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State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
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Kit Bond | 100% | |||
Richard Burr | 100% | |||
DE | U.S. Senate - Sr | Tom Carper | Democratic | 100% |
TX | U.S. Senate - Sr | John Cornyn | Republican | 100% |
John Ensign | 100% | |||
SC | U.S. Senate - Sr | Lindsey Graham | Republican | 100% |
IA | U.S. Senate - Sr | Chuck Grassley | Republican | 100% |
Tom Harkin | 100% | |||
Orrin Hatch | 100% | |||
Kay Hutchison | 100% | |||
Daniel Inouye | 100% | |||
Edward Kennedy, Sr. | 100% | |||
WA | U.S. Senate - Sr | Patty Murray | Democratic | 100% |
SD | U.S. Senate - Sr | John Thune | Republican | 100% |
David Vitter | 100% | |||
IN | U.S. House - 7 | André Carson | Democratic | 81% |
Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. | 80% | |||
Bobby Jindal | 80% | |||
Jackie Speier | 77% | |||
WA | Governor | Jay Inslee | Democratic | 76% |
Eddie Johnson | 75% | |||
Pete Stark | 75% | |||
GA | U.S. House - 2 | Sanford Bishop, Jr. | Democratic | 73% |
OR | U.S. House - 3 | Earl Blumenauer | Democratic | 73% |
Chet Edwards | 73% | |||
OH | U.S. House - 9 | Marcy Kaptur | Democratic | 73% |
Ron Kind | 73% | |||
Jim McDermott | 73% | |||
WI | U.S. House - 4 | Gwen Moore | Democratic | 73% |
Henry Waxman | 73% | |||
Michael Arcuri | 72% | |||
Brian Bilbray | 72% | |||
Leonard Boswell | 72% | |||
Allen Boyd, Jr. | 72% | |||
NY | U.S. House - 9 | Yvette Clarke | Democratic | 72% |
Lacy Clay, Jr. | 72% | |||
John Conyers, Jr. | 72% | |||
Peter DeFazio | 72% | |||
John Dingell | 72% | |||
Mike Doyle, Jr. | 72% | |||
Charlie Gonzalez | 72% | |||
Phil Hare | 72% | |||
Jane Harman | 72% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 48 | Darrell Issa | Republican | 72% |
CA | U.S. House - 18 | Zoe Lofgren | Democratic | 72% |
Carolyn Maloney | 72% | |||
John Mica | 72% | |||
Ed Perlmutter | 72% | |||
Ike Skelton | 72% | |||
John Tanner | 72% | |||
Pete Visclosky | 72% | |||
Mike Capuano | 71% | |||
TX | U.S. House - 18 | Sheila Jackson Lee | Democratic | 71% |
Patrick Kennedy | 71% | |||
Charlie Rangel | 71% | |||
WA | U.S. House - 9 | Adam Smith | Democratic | 70% |
Neil Abercrombie | 69% | |||
Gary Ackerman | 69% | |||
Jason Altmire | 69% | |||
Joe Baca, Sr. | 69% | |||
WI | U.S. Senate - Jr | Tammy Baldwin | Democratic | 69% |
Shelley Berkley | 69% | |||
Tim Bishop | 69% | |||
Dan Burton | 69% | |||
Lois Capps | 69% | |||
Steve Chabot | 69% | |||
MO | U.S. House - 5 | Emanuel Cleaver II | Democratic | 69% |
TN | U.S. House - 9 | Steve Cohen | Democratic | 69% |
Jim Cooper | 69% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 21 | Jim Costa | Democratic | 69% |
CT | U.S. House - 2 | Joe Courtney | Democratic | 69% |
Joe Crowley | 69% | |||
Elijah Cummings | 69% | |||
Artur Davis | 69% | |||
IL | U.S. House - 7 | Danny Davis | Democratic | 69% |
Susan Davis | 69% | |||
CO | U.S. House - 1 | Diana DeGette | Democratic | 69% |
CT | U.S. House - 3 | Rosa DeLauro | Democratic | 69% |
Vern Ehlers | 69% | |||
MN | Attorney General | Keith Ellison | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 69% |
Rahm Emanuel | 69% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 16 | Anna Eshoo | Democratic | 69% |
Bob Etheridge | 69% | |||
Bob Filner | 69% | |||
Barney Frank | 69% | |||
Bart Gordon | 69% | |||
TX | U.S. House - 12 | Kay Granger | Republican | 69% |
TX | U.S. House - 9 | Al Green | Democratic | 69% |
AZ | U.S. House - 7 | Raul Grijalva | Democratic | 69% |
John Hall | 69% | |||
Maurice Hinchey | 69% | |||
HI | U.S. Senate - Jr | Mazie Hirono | Democratic | 69% |
Tim Holden | 69% | |||
Rush Holt, Jr. | 69% | |||
MD | U.S. House - 5 | Steny Hoyer | Democratic | 69% |
Steve Israel | 69% | |||
Jesse Jackson, Jr. | 69% | |||
GA | U.S. House - 4 | Hank Johnson, Jr. | Democratic | 69% |
Steve Kagen | 69% | |||
Paul Kanjorski | 69% |