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State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
---|---|---|---|---|
Daniel Akaka, Sr. | 100% | |||
WI | U.S. Senate - Jr | Tammy Baldwin | Democratic | 100% |
NA | U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services | Xavier Becerra | 100% | |
Jeff Bingaman | 100% | |||
Tim Bishop | 100% | |||
OR | U.S. House - 3 | Earl Blumenauer | Democratic | 100% |
Barbara Boxer | 100% | |||
OH | U.S. Senate - Sr | Sherrod Brown | Democratic | 100% |
WA | U.S. Senate - Jr | Maria Cantwell | Democratic | 100% |
Lois Capps | 100% | |||
Mike Capuano | 100% | |||
MD | U.S. Senate - Sr | Ben Cardin | Democratic | 100% |
NY | U.S. House - 9 | Yvette Clarke | Democratic | 100% |
Lacy Clay, Jr. | 100% | |||
John Conyers, Jr. | 100% | |||
IL | U.S. House - 7 | Danny Davis | Democratic | 100% |
CO | U.S. House - 1 | Diana DeGette | Democratic | 100% |
Bill Delahunt | 100% | |||
Chris Dodd | 100% | |||
TX | U.S. House - 37 | Lloyd Doggett II | Democratic | 100% |
IL | U.S. Senate - Sr | Dick Durbin | Democratic | 100% |
MN | Attorney General | Keith Ellison | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 100% |
Eliot Engel | 100% | |||
Sam Farr | 100% | |||
Chaka Fattah, Sr. | 100% | |||
Russ Feingold | 100% | |||
Barney Frank | 100% | |||
TX | U.S. House - 9 | Al Green | Democratic | 100% |
AZ | U.S. House - 7 | Raul Grijalva | Democratic | 100% |
Luis Gutiérrez | 100% | |||
Tom Harkin | 100% | |||
Maurice Hinchey | 100% | |||
HI | U.S. Senate - Jr | Mazie Hirono | Democratic | 100% |
Rush Holt, Jr. | 100% | |||
Mike Honda | 100% | |||
WA | Governor | Jay Inslee | Democratic | 100% |
Jesse Jackson, Jr. | 100% | |||
TX | U.S. House - 18 | Sheila Jackson Lee | Democratic | 100% |
GA | U.S. House - 4 | Hank Johnson, Jr. | Democratic | 100% |
Timothy Johnson | 100% | |||
OH | U.S. House - 9 | Marcy Kaptur | Democratic | 100% |
Edward Kennedy, Sr. | 100% | |||
John Kerry | 100% | |||
Herb Kohl | 100% | |||
Frank Lautenberg | 100% | |||
Patrick Leahy | 100% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 12 | Barbara Lee | Democratic | 100% |
Carl Levin | 100% | |||
John Lewis | 100% | |||
Dave Loebsack | 100% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 18 | Zoe Lofgren | Democratic | 100% |
Carolyn Maloney | 100% | |||
MA | U.S. Senate - Jr | Ed Markey | Democratic | 100% |
CA | U.S. House - 7 | Doris Matsui | Democratic | 100% |
Jim McDermott | 100% | |||
MA | U.S. House - 2 | Jim McGovern | Democratic | 100% |
Jerry McNerney | 100% | |||
NJ | U.S. Senate - Sr | Bob Menendez | Democratic | 100% |
George Miller | 100% | |||
WI | U.S. House - 4 | Gwen Moore | Democratic | 100% |
Jim Moran, Jr. | 100% | |||
WA | U.S. Senate - Sr | Patty Murray | Democratic | 100% |
NY | U.S. House - 12 | Jerry Nadler | Democratic | 100% |
CA | U.S. House - 31 | Grace Napolitano | Democratic | 100% |
MA | U.S. House - 1 | Richard Neal | Democratic | 100% |
John Olver | 100% | |||
NJ | U.S. House - 6 | Frank Pallone, Jr. | Democratic | 100% |
Ed Pastor | 100% | |||
Donald Payne | 100% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 11 | Nancy Pelosi | Democratic | 100% |
David Price | 100% | |||
Charlie Rangel | 100% | |||
RI | U.S. Senate - Sr | Jack Reed | Democratic | 100% |
Laura Richardson | 100% | |||
Jay Rockefeller IV | 100% |
State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
---|---|---|---|---|
Daniel Akaka, Sr. | 100% | |||
WI | U.S. Senate - Jr | Tammy Baldwin | D | 100% |
NA | U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services | Xavier Becerra | 100% | |
Jeff Bingaman | 100% | |||
Tim Bishop | 100% | |||
OR | U.S. House - 3 | Earl Blumenauer | D | 100% |
Barbara Boxer | 100% | |||
OH | U.S. Senate - Sr | Sherrod Brown | D | 100% |
WA | U.S. Senate - Jr | Maria Cantwell | D | 100% |
Lois Capps | 100% | |||
Mike Capuano | 100% | |||
MD | U.S. Senate - Sr | Ben Cardin | D | 100% |
NY | U.S. House - 9 | Yvette Clarke | D | 100% |
Lacy Clay, Jr. | 100% | |||
John Conyers, Jr. | 100% | |||
IL | U.S. House - 7 | Danny Davis | D | 100% |
CO | U.S. House - 1 | Diana DeGette | D | 100% |
Bill Delahunt | 100% | |||
Chris Dodd | 100% | |||
TX | U.S. House - 37 | Lloyd Doggett II | D | 100% |
IL | U.S. Senate - Sr | Dick Durbin | D | 100% |
MN | Attorney General | Keith Ellison | DFL | 100% |
Eliot Engel | 100% | |||
Sam Farr | 100% | |||
Chaka Fattah, Sr. | 100% | |||
Russ Feingold | 100% | |||
Barney Frank | 100% | |||
TX | U.S. House - 9 | Al Green | D | 100% |
AZ | U.S. House - 7 | Raul Grijalva | D | 100% |
Luis Gutiérrez | 100% | |||
Tom Harkin | 100% | |||
Maurice Hinchey | 100% | |||
HI | U.S. Senate - Jr | Mazie Hirono | D | 100% |
Rush Holt, Jr. | 100% | |||
Mike Honda | 100% | |||
WA | Governor | Jay Inslee | D | 100% |
Jesse Jackson, Jr. | 100% | |||
TX | U.S. House - 18 | Sheila Jackson Lee | D | 100% |
GA | U.S. House - 4 | Hank Johnson, Jr. | D | 100% |
Timothy Johnson | 100% | |||
OH | U.S. House - 9 | Marcy Kaptur | D | 100% |
Edward Kennedy, Sr. | 100% | |||
John Kerry | 100% | |||
Herb Kohl | 100% | |||
Frank Lautenberg | 100% | |||
Patrick Leahy | 100% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 12 | Barbara Lee | D | 100% |
Carl Levin | 100% | |||
John Lewis | 100% | |||
Dave Loebsack | 100% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 18 | Zoe Lofgren | D | 100% |
Carolyn Maloney | 100% | |||
MA | U.S. Senate - Jr | Ed Markey | D | 100% |
CA | U.S. House - 7 | Doris Matsui | D | 100% |
Jim McDermott | 100% | |||
MA | U.S. House - 2 | Jim McGovern | D | 100% |
Jerry McNerney | 100% | |||
NJ | U.S. Senate - Sr | Bob Menendez | D | 100% |
George Miller | 100% | |||
WI | U.S. House - 4 | Gwen Moore | D | 100% |
Jim Moran, Jr. | 100% | |||
WA | U.S. Senate - Sr | Patty Murray | D | 100% |
NY | U.S. House - 12 | Jerry Nadler | D | 100% |
CA | U.S. House - 31 | Grace Napolitano | D | 100% |
MA | U.S. House - 1 | Richard Neal | D | 100% |
John Olver | 100% | |||
NJ | U.S. House - 6 | Frank Pallone, Jr. | D | 100% |
Ed Pastor | 100% | |||
Donald Payne | 100% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 11 | Nancy Pelosi | D | 100% |
David Price | 100% | |||
Charlie Rangel | 100% | |||
RI | U.S. Senate - Sr | Jack Reed | D | 100% |
Laura Richardson | 100% | |||
Jay Rockefeller IV | 100% |