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State Office Name Party Rating
Neil Abercrombie 100
Gary Ackerman 100
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 86
Todd Akin 0
Lamar Alexander 33
Rodney Alexander 0
Wayne Allard 14
Thomas Allen 100
Jason Altmire 67
Rob Andrews 100
Michael Arcuri 83
Joe Baca, Sr. 100
Michele Bachmann 0
Spencer Bachus 0
Brian Baird 100
Richard Hugh Baker 0
J. Gresham Barrett 0
John Barrow 50
Roscoe Bartlett 33
Joe Barton 0
Max Baucus 100
Evan Bayh 86
Melissa Bean 83
NA U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra 100
Bob Bennett 14
Shelley Berkley 83
Howard Berman 100
Marion Berry 83
Judy Biggert 17
Brian Bilbray 0
Jeff Bingaman 86
Rob Bishop 0
Tim Bishop 100
Roy Blunt 0
John Boehner 0
Kit Bond 14
Jo Bonner, Jr. 0
Mary Bono Mack 17
Dan Boren 33
Leonard Boswell 83
Rick Boucher 100
Charles Boustany, Jr. 0
Barbara Boxer 67
Allen Boyd, Jr. 67
Nancy Boyda 67
Kevin Brady 0
Bob Brady 100
Bruce Braley 100
Paul Broun 0
Corrine Brown 100
Henry Brown, Jr. 0
Ginny Brown-Waite 0
Sam Brownback 0
Jim Bunning 33
Richard Burr 14
Dan Burton 0
G. K. Butterfield, Jr. 100
Steve Buyer 0
Robert Byrd 71
Dave Camp 0
John Campbell III 0
Chris Cannon 0
Eric Cantor 0
Lois Capps 100
Mike Capuano 100
Dennis Cardoza 100
Russ Carnahan 100
Christopher Carney 50
Mike Castle 33
Steve Chabot 0
Saxby Chambliss 17
Ben Chandler III 67
Lacy Clay, Jr. 100
Hillary Clinton 67
Howard Coble 0
Thomas Coburn 29
Thad Cochran 14
Norm Coleman 29
Mike Conaway 0
Kent Conrad 86
John Conyers, Jr. 100
Jim Cooper 67
Robert Corker 14
Jerry Costello 100
Larry Craig 33
Robert Cramer 33
Ander Crenshaw 0
Joe Crowley 100
Barbara Cubin 0
John Culberson 0
Elijah Cummings 100
Artur Davis 67
David Davis 17
Geoff Davis 0
Lincoln Davis 17
Susan Davis 100
Thomas Davis III 0
Peter DeFazio 100
James DeMint 29
Nathan Deal 0
State Office Name Party Rating
Neil Abercrombie 100
Gary Ackerman 100
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 86
Todd Akin 0
Lamar Alexander 33
Rodney Alexander 0
Wayne Allard 14
Thomas Allen 100
Jason Altmire 67
Rob Andrews 100
Michael Arcuri 83
Joe Baca, Sr. 100
Michele Bachmann 0
Spencer Bachus 0
Brian Baird 100
Richard Hugh Baker 0
J. Gresham Barrett 0
John Barrow 50
Roscoe Bartlett 33
Joe Barton 0
Max Baucus 100
Evan Bayh 86
Melissa Bean 83
NA U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra 100
Bob Bennett 14
Shelley Berkley 83
Howard Berman 100
Marion Berry 83
Judy Biggert 17
Brian Bilbray 0
Jeff Bingaman 86
Rob Bishop 0
Tim Bishop 100
Roy Blunt 0
John Boehner 0
Kit Bond 14
Jo Bonner, Jr. 0
Mary Bono Mack 17
Dan Boren 33
Leonard Boswell 83
Rick Boucher 100
Charles Boustany, Jr. 0
Barbara Boxer 67
Allen Boyd, Jr. 67
Nancy Boyda 67
Kevin Brady 0
Bob Brady 100
Bruce Braley 100
Paul Broun 0
Corrine Brown 100
Henry Brown, Jr. 0
Ginny Brown-Waite 0
Sam Brownback 0
Jim Bunning 33
Richard Burr 14
Dan Burton 0
G. K. Butterfield, Jr. 100
Steve Buyer 0
Robert Byrd 71
Dave Camp 0
John Campbell III 0
Chris Cannon 0
Eric Cantor 0
Lois Capps 100
Mike Capuano 100
Dennis Cardoza 100
Russ Carnahan 100
Christopher Carney 50
Mike Castle 33
Steve Chabot 0
Saxby Chambliss 17
Ben Chandler III 67
Lacy Clay, Jr. 100
Hillary Clinton 67
Howard Coble 0
Thomas Coburn 29
Thad Cochran 14
Norm Coleman 29
Mike Conaway 0
Kent Conrad 86
John Conyers, Jr. 100
Jim Cooper 67
Robert Corker 14
Jerry Costello 100
Larry Craig 33
Robert Cramer 33
Ander Crenshaw 0
Joe Crowley 100
Barbara Cubin 0
John Culberson 0
Elijah Cummings 100
Artur Davis 67
David Davis 17
Geoff Davis 0
Lincoln Davis 17
Susan Davis 100
Thomas Davis III 0
Peter DeFazio 100
James DeMint 29
Nathan Deal 0
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