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State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
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Donald Payne | 93% | |||
David Price | 93% | |||
Charlie Rangel | 93% | |||
Silvestre Reyes | 93% | |||
Ciro Rodriguez | 93% | |||
Steve Rothman | 93% | |||
Lucille Roybal-Allard | 93% | |||
MD | U.S. House - 2 | Dutch Ruppersberger | Democratic | 93% |
Bobby Rush | 93% | |||
Tim Ryan | 93% | |||
Loretta Sanchez | 93% | |||
MD | U.S. House - 3 | John Sarbanes | Democratic | 93% |
IL | U.S. House - 9 | Jan Schakowsky | Democratic | 93% |
CA | U.S. House - 30 | Adam Schiff | Democratic | 93% |
Allyson Schwartz | 93% | |||
GA | U.S. House - 13 | David Scott | Democratic | 93% |
VA | U.S. House - 3 | Bobby Scott | Democratic | 93% |
José Serrano | 93% | |||
Carol Shea-Porter | 93% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 32 | Brad Sherman | Democratic | 93% |
Albio Sires | 93% | |||
Louise Slaughter | 93% | |||
Vic Snyder | 93% | |||
CA | Supervisor - 1 | Hilda Solis | 93% | |
Bart Stupak | 93% | |||
Betty Sutton | 93% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 38 | Linda Sánchez | Democratic | 93% |
Ellen Tauscher | 93% | |||
MS | U.S. House - 2 | Bennie Thompson | Democratic | 93% |
CA | U.S. House - 4 | Mike Thompson | Democratic | 93% |
Mark Udall | 93% | |||
Tom Udall | 93% | |||
MD | U.S. Senate - Jr | Chris Van Hollen, Jr. | Democratic | 93% |
Pete Visclosky | 93% | |||
MN | Governor | Tim Walz | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 93% |
FL | U.S. House - 25 | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Democratic | 93% |
Mel Watt | 93% | |||
Henry Waxman | 93% | |||
VT | U.S. Senate - Jr | Peter Welch | Democratic | 93% |
Robert Wexler | 93% | |||
Charlie Wilson, Jr. | 93% | |||
David Wu | 93% | |||
Albert Wynn | 93% | |||
Daniel Akaka, Sr. | 92% | |||
Jeff Bingaman | 92% | |||
MD | U.S. Senate - Sr | Ben Cardin | Democratic | 92% |
IL | U.S. Senate - Sr | Dick Durbin | Democratic | 92% |
Edward Kennedy, Sr. | 92% | |||
Herb Kohl | 92% | |||
Barbara Mikulski | 92% | |||
Harry Reid | 92% | |||
VT | U.S. Senate - Sr | Bernie Sanders | Independent | 92% |
OR | U.S. Senate - Sr | Ron Wyden | Democratic | 92% |
Brian Baird | 87% | |||
NA | U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services | Xavier Becerra | 87% | |
Howard Berman | 87% | |||
Leonard Boswell | 87% | |||
Bob Brady | 87% | |||
FL | U.S. House - 14 | Kathy Castor | Democratic | 87% |
Lacy Clay, Jr. | 87% | |||
TN | U.S. House - 9 | Steve Cohen | Democratic | 87% |
Jim Cooper | 87% | |||
TX | U.S. House - 28 | Henry Cuellar | Democratic | 87% |
Artur Davis | 87% | |||
Peter DeFazio | 87% | |||
Bill Delahunt | 87% | |||
Norm Dicks | 87% | |||
Chet Edwards | 87% | |||
Chaka Fattah, Sr. | 87% | |||
Gabrielle Giffords | 87% | |||
Luis Gutiérrez | 87% | |||
Brian Higgins | 87% | |||
Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. | 87% | |||
WA | Governor | Jay Inslee | Democratic | 87% |
Steve Israel | 87% | |||
William Jefferson | 87% | |||
GA | U.S. House - 4 | Hank Johnson, Jr. | Democratic | 87% |
Steve Kagen | 87% | |||
Dale Kildee | 87% | |||
Carolyn Kilpatrick | 87% | |||
Ron Kind | 87% | |||
Ron Klein | 87% | |||
Dennis Kucinich | 87% | |||
Tom Lantos | 87% | |||
MA | U.S. House - 8 | Stephen Lynch | Democratic | 87% |
Carolyn Maloney | 87% | |||
Harry Mitchell | 87% | |||
Patrick Murphy | 87% | |||
NY | U.S. House - 12 | Jerry Nadler | Democratic | 87% |
Dave Obey | 87% | |||
John Olver | 87% | |||
NJ | U.S. House - 6 | Frank Pallone, Jr. | Democratic | 87% |
Ed Perlmutter | 87% | |||
Earl Pomeroy | 87% | |||
Nick Rahall II | 87% | |||
John Salazar | 87% | |||
Joe Sestak, Jr. | 87% | |||
Christopher Shays | 87% | |||
WA | U.S. House - 9 | Adam Smith | Democratic | 87% |
Pete Stark | 87% |