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State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
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Gary Ackerman | 100% | |||
Thomas Allen | 100% | |||
WI | U.S. Senate - Jr | Tammy Baldwin | Democratic | 100% |
NA | U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services | Xavier Becerra | 100% | |
Howard Berman | 100% | |||
Tim Bishop | 100% | |||
OR | U.S. House - 3 | Earl Blumenauer | Democratic | 100% |
Barbara Boxer | 100% | |||
Bob Brady | 100% | |||
Corrine Brown | 100% | |||
OH | U.S. Senate - Sr | Sherrod Brown | Democratic | 100% |
Lois Capps | 100% | |||
Mike Capuano | 100% | |||
MD | U.S. Senate - Sr | Ben Cardin | Democratic | 100% |
Russ Carnahan | 100% | |||
Hillary Clinton | 100% | |||
John Conyers, Jr. | 100% | |||
Elijah Cummings | 100% | |||
Susan Davis | 100% | |||
CO | U.S. House - 1 | Diana DeGette | Democratic | 100% |
CT | U.S. House - 3 | Rosa DeLauro | Democratic | 100% |
Bill Delahunt | 100% | |||
TX | U.S. House - 37 | Lloyd Doggett II | Democratic | 100% |
Eliot Engel | 100% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 16 | Anna Eshoo | Democratic | 100% |
Chaka Fattah, Sr. | 100% | |||
Russ Feingold | 100% | |||
Barney Frank | 100% | |||
AZ | U.S. House - 7 | Raul Grijalva | Democratic | 100% |
Luis Gutiérrez | 100% | |||
Alcee Hastings, Sr. | 100% | |||
Maurice Hinchey | 100% | |||
Rush Holt, Jr. | 100% | |||
Mike Honda | 100% | |||
WA | Governor | Jay Inslee | Democratic | 100% |
Jesse Jackson, Jr. | 100% | |||
OH | U.S. House - 9 | Marcy Kaptur | Democratic | 100% |
Edward Kennedy, Sr. | 100% | |||
Patrick Kennedy | 100% | |||
John Kerry | 100% | |||
Dale Kildee | 100% | |||
Carolyn Kilpatrick | 100% | |||
Dennis Kucinich | 100% | |||
Jim Langevin | 100% | |||
Tom Lantos | 100% | |||
Frank Lautenberg | 100% | |||
Patrick Leahy | 100% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 12 | Barbara Lee | Democratic | 100% |
John Lewis | 100% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 18 | Zoe Lofgren | Democratic | 100% |
Nita Lowey | 100% | |||
MA | U.S. House - 8 | Stephen Lynch | Democratic | 100% |
Carolyn Maloney | 100% | |||
MA | U.S. Senate - Jr | Ed Markey | Democratic | 100% |
CA | U.S. House - 7 | Doris Matsui | Democratic | 100% |
MN | U.S. House - 4 | Betty McCollum | Democratic | 100% |
Jim McDermott | 100% | |||
MA | U.S. House - 2 | Jim McGovern | Democratic | 100% |
Cynthia Ann McKinney | 100% | |||
Michael McNulty | 100% | |||
Martin Meehan | 100% | |||
Juanita Millender-McDonald | 100% | |||
George Miller | 100% | |||
Brad Miller | 100% | |||
WI | U.S. House - 4 | Gwen Moore | Democratic | 100% |
NY | U.S. House - 12 | Jerry Nadler | Democratic | 100% |
MA | U.S. House - 1 | Richard Neal | Democratic | 100% |
Dave Obey | 100% | |||
John Olver | 100% | |||
Major Owens | 100% | |||
NJ | U.S. House - 6 | Frank Pallone, Jr. | Democratic | 100% |
NJ | U.S. House - 9 | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | Democratic | 100% |
Donald Payne | 100% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 11 | Nancy Pelosi | Democratic | 100% |
Charlie Rangel | 100% | |||
Lucille Roybal-Allard | 100% | |||
Martin Olav Sabo | 100% | |||
VT | U.S. Senate - Sr | Bernie Sanders | Independent | 100% |
Paul Sarbanes | 100% | |||
IL | U.S. House - 9 | Jan Schakowsky | Democratic | 100% |
CA | U.S. House - 30 | Adam Schiff | Democratic | 100% |
José Serrano | 100% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 32 | Brad Sherman | Democratic | 100% |
CA | Supervisor - 1 | Hilda Solis | 100% | |
Pete Stark | 100% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 38 | Linda Sánchez | Democratic | 100% |
John Tierney | 100% | |||
Stephanie Tubbs Jones | 100% | |||
MD | U.S. Senate - Jr | Chris Van Hollen, Jr. | Democratic | 100% |
FL | U.S. House - 25 | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Democratic | 100% |
CA | U.S. House - 43 | Maxine Waters | Democratic | 100% |
Diane Watson | 100% | |||
Mel Watt | 100% | |||
Henry Waxman | 100% | |||
Anthony Weiner | 100% | |||
Robert Wexler | 100% | |||
Lynn Woolsey | 100% | |||
Neil Abercrombie | 88% | |||
Daniel Akaka, Sr. | 88% | |||
Rob Andrews | 88% |