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State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
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Neil Abercrombie | 100% | |||
WI | U.S. Senate - Jr | Tammy Baldwin | Democratic | 100% |
MD | U.S. Senate - Sr | Ben Cardin | Democratic | 100% |
IL | U.S. House - 7 | Danny Davis | Democratic | 100% |
Susan Davis | 100% | |||
TX | U.S. House - 37 | Lloyd Doggett II | Democratic | 100% |
Harold Ford, Jr. | 100% | |||
AZ | U.S. House - 7 | Raul Grijalva | Democratic | 100% |
Rush Holt, Jr. | 100% | |||
Tom Lantos | 100% | |||
James Leach | 100% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 12 | Barbara Lee | Democratic | 100% |
Carolyn Maloney | 100% | |||
Robert Matsui | 100% | |||
MN | U.S. House - 4 | Betty McCollum | Democratic | 100% |
MA | U.S. House - 2 | Jim McGovern | Democratic | 100% |
NJ | U.S. Senate - Sr | Bob Menendez | Democratic | 100% |
Dennis Moore | 100% | |||
NY | U.S. House - 12 | Jerry Nadler | Democratic | 100% |
MA | U.S. House - 1 | Richard Neal | Democratic | 100% |
NJ | U.S. House - 6 | Frank Pallone, Jr. | Democratic | 100% |
David Price | 100% | |||
Tim Ryan | 100% | |||
VT | U.S. Senate - Sr | Bernie Sanders | Independent | 100% |
IL | U.S. House - 9 | Jan Schakowsky | Democratic | 100% |
CA | U.S. House - 30 | Adam Schiff | Democratic | 100% |
Christopher Shays | 100% | |||
Robert Ruhl Simmons | 100% | |||
Louise Slaughter | 100% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 38 | Linda Sánchez | Democratic | 100% |
Tom Udall | 100% | |||
Sherwood Boehlert | 99% | |||
Philip English | 99% | |||
Charlie Gonzalez | 99% | |||
Eddie Johnson | 99% | |||
Brian Baird | 98% | |||
Howard Berman | 98% | |||
Tim Bishop | 98% | |||
Mike Castle | 98% | |||
Elijah Cummings | 98% | |||
Bill Delahunt | 98% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 16 | Anna Eshoo | Democratic | 98% |
Barney Frank | 98% | |||
Maurice Hinchey | 98% | |||
MD | U.S. House - 5 | Steny Hoyer | Democratic | 98% |
Nancy Johnson | 98% | |||
John Lewis | 98% | |||
Nita Lowey | 98% | |||
Michael McNulty | 98% | |||
John Olver | 98% | |||
James Ramstad | 98% | |||
Martin Olav Sabo | 98% | |||
Loretta Sanchez | 98% | |||
José Serrano | 98% | |||
Ellen Tauscher | 98% | |||
W. Curtis Weldon | 98% | |||
Albert Wynn | 98% | |||
Vern Ehlers | 97% | |||
Rodney Frelinghuysen | 97% | |||
Gary Ackerman | 96% | |||
Thomas Allen | 96% | |||
Corrine Brown | 96% | |||
Mike Capuano | 96% | |||
HI | U.S. House - 1 | Ed Case | Democratic | 96% |
Lacy Clay, Jr. | 96% | |||
Eliot Engel | 96% | |||
Gene Green | 96% | |||
Tim Holden | 96% | |||
Mike Honda | 96% | |||
WA | Governor | Jay Inslee | Democratic | 96% |
Jim Langevin | 96% | |||
WA | U.S. House - 2 | Rick Larsen | Democratic | 96% |
CT | U.S. House - 1 | John Larson | Democratic | 96% |
Jim Marshall | 96% | |||
Kendrick Meek, Sr. | 96% | |||
ME | Councilor - Ward 3 | Mike Michaud | 96% | |
Jim Moran, Jr. | 96% | |||
Jim Oberstar | 96% | |||
NJ | U.S. House - 9 | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | Democratic | 96% |
Donald Payne | 96% | |||
Mike Ross | 96% | |||
Bobby Rush | 96% | |||
John Spratt, Jr. | 96% | |||
Stephanie Tubbs Jones | 96% | |||
Mark Udall | 96% | |||
OR | U.S. House - 3 | Earl Blumenauer | Democratic | 95% |
Bob Brady | 95% | |||
John Conyers, Jr. | 95% | |||
Jerry Costello | 95% | |||
James Davis | 95% | |||
CT | U.S. House - 3 | Rosa DeLauro | Democratic | 95% |
John Dingell | 95% | |||
Bob Etheridge | 95% | |||
Tim Johnson | 95% | |||
Sandy Levin | 95% | |||
Martin Meehan | 95% | |||
Brad Miller | 95% | |||
MD | U.S. House - 2 | Dutch Ruppersberger | Democratic | 95% |
MD | U.S. Senate - Jr | Chris Van Hollen, Jr. | Democratic | 95% |
CA | U.S. House - 43 | Maxine Waters | Democratic | 95% |