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State Office Name Party Rating
Jim McDermott 100
MA U.S. House - 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 100
Jerry McNerney 100
Michael McNulty 100
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 100
NY U.S. House - 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 100
ME Councilor - Ward 3 Mike Michaud 100
George Miller 100
Brad Miller 100
Alan Mollohan 100
Dennis Moore 100
WI U.S. House - 4 Gwen Moore Democratic 100
Jim Moran, Jr. 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
NJ U.S. House - 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 100
NJ U.S. House - 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 100
Ed Pastor 100
Donald Payne 100
CA U.S. House - 11 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 100
David Price 100
Nick Rahall II 100
Charlie Rangel 100
Steve Rothman 100
Lucille Roybal-Allard 100
Bobby Rush 100
Tim Ryan 100
MD U.S. House - 3 John Sarbanes Democratic 100
IL U.S. House - 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 100
CA U.S. House - 30 Adam Schiff Democratic 100
Allyson Schwartz 100
VA U.S. House - 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 100
José Serrano 100
Joe Sestak, Jr. 100
Carol Shea-Porter 100
CA U.S. House - 32 Brad Sherman Democratic 100
Albio Sires 100
Ike Skelton 100
Louise Slaughter 100
WA U.S. House - 9 Adam Smith Democratic 100
CA Supervisor - 1 Hilda Solis 100
John Spratt, Jr. 100
Pete Stark 100
Bart Stupak 100
Betty Sutton 100
CA U.S. House - 38 Linda Sánchez Democratic 100
Ellen Tauscher 100
MS U.S. House - 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 100
CA U.S. House - 4 Mike Thompson Democratic 100
John Tierney 100
Ed Towns 100
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 100
Mark Udall 100
Tom Udall 100
MD U.S. Senate - Jr Chris Van Hollen, Jr. Democratic 100
NY U.S. House - 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 100
Pete Visclosky 100
FL U.S. House - 25 Debbie Wasserman Schultz Democratic 100
CA U.S. House - 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 100
Diane Watson 100
Mel Watt 100
Henry Waxman 100
Anthony Weiner 100
Robert Wexler 100
Lynn Woolsey 100
David Wu 100
Albert Wynn 100
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 86
Evan Bayh 86
Jeff Bingaman 86
OH U.S. Senate - Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 86
WA U.S. Senate - Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 86
MD U.S. Senate - Sr Ben Cardin Democratic 86
Kent Conrad 86
Russ Feingold 86
Mary Landrieu 86
Frank Lautenberg 86
Patrick Leahy 86
Carl Levin 86
NJ U.S. Senate - Sr Bob Menendez Democratic 86
RI U.S. Senate - Sr Jack Reed Democratic 86
Jay Rockefeller IV 86
VT U.S. Senate - Sr Bernie Sanders Independent 86
Olympia Snowe 86
MI U.S. Senate - Sr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 86
MT U.S. Senate - Sr Jon Tester Democratic 86
RI U.S. Senate - Jr Sheldon Whitehouse Democratic 86
OR U.S. Senate - Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 86
Michael Arcuri 83
Melissa Bean 83
Shelley Berkley 83
Marion Berry 83
GA U.S. House - 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 83
Leonard Boswell 83
CA U.S. House - 21 Jim Costa Democratic 83
State Office Name Party Rating
Jim McDermott 100
MA U.S. House - 2 Jim McGovern D 100
Jerry McNerney 100
Michael McNulty 100
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 100
NY U.S. House - 5 Gregory Meeks D 100
ME Councilor - Ward 3 Mike Michaud 100
George Miller 100
Brad Miller 100
Alan Mollohan 100
Dennis Moore 100
WI U.S. House - 4 Gwen Moore D 100
Jim Moran, Jr. 100
Jack Murtha 100
NY U.S. House - 12 Jerry Nadler D 100
CA U.S. House - 31 Grace Napolitano D 100
MA U.S. House - 1 Richard Neal D 100
Jim Oberstar 100
Dave Obey 100
John Olver 100
NJ U.S. House - 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. D 100
NJ U.S. House - 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. D 100
Ed Pastor 100
Donald Payne 100
CA U.S. House - 11 Nancy Pelosi D 100
David Price 100
Nick Rahall II 100
Charlie Rangel 100
Steve Rothman 100
Lucille Roybal-Allard 100
Bobby Rush 100
Tim Ryan 100
MD U.S. House - 3 John Sarbanes D 100
IL U.S. House - 9 Jan Schakowsky D 100
CA U.S. House - 30 Adam Schiff D 100
Allyson Schwartz 100
VA U.S. House - 3 Bobby Scott D 100
José Serrano 100
Joe Sestak, Jr. 100
Carol Shea-Porter 100
CA U.S. House - 32 Brad Sherman D 100
Albio Sires 100
Ike Skelton 100
Louise Slaughter 100
WA U.S. House - 9 Adam Smith D 100
CA Supervisor - 1 Hilda Solis 100
John Spratt, Jr. 100
Pete Stark 100
Bart Stupak 100
Betty Sutton 100
CA U.S. House - 38 Linda Sánchez D 100
Ellen Tauscher 100
MS U.S. House - 2 Bennie Thompson D 100
CA U.S. House - 4 Mike Thompson D 100
John Tierney 100
Ed Towns 100
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 100
Mark Udall 100
Tom Udall 100
MD U.S. Senate - Jr Chris Van Hollen, Jr. D 100
NY U.S. House - 7 Nydia Velázquez D 100
Pete Visclosky 100
FL U.S. House - 25 Debbie Wasserman Schultz D 100
CA U.S. House - 43 Maxine Waters D 100
Diane Watson 100
Mel Watt 100
Henry Waxman 100
Anthony Weiner 100
Robert Wexler 100
Lynn Woolsey 100
David Wu 100
Albert Wynn 100
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 86
Evan Bayh 86
Jeff Bingaman 86
OH U.S. Senate - Sr Sherrod Brown D 86
WA U.S. Senate - Jr Maria Cantwell D 86
MD U.S. Senate - Sr Ben Cardin D 86
Kent Conrad 86
Russ Feingold 86
Mary Landrieu 86
Frank Lautenberg 86
Patrick Leahy 86
Carl Levin 86
NJ U.S. Senate - Sr Bob Menendez D 86
RI U.S. Senate - Sr Jack Reed D 86
Jay Rockefeller IV 86
VT U.S. Senate - Sr Bernie Sanders I 86
Olympia Snowe 86
MI U.S. Senate - Sr Debbie Stabenow D 86
MT U.S. Senate - Sr Jon Tester D 86
RI U.S. Senate - Jr Sheldon Whitehouse D 86
OR U.S. Senate - Sr Ron Wyden D 86
Michael Arcuri 83
Melissa Bean 83
Shelley Berkley 83
Marion Berry 83
GA U.S. House - 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. D 83
Leonard Boswell 83
CA U.S. House - 21 Jim Costa D 83
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