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State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
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Thomas Allen | 100% | |||
Lacy Clay, Jr. | 100% | |||
MO | U.S. House - 5 | Emanuel Cleaver II | Democratic | 100% |
Susan Davis | 100% | |||
CT | U.S. House - 3 | Rosa DeLauro | Democratic | 100% |
Rahm Emanuel | 100% | |||
Luis Gutiérrez | 100% | |||
Alcee Hastings, Sr. | 100% | |||
MD | U.S. House - 5 | Steny Hoyer | Democratic | 100% |
TX | U.S. House - 18 | Sheila Jackson Lee | Democratic | 100% |
Eddie Johnson | 100% | |||
Dale Kildee | 100% | |||
Carolyn Kilpatrick | 100% | |||
Dennis Kucinich | 100% | |||
CT | U.S. House - 1 | John Larson | Democratic | 100% |
Nita Lowey | 100% | |||
MA | U.S. Senate - Jr | Ed Markey | Democratic | 100% |
MA | U.S. House - 2 | Jim McGovern | Democratic | 100% |
ME | Councilor - Ward 3 | Mike Michaud | 100% | |
George Miller | 100% | |||
Dave Obey | 100% | |||
John Olver | 100% | |||
Ron Paul | 100% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 11 | Nancy Pelosi | Democratic | 100% |
Lucille Roybal-Allard | 100% | |||
VA | U.S. House - 3 | Bobby Scott | Democratic | 100% |
CA | U.S. House - 32 | Brad Sherman | Democratic | 100% |
CA | U.S. House - 38 | Linda Sánchez | Democratic | 100% |
John Tierney | 100% | |||
Diane Watson | 100% | |||
Neil Abercrombie | 83% | |||
Rob Andrews | 83% | |||
NA | U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services | Xavier Becerra | 83% | |
Shelley Berkley | 83% | |||
Howard Berman | 83% | |||
OR | U.S. House - 3 | Earl Blumenauer | Democratic | 83% |
Rick Boucher | 83% | |||
Corrine Brown | 83% | |||
OH | U.S. Senate - Sr | Sherrod Brown | Democratic | 83% |
G. K. Butterfield, Jr. | 83% | |||
Lois Capps | 83% | |||
Mike Capuano | 83% | |||
Julia Carson | 83% | |||
SC | U.S. House - 6 | Jim Clyburn | Democratic | 83% |
CO | U.S. House - 1 | Diana DeGette | Democratic | 83% |
TX | U.S. House - 37 | Lloyd Doggett II | Democratic | 83% |
CA | U.S. House - 16 | Anna Eshoo | Democratic | 83% |
Sam Farr | 83% | |||
Chaka Fattah, Sr. | 83% | |||
Bob Filner | 83% | |||
Jeff Flake | 83% | |||
Barney Frank | 83% | |||
TX | U.S. House - 9 | Al Green | Democratic | 83% |
AZ | U.S. House - 7 | Raul Grijalva | Democratic | 83% |
Jane Harman | 83% | |||
Brian Higgins | 83% | |||
Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. | 83% | |||
Rush Holt, Jr. | 83% | |||
Mike Honda | 83% | |||
Jesse Jackson, Jr. | 83% | |||
William Jefferson | 83% | |||
Ron Kind | 83% | |||
Tom Lantos | 83% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 12 | Barbara Lee | Democratic | 83% |
CA | U.S. House - 18 | Zoe Lofgren | Democratic | 83% |
Carolyn Maloney | 83% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 7 | Doris Matsui | Democratic | 83% |
MN | U.S. House - 4 | Betty McCollum | Democratic | 83% |
Kendrick Meek, Sr. | 83% | |||
Jim Moran, Jr. | 83% | |||
NY | U.S. House - 12 | Jerry Nadler | Democratic | 83% |
MA | U.S. House - 1 | Richard Neal | Democratic | 83% |
Jim Oberstar | 83% | |||
NJ | U.S. House - 9 | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | Democratic | 83% |
Ed Pastor | 83% | |||
Donald Payne | 83% | |||
David Price | 83% | |||
Charlie Rangel | 83% | |||
Dana Rohrabacher | 83% | |||
Tim Ryan | 83% | |||
Loretta Sanchez | 83% | |||
VT | U.S. Senate - Sr | Bernie Sanders | Independent | 83% |
IL | U.S. House - 9 | Jan Schakowsky | Democratic | 83% |
José Serrano | 83% | |||
Louise Slaughter | 83% | |||
CA | Supervisor - 1 | Hilda Solis | 83% | |
Pete Stark | 83% | |||
Ellen Tauscher | 83% | |||
MS | U.S. House - 2 | Bennie Thompson | Democratic | 83% |
Ed Towns | 83% | |||
Stephanie Tubbs Jones | 83% | |||
NY | U.S. House - 7 | Nydia Velázquez | Democratic | 83% |
Pete Visclosky | 83% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 43 | Maxine Waters | Democratic | 83% |
Mel Watt | 83% | |||
Henry Waxman | 83% | |||
Robert Wexler | 83% | |||
Lynn Woolsey | 83% | |||
Albert Wynn | 83% | |||
Gary Ackerman | 67% |