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State Office Name Party Rating
Jeff Miller 11
Brad Miller 100
Walt Minnick 61
Harry Mitchell 83
Alan Mollohan 94
Dennis Moore 100
Jim Moran, Jr. 100
Patrick Murphy 94
Scott Murphy 91
Tim Murphy 61
Jack Murtha 100
Sue Myrick 11
Bill Nelson, Sr. 93
Ben Nelson 79
Randy Neugebauer 6
Devin Nunes 18
Glenn Nye III 83
Jim Oberstar 100
Dave Obey 100
Pete Olson 6
John Olver 100
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 94
Ed Pastor 100
Ron Paul 0
Erik Paulsen 33
Donald Payne 100
Mike Pence 6
Ed Perlmutter 100
Tom Perriello 100
Collin Peterson 83
Tom Petri 44
Joe Pitts 18
Todd Platts 56
Ted Poe 0
Earl Pomeroy 94
David Price 100
Tom Price 6
Mark Pryor 86
Adam Putnam 28
George Radanovich 12
Nick Rahall II 94
Charlie Rangel 100
Denny Rehberg 33
Dave Reichert 67
Harry Reid 100
Silvestre Reyes 100
Laura Richardson 100
Pat Roberts 21
Jay Rockefeller IV 80
Ciro Rodriguez 94
Phil Roe 28
Mike Rogers 35
Dana Rohrabacher 17
Tom Rooney 33
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen 61
Peter Roskam 17
Mike Ross 88
Steve Rothman 100
Lucille Roybal-Allard 100
Ed Royce 0
Bobby Rush 100
Paul Ryan 12
Tim Ryan 100
John Salazar 94
Loretta Sanchez 100
Mark Schauer 100
Aaron Schock 33
Kurt Schrader 89
Allyson Schwartz 100
Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. 11
José Serrano 100
Jeff Sessions III 31
Joe Sestak, Jr. 100
John Shadegg 0
Carol Shea-Porter 100
Richard Shelby 21
John Shimkus 33
Heath Shuler 83
Bill Shuster 22
Albio Sires 100
Ike Skelton 88
Louise Slaughter 100
Lamar Smith 28
Olympia Snowe 64
Vic Snyder 100
Mark Souder 33
Zack Space 100
Arlen Specter 86
Jackie Speier 100
John Spratt, Jr. 100
Pete Stark 92
Cliff Stearns 22
Bart Stupak 83
John Sullivan 20
Betty Sutton 100
John Tanner 81
Gene Taylor 61
Harry Teague 94
Lee Terry 33
Mac Thornberry 6
State Office Name Party Rating
Jeff Miller 11
Brad Miller 100
Walt Minnick 61
Harry Mitchell 83
Alan Mollohan 94
Dennis Moore 100
Jim Moran, Jr. 100
Patrick Murphy 94
Scott Murphy 91
Tim Murphy 61
Jack Murtha 100
Sue Myrick 11
Bill Nelson, Sr. 93
Ben Nelson 79
Randy Neugebauer 6
Devin Nunes 18
Glenn Nye III 83
Jim Oberstar 100
Dave Obey 100
Pete Olson 6
John Olver 100
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 94
Ed Pastor 100
Ron Paul 0
Erik Paulsen 33
Donald Payne 100
Mike Pence 6
Ed Perlmutter 100
Tom Perriello 100
Collin Peterson 83
Tom Petri 44
Joe Pitts 18
Todd Platts 56
Ted Poe 0
Earl Pomeroy 94
David Price 100
Tom Price 6
Mark Pryor 86
Adam Putnam 28
George Radanovich 12
Nick Rahall II 94
Charlie Rangel 100
Denny Rehberg 33
Dave Reichert 67
Harry Reid 100
Silvestre Reyes 100
Laura Richardson 100
Pat Roberts 21
Jay Rockefeller IV 80
Ciro Rodriguez 94
Phil Roe 28
Mike Rogers 35
Dana Rohrabacher 17
Tom Rooney 33
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen 61
Peter Roskam 17
Mike Ross 88
Steve Rothman 100
Lucille Roybal-Allard 100
Ed Royce 0
Bobby Rush 100
Paul Ryan 12
Tim Ryan 100
John Salazar 94
Loretta Sanchez 100
Mark Schauer 100
Aaron Schock 33
Kurt Schrader 89
Allyson Schwartz 100
Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. 11
José Serrano 100
Jeff Sessions III 31
Joe Sestak, Jr. 100
John Shadegg 0
Carol Shea-Porter 100
Richard Shelby 21
John Shimkus 33
Heath Shuler 83
Bill Shuster 22
Albio Sires 100
Ike Skelton 88
Louise Slaughter 100
Lamar Smith 28
Olympia Snowe 64
Vic Snyder 100
Mark Souder 33
Zack Space 100
Arlen Specter 86
Jackie Speier 100
John Spratt, Jr. 100
Pete Stark 92
Cliff Stearns 22
Bart Stupak 83
John Sullivan 20
Betty Sutton 100
John Tanner 81
Gene Taylor 61
Harry Teague 94
Lee Terry 33
Mac Thornberry 6
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