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State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
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Daniel Akaka, Sr. | 100% | |||
Evan Bayh | 100% | |||
NA | President | Joe Biden, Jr. | Democratic | 100% |
Barbara Boxer | 100% | |||
Robert Byrd | 100% | |||
DE | U.S. Senate - Sr | Tom Carper | Democratic | 100% |
Hillary Clinton | 100% | |||
Kent Conrad | 100% | |||
Jon Corzine | 100% | |||
Mark Dayton | 100% | |||
Chris Dodd | 100% | |||
Byron Dorgan | 100% | |||
Russ Feingold | 100% | |||
Dianne Feinstein | 100% | |||
Tom Harkin | 100% | |||
Daniel Inouye | 100% | |||
Timothy Johnson | 100% | |||
Paul Kanjorski | 100% | |||
Edward Kennedy, Sr. | 100% | |||
John Kerry | 100% | |||
Herb Kohl | 100% | |||
Mary Landrieu | 100% | |||
Frank Lautenberg | 100% | |||
Patrick Leahy | 100% | |||
Carl Levin | 100% | |||
Blanche Lincoln | 100% | |||
Barbara Mikulski | 100% | |||
Bill Nelson, Sr. | 100% | |||
RI | U.S. Senate - Sr | Jack Reed | Democratic | 100% |
Harry Reid | 100% | |||
Jay Rockefeller IV | 100% | |||
Tim Ryan | 100% | |||
Paul Sarbanes | 100% | |||
NY | U.S. Senate - Sr | Chuck Schumer | Democratic | 100% |
MI | U.S. Senate - Sr | Debbie Stabenow | Democratic | 100% |
CA | U.S. House - 43 | Maxine Waters | Democratic | 100% |
OR | U.S. Senate - Sr | Ron Wyden | Democratic | 100% |
Gary Ackerman | 88% | |||
Thomas Allen | 88% | |||
Rob Andrews | 88% | |||
Joe Baca, Sr. | 88% | |||
Brian Baird | 88% | |||
WI | U.S. Senate - Jr | Tammy Baldwin | Democratic | 88% |
NA | U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services | Xavier Becerra | 88% | |
Shelley Berkley | 88% | |||
Marion Berry | 88% | |||
Tim Bishop | 88% | |||
OR | U.S. House - 3 | Earl Blumenauer | Democratic | 88% |
Bob Brady | 88% | |||
Corrine Brown | 88% | |||
OH | U.S. Senate - Sr | Sherrod Brown | Democratic | 88% |
Lois Capps | 88% | |||
Mike Capuano | 88% | |||
Dennis Cardoza | 88% | |||
Lacy Clay, Jr. | 88% | |||
Jerry Costello | 88% | |||
Joe Crowley | 88% | |||
Elijah Cummings | 88% | |||
Susan Davis | 88% | |||
Peter DeFazio | 88% | |||
CT | U.S. House - 3 | Rosa DeLauro | Democratic | 88% |
Bill Delahunt | 88% | |||
John Dingell | 88% | |||
TX | U.S. House - 37 | Lloyd Doggett II | Democratic | 88% |
Mike Doyle, Jr. | 88% | |||
Rahm Emanuel | 88% | |||
Eliot Engel | 88% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 16 | Anna Eshoo | Democratic | 88% |
Lane Evans | 88% | |||
Sam Farr | 88% | |||
Chaka Fattah, Sr. | 88% | |||
Bob Filner | 88% | |||
Barney Frank | 88% | |||
Gene Green | 88% | |||
AZ | U.S. House - 7 | Raul Grijalva | Democratic | 88% |
Maurice Hinchey | 88% | |||
Tim Holden | 88% | |||
Rush Holt, Jr. | 88% | |||
Mike Honda | 88% | |||
MD | U.S. House - 5 | Steny Hoyer | Democratic | 88% |
WA | Governor | Jay Inslee | Democratic | 88% |
Steve Israel | 88% | |||
Jesse Jackson, Jr. | 88% | |||
TX | U.S. House - 18 | Sheila Jackson Lee | Democratic | 88% |
Eddie Johnson | 88% | |||
OH | U.S. House - 9 | Marcy Kaptur | Democratic | 88% |
Patrick Kennedy | 88% | |||
Dale Kildee | 88% | |||
Ron Kind | 88% | |||
Tom Lantos | 88% | |||
WA | U.S. House - 2 | Rick Larsen | Democratic | 88% |
CT | U.S. House - 1 | John Larson | Democratic | 88% |
CA | U.S. House - 12 | Barbara Lee | Democratic | 88% |
Sandy Levin | 88% | |||
John Lewis | 88% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 18 | Zoe Lofgren | Democratic | 88% |
Nita Lowey | 88% | |||
MA | U.S. House - 8 | Stephen Lynch | Democratic | 88% |
Carolyn Maloney | 88% | |||
MA | U.S. Senate - Jr | Ed Markey | Democratic | 88% |