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State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
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Brian Baird | 100% | |||
Russ Feingold | 100% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 7 | Doris Matsui | Democratic | 100% |
John Sununu | 90% | |||
Gary Ackerman | 88% | |||
Thomas Allen | 88% | |||
Rob Andrews | 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% | |||
Howard Berman | 88% | |||
Tim Bishop | 88% | |||
OR | U.S. House - 3 | Earl Blumenauer | Democratic | 88% |
OH | U.S. Senate - Sr | Sherrod Brown | Democratic | 88% |
Lois Capps | 88% | |||
Mike Capuano | 88% | |||
MD | U.S. Senate - Sr | Ben Cardin | Democratic | 88% |
Russ Carnahan | 88% | |||
Ben Chandler III | 88% | |||
Lacy Clay, Jr. | 88% | |||
MO | U.S. House - 5 | Emanuel Cleaver II | Democratic | 88% |
John Conyers, Jr. | 88% | |||
Elijah Cummings | 88% | |||
IL | U.S. House - 7 | Danny Davis | Democratic | 88% |
Susan Davis | 88% | |||
Peter DeFazio | 88% | |||
CO | U.S. House - 1 | Diana DeGette | Democratic | 88% |
CT | U.S. House - 3 | Rosa DeLauro | Democratic | 88% |
TX | U.S. House - 37 | Lloyd Doggett II | Democratic | 88% |
Rahm Emanuel | 88% | |||
Eliot Engel | 88% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 16 | Anna Eshoo | Democratic | 88% |
Sam Farr | 88% | |||
Bob Filner | 88% | |||
Barney Frank | 88% | |||
AZ | U.S. House - 7 | Raul Grijalva | Democratic | 88% |
Brian Higgins | 88% | |||
Maurice Hinchey | 88% | |||
Rush Holt, Jr. | 88% | |||
Mike Honda | 88% | |||
Darlene Hooley | 88% | |||
WA | Governor | Jay Inslee | Democratic | 88% |
Steve Israel | 88% | |||
Jesse Jackson, Jr. | 88% | |||
OH | U.S. House - 9 | Marcy Kaptur | Democratic | 88% |
Patrick Kennedy | 88% | |||
Dale Kildee | 88% | |||
Carolyn Kilpatrick | 88% | |||
Dennis Kucinich | 88% | |||
Jim Langevin | 88% | |||
Tom Lantos | 88% | |||
CT | U.S. House - 1 | John Larson | Democratic | 88% |
John Lewis | 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% |
John McCain III | 88% | |||
Carolyn McCarthy | 88% | |||
MN | U.S. House - 4 | Betty McCollum | Democratic | 88% |
Jim McDermott | 88% | |||
MA | U.S. House - 2 | Jim McGovern | Democratic | 88% |
Michael McNulty | 88% | |||
Kendrick Meek, Sr. | 88% | |||
NJ | U.S. Senate - Sr | Bob Menendez | Democratic | 88% |
ME | Councilor - Ward 3 | Mike Michaud | 88% | |
George Miller | 88% | |||
WI | U.S. House - 4 | Gwen Moore | Democratic | 88% |
Jim Moran, Jr. | 88% | |||
NY | U.S. House - 12 | Jerry Nadler | Democratic | 88% |
Dave Obey | 88% | |||
NJ | U.S. House - 6 | Frank Pallone, Jr. | Democratic | 88% |
NJ | U.S. House - 9 | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | Democratic | 88% |
Ed Pastor | 88% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 11 | Nancy Pelosi | Democratic | 88% |
Charlie Rangel | 88% | |||
Steve Rothman | 88% | |||
Lucille Roybal-Allard | 88% | |||
Loretta Sanchez | 88% | |||
VT | U.S. Senate - Sr | Bernie Sanders | Independent | 88% |
CA | U.S. House - 30 | Adam Schiff | Democratic | 88% |
Allyson Schwartz | 88% | |||
José Serrano | 88% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 32 | Brad Sherman | Democratic | 88% |
NJ | U.S. House - 4 | Chris Smith | Republican | 88% |
CA | Supervisor - 1 | Hilda Solis | 88% | |
Pete Stark | 88% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 38 | Linda Sánchez | Democratic | 88% |
CA | U.S. House - 4 | Mike Thompson | Democratic | 88% |
John Tierney | 88% | |||
Stephanie Tubbs Jones | 88% | |||
Mark Udall | 88% | |||
MD | U.S. Senate - Jr | Chris Van Hollen, Jr. | Democratic | 88% |
FL | U.S. House - 25 | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Democratic | 88% |
CA | U.S. House - 43 | Maxine Waters | Democratic | 88% |
Diane Watson | 88% | |||
Mel Watt | 88% | |||
Henry Waxman | 88% | |||
Anthony Weiner | 88% | |||
Lynn Woolsey | 88% |