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State Office Name Party Rating
Tom Lantos 90%
Sandy Levin 90%
Joe Lieberman 90%
Nita Lowey 90%
William Luther 90%
MA U.S. House - 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 90%
Carolyn Maloney 90%
Robert Matsui 90%
Karen McCarthy 90%
MN U.S. House - 4 Betty McCollum Democratic 90%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 90%
NY U.S. House - 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 90%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 90%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 90%
WA U.S. Senate - Sr Patty Murray Democratic 90%
CA U.S. House - 31 Grace Napolitano Democratic 90%
MA U.S. House - 1 Richard Neal Democratic 90%
Jim Oberstar 90%
Dave Obey 90%
NJ U.S. House - 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 90%
Charlie Rangel 90%
Harry Reid 90%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 90%
Bobby Rush 90%
Martin Olav Sabo 90%
NY U.S. Senate - Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 90%
VA U.S. House - 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 90%
José Serrano 90%
CA U.S. House - 32 Brad Sherman Democratic 90%
MI U.S. Senate - Sr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 90%
Ed Towns 90%
Henry Waxman 90%
Anthony Weiner 90%
Rob Andrews 85%
Joe Baca, Sr. 85%
Brian Baird 85%
Shelley Berkley 85%
Jeff Bingaman 85%
Rod Blagojevich 85%
Robert Borski, Jr. 85%
MD U.S. Senate - Sr Ben Cardin Democratic 85%
Jean Carnahan 85%
SC U.S. House - 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 85%
Kent Conrad 85%
Joe Crowley 85%
Susan Davis 85%
Peter Deutsch 85%
Byron Dorgan 85%
John Edwards 85%
Russ Feingold 85%
Dianne Feinstein 85%
Charlie Gonzalez 85%
Daniel Graham 85%
Earl Hilliard, Sr. 85%
Joseph Hoeffel 85%
Darlene Hooley 85%
MD U.S. House - 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 85%
William Jefferson 85%
Dale Kildee 85%
Ron Kind 85%
Herb Kohl 85%
Jim Langevin 85%
CT U.S. House - 1 John Larson Democratic 85%
CA U.S. House - 18 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 85%
Michael McNulty 85%
Carrie Meek 85%
NJ U.S. Senate - Sr Bob Menendez Democratic 85%
Bill Nelson, Sr. 85%
NJ U.S. House - 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 85%
Ed Pastor 85%
David Price 85%
Ciro Rodriguez 85%
Steve Rothman 85%
Loretta Sanchez 85%
CA U.S. House - 30 Adam Schiff Democratic 85%
Ted Strickland 85%
MS U.S. House - 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 85%
CA U.S. House - 4 Mike Thompson Democratic 85%
Karen Thurman 85%
Pete Visclosky 85%
Robert Wexler 85%
OR U.S. Senate - Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 85%
Albert Wynn 85%
Neil Abercrombie 80%
Rick Boucher 80%
Robert Byrd 80%
Norm Dicks 80%
Bob Etheridge 80%
Harold Ford, Jr. 80%
Jonas Frost III 80%
Gene Green 80%
Jane Harman 80%
Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. 80%
Steve Israel 80%
Timothy Johnson 80%
Nicholas Lampson 80%
WA U.S. House - 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 80%
Carolyn McCarthy 80%
Jim Moran, Jr. 80%
Nick Rahall II 80%
State Office Name Party Rating
Tom Lantos 90%
Sandy Levin 90%
Joe Lieberman 90%
Nita Lowey 90%
William Luther 90%
MA U.S. House - 8 Stephen Lynch D 90%
Carolyn Maloney 90%
Robert Matsui 90%
Karen McCarthy 90%
MN U.S. House - 4 Betty McCollum D 90%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 90%
NY U.S. House - 5 Gregory Meeks D 90%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 90%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 90%
WA U.S. Senate - Sr Patty Murray D 90%
CA U.S. House - 31 Grace Napolitano D 90%
MA U.S. House - 1 Richard Neal D 90%
Jim Oberstar 90%
Dave Obey 90%
NJ U.S. House - 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. D 90%
Charlie Rangel 90%
Harry Reid 90%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 90%
Bobby Rush 90%
Martin Olav Sabo 90%
NY U.S. Senate - Sr Chuck Schumer D 90%
VA U.S. House - 3 Bobby Scott D 90%
José Serrano 90%
CA U.S. House - 32 Brad Sherman D 90%
MI U.S. Senate - Sr Debbie Stabenow D 90%
Ed Towns 90%
Henry Waxman 90%
Anthony Weiner 90%
Rob Andrews 85%
Joe Baca, Sr. 85%
Brian Baird 85%
Shelley Berkley 85%
Jeff Bingaman 85%
Rod Blagojevich 85%
Robert Borski, Jr. 85%
MD U.S. Senate - Sr Ben Cardin D 85%
Jean Carnahan 85%
SC U.S. House - 6 Jim Clyburn D 85%
Kent Conrad 85%
Joe Crowley 85%
Susan Davis 85%
Peter Deutsch 85%
Byron Dorgan 85%
John Edwards 85%
Russ Feingold 85%
Dianne Feinstein 85%
Charlie Gonzalez 85%
Daniel Graham 85%
Earl Hilliard, Sr. 85%
Joseph Hoeffel 85%
Darlene Hooley 85%
MD U.S. House - 5 Steny Hoyer D 85%
William Jefferson 85%
Dale Kildee 85%
Ron Kind 85%
Herb Kohl 85%
Jim Langevin 85%
CT U.S. House - 1 John Larson D 85%
CA U.S. House - 18 Zoe Lofgren D 85%
Michael McNulty 85%
Carrie Meek 85%
NJ U.S. Senate - Sr Bob Menendez D 85%
Bill Nelson, Sr. 85%
NJ U.S. House - 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. D 85%
Ed Pastor 85%
David Price 85%
Ciro Rodriguez 85%
Steve Rothman 85%
Loretta Sanchez 85%
CA U.S. House - 30 Adam Schiff D 85%
Ted Strickland 85%
MS U.S. House - 2 Bennie Thompson D 85%
CA U.S. House - 4 Mike Thompson D 85%
Karen Thurman 85%
Pete Visclosky 85%
Robert Wexler 85%
OR U.S. Senate - Sr Ron Wyden D 85%
Albert Wynn 85%
Neil Abercrombie 80%
Rick Boucher 80%
Robert Byrd 80%
Norm Dicks 80%
Bob Etheridge 80%
Harold Ford, Jr. 80%
Jonas Frost III 80%
Gene Green 80%
Jane Harman 80%
Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. 80%
Steve Israel 80%
Timothy Johnson 80%
Nicholas Lampson 80%
WA U.S. House - 2 Rick Larsen D 80%
Carolyn McCarthy 80%
Jim Moran, Jr. 80%
Nick Rahall II 80%
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