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State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
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Daniel Akaka, Sr. | 100% | |||
Max Baucus | 100% | |||
Evan Bayh | 100% | |||
Jeff Bingaman | 100% | |||
Kit Bond | 100% | |||
Barbara Boxer | 100% | |||
Henry Brown, Jr. | 100% | |||
OH | U.S. Senate - Sr | Sherrod Brown | Democratic | 100% |
Robert Byrd | 100% | |||
MD | U.S. Senate - Sr | Ben Cardin | Democratic | 100% |
DE | U.S. Senate - Sr | Tom Carper | Democratic | 100% |
IN | U.S. House - 7 | André Carson | Democratic | 100% |
PA | U.S. Senate - Sr | Bob Casey, Jr. | Democratic | 100% |
Kent Conrad | 100% | |||
Chris Dodd | 100% | |||
IL | U.S. Senate - Sr | Dick Durbin | Democratic | 100% |
Donna Edwards | 100% | |||
Dianne Feinstein | 100% | |||
IL | U.S. House - 11 | Bill Foster | Democratic | 100% |
Tom Harkin | 100% | |||
Daniel Inouye | 100% | |||
Edward Kennedy, Sr. | 100% | |||
John Kerry | 100% | |||
MN | U.S. Senate - Sr | Amy Klobuchar | Democratic | 100% |
Herb Kohl | 100% | |||
Frank Lautenberg | 100% | |||
Patrick Leahy | 100% | |||
Joe Lieberman | 100% | |||
Blanche Lincoln | 100% | |||
John McCain III | 100% | |||
NJ | U.S. Senate - Sr | Bob Menendez | Democratic | 100% |
Barbara Mikulski | 100% | |||
WA | U.S. Senate - Sr | Patty Murray | Democratic | 100% |
Ben Nelson | 100% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 11 | Nancy Pelosi | Democratic | 100% |
Mark Pryor | 100% | |||
Harry Reid | 100% | |||
Laura Richardson | 100% | |||
Jay Rockefeller IV | 100% | |||
AL | U.S. House - 3 | Mike Rogers | Republican | 100% |
NY | U.S. Senate - Sr | Chuck Schumer | Democratic | 100% |
Olympia Snowe | 100% | |||
Arlen Specter | 100% | |||
Jackie Speier | 100% | |||
Niki Tsongas | 100% | |||
Jim Webb, Jr. | 100% | |||
AR | U.S. Senate - Sr | John Boozman | Republican | 91% |
FL | U.S. House - 16 | Vern Buchanan | Republican | 91% |
Charlie Melancon, Sr. | 91% | |||
ID | U.S. House - 2 | Mike Simpson | Republican | 91% |
John Tanner | 91% | |||
Shelley Berkley | 90% | |||
Corrine Brown | 90% | |||
Chet Edwards | 90% | |||
TX | U.S. House - 9 | Al Green | Democratic | 90% |
Brian Higgins | 90% | |||
Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. | 90% | |||
John Lewis | 90% | |||
George Miller | 90% | |||
Joe Sestak, Jr. | 90% | |||
Louise Slaughter | 90% | |||
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. | 88% | |||
WA | U.S. Senate - Jr | Maria Cantwell | Democratic | 87% |
Saxby Chambliss | 87% | |||
ME | U.S. Senate - Sr | Susan Collins | Republican | 87% |
Robert Corker | 87% | |||
Byron Dorgan | 87% | |||
IA | U.S. Senate - Sr | Chuck Grassley | Republican | 87% |
Johnny Isakson | 87% | |||
Carl Levin | 87% | |||
Melquiades Martinez | 87% | |||
KY | U.S. Senate - Sr | Mitch McConnell, Jr. | Republican | 87% |
AK | U.S. Senate - Sr | Lisa Murkowski | Republican | 87% |
Bill Nelson, Sr. | 87% | |||
RI | U.S. Senate - Sr | Jack Reed | Democratic | 87% |
MT | U.S. Senate - Sr | Jon Tester | Democratic | 87% |
SD | U.S. Senate - Sr | John Thune | Republican | 87% |
RI | U.S. Senate - Jr | Sheldon Whitehouse | Democratic | 87% |
OR | U.S. Senate - Sr | Ron Wyden | Democratic | 87% |
Lamar Alexander | 85% | |||
Sam Brownback | 85% | |||
Timothy Johnson | 85% | |||
Dick Lugar | 85% | |||
Claire McCaskill | 85% | |||
VT | U.S. Senate - Sr | Bernie Sanders | Independent | 85% |
AL | U.S. House - 4 | Robert Aderholt | Republican | 83% |
Michael Arcuri | 83% | |||
Joe Baca, Sr. | 83% | |||
Spencer Bachus | 83% | |||
Brian Baird | 83% | |||
WI | U.S. Senate - Jr | Tammy Baldwin | Democratic | 83% |
Marion Berry | 83% | |||
Judy Biggert | 83% | |||
Tim Bishop | 83% | |||
Mary Bono Mack | 83% | |||
Dan Boren | 83% | |||
Rick Boucher | 83% | |||
Charles Boustany, Jr. | 83% | |||
Allen Boyd, Jr. | 83% | |||
Bob Brady | 83% |