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State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
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Neil Abercrombie | 100% | |||
Gary Ackerman | 100% | |||
Daniel Akaka, Sr. | 100% | |||
Thomas Allen | 100% | |||
Joe Baca, Sr. | 100% | |||
WI | U.S. Senate - Jr | Tammy Baldwin | Democratic | 100% |
John Barrow | 100% | |||
Tim Bishop | 100% | |||
OR | U.S. House - 3 | Earl Blumenauer | Democratic | 100% |
Barbara Boxer | 100% | |||
Bob Brady | 100% | |||
OH | U.S. Senate - Sr | Sherrod Brown | Democratic | 100% |
G. K. Butterfield, Jr. | 100% | |||
WA | U.S. Senate - Jr | Maria Cantwell | Democratic | 100% |
Lois Capps | 100% | |||
Mike Capuano | 100% | |||
MD | U.S. Senate - Sr | Ben Cardin | Democratic | 100% |
Russ Carnahan | 100% | |||
Julia Carson | 100% | |||
SC | U.S. House - 6 | Jim Clyburn | Democratic | 100% |
John Conyers, Jr. | 100% | |||
Jerry Costello | 100% | |||
Elijah Cummings | 100% | |||
IL | U.S. House - 7 | Danny Davis | Democratic | 100% |
Susan Davis | 100% | |||
Peter DeFazio | 100% | |||
CO | U.S. House - 1 | Diana DeGette | Democratic | 100% |
CT | U.S. House - 3 | Rosa DeLauro | Democratic | 100% |
Norm Dicks | 100% | |||
John Dingell | 100% | |||
TX | U.S. House - 37 | Lloyd Doggett II | Democratic | 100% |
Mike Doyle, Jr. | 100% | |||
IL | U.S. Senate - Sr | Dick Durbin | Democratic | 100% |
Rahm Emanuel | 100% | |||
Eliot Engel | 100% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 16 | Anna Eshoo | Democratic | 100% |
Sam Farr | 100% | |||
Dianne Feinstein | 100% | |||
Bob Filner | 100% | |||
Barney Frank | 100% | |||
AZ | U.S. House - 7 | Raul Grijalva | Democratic | 100% |
Tom Harkin | 100% | |||
Alcee Hastings, Sr. | 100% | |||
Maurice Hinchey | 100% | |||
Rush Holt, Jr. | 100% | |||
Mike Honda | 100% | |||
WA | Governor | Jay Inslee | Democratic | 100% |
Jesse Jackson, Jr. | 100% | |||
TX | U.S. House - 18 | Sheila Jackson Lee | Democratic | 100% |
Eddie Johnson | 100% | |||
Paul Kanjorski | 100% | |||
OH | U.S. House - 9 | Marcy Kaptur | Democratic | 100% |
Edward Kennedy, Sr. | 100% | |||
Patrick Kennedy | 100% | |||
John Kerry | 100% | |||
Dale Kildee | 100% | |||
Dennis Kucinich | 100% | |||
Jim Langevin | 100% | |||
CT | U.S. House - 1 | John Larson | Democratic | 100% |
Frank Lautenberg | 100% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 12 | Barbara Lee | Democratic | 100% |
Sandy Levin | 100% | |||
John Lewis | 100% | |||
Dan Lipinski | 100% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 18 | Zoe Lofgren | Democratic | 100% |
Nita Lowey | 100% | |||
MA | U.S. House - 8 | Stephen Lynch | Democratic | 100% |
Carolyn Maloney | 100% | |||
MA | U.S. Senate - Jr | Ed Markey | Democratic | 100% |
Jim Marshall | 100% | |||
MN | U.S. House - 4 | Betty McCollum | Democratic | 100% |
Jim McDermott | 100% | |||
MA | U.S. House - 2 | Jim McGovern | Democratic | 100% |
Michael McNulty | 100% | |||
Martin Meehan | 100% | |||
Juanita Millender-McDonald | 100% | |||
George Miller | 100% | |||
Brad Miller | 100% | |||
WI | U.S. House - 4 | Gwen Moore | Democratic | 100% |
NY | U.S. House - 12 | Jerry Nadler | Democratic | 100% |
CA | U.S. House - 31 | Grace Napolitano | Democratic | 100% |
Barack Obama II | 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% |
Donald Payne | 100% | |||
Charlie Rangel | 100% | |||
RI | U.S. Senate - Sr | Jack Reed | Democratic | 100% |
Lucille Roybal-Allard | 100% | |||
Tim Ryan | 100% | |||
Loretta Sanchez | 100% | |||
VT | U.S. Senate - Sr | Bernie Sanders | Independent | 100% |
IL | U.S. House - 9 | Jan Schakowsky | Democratic | 100% |
NY | U.S. Senate - Sr | Chuck Schumer | Democratic | 100% |
VA | U.S. House - 3 | Bobby Scott | Democratic | 100% |
José Serrano | 100% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 32 | Brad Sherman | Democratic | 100% |
WA | U.S. House - 9 | Adam Smith | Democratic | 100% |