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State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
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WI | U.S. Senate - Jr | Tammy Baldwin | Democratic | 100% |
NA | U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services | Xavier Becerra | 100% | |
Tim Bishop | 100% | |||
Lois Capps | 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% |
Barney Frank | 100% | |||
AZ | U.S. House - 7 | Raul Grijalva | Democratic | 100% |
Maurice Hinchey | 100% | |||
Rush Holt, Jr. | 100% | |||
WA | Governor | Jay Inslee | Democratic | 100% |
Jesse Jackson, Jr. | 100% | |||
Edward Kennedy, Sr. | 100% | |||
Dennis Kucinich | 100% | |||
Jim Langevin | 100% | |||
Frank Lautenberg | 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 McDermott | 100% | |||
MA | U.S. House - 2 | Jim McGovern | Democratic | 100% |
Michael McNulty | 100% | |||
Martin Meehan | 100% | |||
George Miller | 100% | |||
NY | U.S. House - 12 | Jerry Nadler | Democratic | 100% |
Dave Obey | 100% | |||
NJ | U.S. House - 6 | Frank Pallone, Jr. | Democratic | 100% |
CA | U.S. House - 11 | Nancy Pelosi | Democratic | 100% |
VT | U.S. Senate - Sr | Bernie Sanders | Independent | 100% |
CA | U.S. House - 30 | Adam Schiff | Democratic | 100% |
CA | U.S. House - 32 | Brad Sherman | Democratic | 100% |
CA | U.S. House - 38 | Linda Sánchez | Democratic | 100% |
John Tierney | 100% | |||
MD | U.S. Senate - Jr | Chris Van Hollen, Jr. | Democratic | 100% |
FL | U.S. House - 25 | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Democratic | 100% |
Henry Waxman | 100% | |||
Anthony Weiner | 100% | |||
Robert Wexler | 100% | |||
Gary Ackerman | 95% | |||
Thomas Allen | 95% | |||
Shelley Berkley | 95% | |||
Howard Berman | 95% | |||
Barbara Boxer | 95% | |||
Corrine Brown | 95% | |||
OH | U.S. Senate - Sr | Sherrod Brown | Democratic | 95% |
Mike Capuano | 95% | |||
MD | U.S. Senate - Sr | Ben Cardin | Democratic | 95% |
Russ Carnahan | 95% | |||
Joe Crowley | 95% | |||
IL | U.S. Senate - Sr | Dick Durbin | Democratic | 95% |
Eliot Engel | 95% | |||
Sam Farr | 95% | |||
Russ Feingold | 95% | |||
Bob Filner | 95% | |||
Tom Harkin | 95% | |||
Mike Honda | 95% | |||
Darlene Hooley | 95% | |||
Steve Israel | 95% | |||
Eddie Johnson | 95% | |||
Patrick Kennedy | 95% | |||
Tom Lantos | 95% | |||
Patrick Leahy | 95% | |||
John Lewis | 95% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 18 | Zoe Lofgren | Democratic | 95% |
MN | U.S. House - 4 | Betty McCollum | Democratic | 95% |
Brad Miller | 95% | |||
WI | U.S. House - 4 | Gwen Moore | Democratic | 95% |
CA | U.S. House - 31 | Grace Napolitano | Democratic | 95% |
MA | U.S. House - 1 | Richard Neal | Democratic | 95% |
John Olver | 95% | |||
Charlie Rangel | 95% | |||
RI | U.S. Senate - Sr | Jack Reed | Democratic | 95% |
Harry Reid | 95% | |||
Loretta Sanchez | 95% | |||
NY | U.S. Senate - Sr | Chuck Schumer | Democratic | 95% |
Allyson Schwartz | 95% | |||
José Serrano | 95% | |||
Louise Slaughter | 95% | |||
CA | Supervisor - 1 | Hilda Solis | 95% | |
Pete Stark | 95% | |||
Mark Udall | 95% | |||
Tom Udall | 95% | |||
Diane Watson | 95% | |||
Mel Watt | 95% | |||
Lynn Woolsey | 95% | |||
OR | U.S. Senate - Sr | Ron Wyden | Democratic | 95% |
Brian Baird | 91% | |||
OR | U.S. House - 3 | Earl Blumenauer | Democratic | 91% |
G. K. Butterfield, Jr. | 91% | |||
Hillary Clinton | 91% | |||
John Conyers, Jr. | 91% | |||
Bill Delahunt | 91% | |||
Norm Dicks | 91% | |||
TX | U.S. House - 37 | Lloyd Doggett II | Democratic | 91% |
CA | U.S. House - 16 | Anna Eshoo | Democratic | 91% |
Alcee Hastings, Sr. | 91% | |||
OH | U.S. House - 9 | Marcy Kaptur | Democratic | 91% |