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State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
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Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. | 100% | |||
TN | U.S. House - 9 | Steve Cohen | Democratic | 90% |
Elijah Cummings | 90% | |||
IL | U.S. House - 7 | Danny Davis | Democratic | 90% |
Bill Delahunt | 90% | |||
Chet Edwards | 90% | |||
Charlie Gonzalez | 90% | |||
Alcee Hastings, Sr. | 90% | |||
MA | U.S. House - 8 | Stephen Lynch | Democratic | 90% |
Kendrick Meek, Sr. | 90% | |||
Jim Moran, Jr. | 90% | |||
Todd Platts | 90% | |||
MD | U.S. House - 3 | John Sarbanes | Democratic | 90% |
Gary Ackerman | 80% | |||
Daniel Akaka, Sr. | 80% | |||
Thomas Allen | 80% | |||
Jason Altmire | 80% | |||
Rob Andrews | 80% | |||
Michael Arcuri | 80% | |||
Joe Baca, Sr. | 80% | |||
Brian Baird | 80% | |||
WI | U.S. Senate - Jr | Tammy Baldwin | Democratic | 80% |
John Barrow | 80% | |||
NA | U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services | Xavier Becerra | 80% | |
Shelley Berkley | 80% | |||
Howard Berman | 80% | |||
Marion Berry | 80% | |||
GA | U.S. House - 2 | Sanford Bishop, Jr. | Democratic | 80% |
Tim Bishop | 80% | |||
Leonard Boswell | 80% | |||
Rick Boucher | 80% | |||
Bob Brady | 80% | |||
Bruce Braley | 80% | |||
Corrine Brown | 80% | |||
Lois Capps | 80% | |||
Mike Capuano | 80% | |||
MD | U.S. Senate - Sr | Ben Cardin | Democratic | 80% |
Dennis Cardoza | 80% | |||
Russ Carnahan | 80% | |||
Christopher Carney | 80% | |||
FL | U.S. House - 14 | Kathy Castor | Democratic | 80% |
Ben Chandler III | 80% | |||
Lacy Clay, Jr. | 80% | |||
MO | U.S. House - 5 | Emanuel Cleaver II | Democratic | 80% |
John Conyers, Jr. | 80% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 21 | Jim Costa | Democratic | 80% |
CT | U.S. House - 2 | Joe Courtney | Democratic | 80% |
Joe Crowley | 80% | |||
TX | U.S. House - 28 | Henry Cuellar | Democratic | 80% |
Lincoln Davis | 80% | |||
Susan Davis | 80% | |||
Peter DeFazio | 80% | |||
CO | U.S. House - 1 | Diana DeGette | Democratic | 80% |
CT | U.S. House - 3 | Rosa DeLauro | Democratic | 80% |
TX | U.S. House - 37 | Lloyd Doggett II | Democratic | 80% |
Joe Donnelly, Sr. | 80% | |||
Rahm Emanuel | 80% | |||
Eliot Engel | 80% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 16 | Anna Eshoo | Democratic | 80% |
Bob Etheridge | 80% | |||
Sam Farr | 80% | |||
Chaka Fattah, Sr. | 80% | |||
Bob Filner | 80% | |||
Barney Frank | 80% | |||
Bart Gordon | 80% | |||
AZ | U.S. House - 7 | Raul Grijalva | Democratic | 80% |
John Hall | 80% | |||
Phil Hare | 80% | |||
Jane Harman | 80% | |||
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin | 80% | |||
Brian Higgins | 80% | |||
Rush Holt, Jr. | 80% | |||
Steve Israel | 80% | |||
Jesse Jackson, Jr. | 80% | |||
TX | U.S. House - 18 | Sheila Jackson Lee | Democratic | 80% |
William Jefferson | 80% | |||
GA | U.S. House - 4 | Hank Johnson, Jr. | Democratic | 80% |
Paul Kanjorski | 80% | |||
OH | U.S. House - 9 | Marcy Kaptur | Democratic | 80% |
Dale Kildee | 80% | |||
Carolyn Kilpatrick | 80% | |||
Ron Klein | 80% | |||
Dennis Kucinich | 80% | |||
Jim Langevin | 80% | |||
WA | U.S. House - 2 | Rick Larsen | Democratic | 80% |
CA | U.S. House - 12 | Barbara Lee | Democratic | 80% |
John Lewis | 80% | |||
Dan Lipinski | 80% | |||
Dave Loebsack | 80% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 18 | Zoe Lofgren | Democratic | 80% |
Nita Lowey | 80% | |||
MA | U.S. Senate - Jr | Ed Markey | Democratic | 80% |
Jim Matheson | 80% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 7 | Doris Matsui | Democratic | 80% |
Carolyn McCarthy | 80% | |||
MN | U.S. House - 4 | Betty McCollum | Democratic | 80% |
MA | U.S. House - 2 | Jim McGovern | Democratic | 80% |
Mike McIntyre | 80% | |||
Jerry McNerney | 80% | |||
NY | U.S. House - 5 | Gregory Meeks | Democratic | 80% |