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State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
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FL | Chief Justice of the Supreme Court | Charles Canady | 75% | |
CO | Commissioner - 2 | Scott McInnis | 0% | |
ME | State Senate - 9 | Joseph Baldacci | Democratic | 50% |
GA | U.S. House - 2 | Sanford Bishop, Jr. | Democratic | 25% |
CA | U.S. House - 41 | Ken Calvert | Republican | 75% |
SC | U.S. House - 6 | Jim Clyburn | Democratic | 50% |
CT | U.S. House - 3 | Rosa DeLauro | Democratic | 75% |
TX | U.S. House - 37 | Lloyd Doggett II | Democratic | 50% |
CA | U.S. House - 16 | Anna Eshoo | Democratic | 75% |
MD | U.S. House - 5 | Steny Hoyer | Democratic | 25% |
TX | U.S. House - 18 | Sheila Jackson Lee | Democratic | 50% |
OH | U.S. House - 9 | Marcy Kaptur | Democratic | 50% |
CA | U.S. House - 18 | Zoe Lofgren | Democratic | 25% |
OK | U.S. House - 3 | Frank Lucas | Republican | 25% |
NY | U.S. House - 12 | Jerry Nadler | Democratic | 67% |
MA | U.S. House - 1 | Richard Neal | Democratic | 75% |
NJ | U.S. House - 6 | Frank Pallone, Jr. | Democratic | 75% |
CA | U.S. House - 11 | Nancy Pelosi | Democratic | 50% |
KY | U.S. House - 5 | Hal Rogers | Republican | 75% |
VA | U.S. House - 3 | Bobby Scott | Democratic | 25% |
NJ | U.S. House - 4 | Chris Smith | Republican | 75% |
MS | U.S. House - 2 | Bennie Thompson | Democratic | 25% |
NY | U.S. House - 7 | Nydia Velázquez | Democratic | 25% |
NA | U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services | Xavier Becerra | 25% | |
OH | U.S. Senate - Sr | Sherrod Brown | Democratic | 25% |
MD | U.S. Senate - Sr | Ben Cardin | Democratic | 50% |
ID | U.S. Senate - Sr | Mike Crapo | Republican | 25% |
SC | U.S. Senate - Sr | Lindsey Graham | Republican | 50% |
MA | U.S. Senate - Jr | Ed Markey | Democratic | 75% |
NJ | U.S. Senate - Sr | Bob Menendez | Democratic | 25% |
VT | U.S. Senate - Sr | Bernie Sanders | Independent | 25% |
NY | U.S. Senate - Sr | Chuck Schumer | Democratic | 75% |
MS | U.S. Senate - Sr | Roger Wicker | Republican | 50% |
Neil Abercrombie | 25% | |||
Gary Ackerman | 50% | |||
Rob Andrews | 50% | |||
Bill Archer | 50% | |||
Richard Armey | 0% | |||
Spencer Bachus | 50% | |||
Henry Scott Baesler | 25% | |||
Richard Hugh Baker | 50% | |||
Cass Ballenger | 25% | |||
James Barcia | 25% | |||
Bob Barr, Jr. | 50% | |||
Tom Barrett | 25% | |||
Bill Barrett | 25% | |||
Roscoe Bartlett | 25% | |||
Joe Barton | 100% | |||
Charlie Bass | 50% | |||
Herbert Bateman, Sr. | 100% | |||
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. | 25% | |||
Douglas Bereuter | 100% | |||
Howard Berman | 75% | |||
Brian Bilbray | 100% | |||
Michael Bilirakis | 75% | |||
Thomas Bliley, Jr. | 50% | |||
Sherwood Boehlert | 50% | |||
John Boehner | 50% | |||
Henry Bonilla | 0% | |||
David Edward Bonior | 25% | |||
Sonny Bono | 75% | |||
Robert Borski, Jr. | 50% | |||
Rick Boucher | 25% | |||
Corrine Brown | 25% | |||
George Brown, Jr. | 50% | |||
Ed Bryant | 50% | |||
Jim Bunning | 25% | |||
Richard Burr | 50% | |||
Dan Burton | 75% | |||
Steve Buyer | 50% | |||
Herbert Callahan | 25% | |||
Dave Camp | 0% | |||
Thomas Campbell | 50% | |||
Mike Castle | 100% | |||
Steve Chabot | 25% | |||
Saxby Chambliss | 25% | |||
Helen Chenoweth-Hage | 25% | |||
Jon Lynn Christensen | 0% | |||
William Clay, Sr. | 0% | |||
Eva Clayton | 50% | |||
Robert Clement | 75% | |||
Howard Coble | 50% | |||
Thomas Coburn | 25% | |||
Michael Collins | 25% | |||
Larry Combest | 25% | |||
Gary Condit | 50% | |||
John Conyers, Jr. | 25% | |||
Jerry Costello | 25% | |||
Christopher Cox | 25% | |||
William Coyne | 25% | |||
Robert Cramer | 25% | |||
Philip Crane | 0% | |||
Barbara Cubin | 25% | |||
Randall Cunningham | 75% | |||
Patsy Ann Danner | 50% | |||
Thomas Davis III | 25% | |||
Peter DeFazio | 100% | |||
Thomas DeLay | 25% | |||
Nathan Deal | 75% | |||
Ronald Dellums | 25% |