim Bunning 20%
Conrad Burns 10%
Richard Burr 30%
Dan Burton 20%
Steve Buyer 20%
Robert Byrd 90%
Herbert Callahan 20%
Dave Camp 20%
Ben Campbell 30%
Thomas Campbell 50%
FL Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 20%
Chris Cannon 10%
Lois Capps 78%
Julia Carson 100%
Mike Castle 50%
Steve Chabot 20%
John Chafee 60%
Saxby Chambliss 20%
Helen Chenoweth-Hage 20%
William Clay, Sr. 100%
Eva Clayton 80%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 90%
Robert Clement 60%
Howard Coble 20%
Thomas Coburn 20%
Thad Cochran 20%
Michael Collins 20%
Larry Combest 20%
Gary Condit 44%
Kent Conrad 70%
John Conyers, Jr. 90%
Merrill Cook 30%
John Cooksey 20%
Jerry Costello 90%
Paul Coverdell 20%
Christopher Cox 20%
William Coyne 90%
Larry Craig 10%
Robert Cramer 40%
Philip Crane 20%
Barbara Cubin 20%
Elijah Cummings 90%
Randall Cunningham 20%
Patsy Ann Danner 40%
Thomas Daschle 80%
James Davis 50%
Thomas Davis III 20%
Peter DeFazio 90%
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