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State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
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WI | U.S. Senate - Jr | Tammy Baldwin | Democratic | 100% |
NA | U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services | Xavier Becerra | 100% | |
NA | President | Joe Biden, Jr. | Democratic | 100% |
Rod Blagojevich | 100% | |||
David Edward Bonior | 100% | |||
OH | U.S. Senate - Sr | Sherrod Brown | Democratic | 100% |
WA | U.S. Senate - Jr | Maria Cantwell | Democratic | 100% |
Mike Capuano | 100% | |||
Eva Clayton | 100% | |||
Hillary Clinton | 100% | |||
John Conyers, Jr. | 100% | |||
Jon Corzine | 100% | |||
IL | U.S. House - 7 | Danny Davis | Democratic | 100% |
Mark Dayton | 100% | |||
IL | U.S. Senate - Sr | Dick Durbin | Democratic | 100% |
Barney Frank | 100% | |||
Daniel Graham | 100% | |||
Tom Harkin | 100% | |||
Earl Hilliard, Sr. | 100% | |||
Ernest Hollings | 100% | |||
John Kerry | 100% | |||
Carolyn Kilpatrick | 100% | |||
Gerald Kleczka | 100% | |||
Patrick Leahy | 100% | |||
Carl Levin | 100% | |||
Jim McDermott | 100% | |||
MA | U.S. House - 2 | Jim McGovern | Democratic | 100% |
WA | U.S. Senate - Sr | Patty Murray | Democratic | 100% |
CA | U.S. House - 31 | Grace Napolitano | Democratic | 100% |
John Olver | 100% | |||
Ed Pastor | 100% | |||
Donald Payne | 100% | |||
RI | U.S. Senate - Sr | Jack Reed | Democratic | 100% |
Harry Reid | 100% | |||
Ciro Rodriguez | 100% | |||
Lucille Roybal-Allard | 100% | |||
Paul Sarbanes | 100% | |||
VA | U.S. House - 3 | Bobby Scott | Democratic | 100% |
CA | Supervisor - 1 | Hilda Solis | 100% | |
MI | U.S. Senate - Sr | Debbie Stabenow | Democratic | 100% |
CA | U.S. House - 43 | Maxine Waters | Democratic | 100% |
Mel Watt | 100% | |||
Paul Wellstone | 100% | |||
Daniel Akaka, Sr. | 95% | |||
Jeff Bingaman | 95% | |||
Thomas Daschle | 95% | |||
John Edwards | 95% | |||
Russ Feingold | 95% | |||
Edward Kennedy, Sr. | 95% | |||
Barbara Mikulski | 95% | |||
Bill Nelson, Sr. | 95% | |||
Jay Rockefeller IV | 95% | |||
NY | U.S. Senate - Sr | Chuck Schumer | Democratic | 95% |
OR | U.S. Senate - Sr | Ron Wyden | Democratic | 95% |
Joe Baca, Sr. | 93% | |||
James Barcia | 93% | |||
Tom Barrett | 93% | |||
Shelley Berkley | 93% | |||
OR | U.S. House - 3 | Earl Blumenauer | Democratic | 93% |
Robert Borski, Jr. | 93% | |||
Rick Boucher | 93% | |||
Bob Brady | 93% | |||
Lacy Clay, Jr. | 93% | |||
William Coyne | 93% | |||
Elijah Cummings | 93% | |||
CT | U.S. House - 3 | Rosa DeLauro | Democratic | 93% |
Mike Doyle, Jr. | 93% | |||
Sam Farr | 93% | |||
Chaka Fattah, Sr. | 93% | |||
Jonas Frost III | 93% | |||
Luis Gutiérrez | 93% | |||
Alcee Hastings, Sr. | 93% | |||
Maurice Hinchey | 93% | |||
Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. | 93% | |||
Tim Holden | 93% | |||
Mike Honda | 93% | |||
Jesse Jackson, Jr. | 93% | |||
TX | U.S. House - 18 | Sheila Jackson Lee | Democratic | 93% |
William Jefferson | 93% | |||
CT | U.S. House - 1 | John Larson | Democratic | 93% |
CA | U.S. House - 12 | Barbara Lee | Democratic | 93% |
John Lewis | 93% | |||
Nita Lowey | 93% | |||
MA | U.S. Senate - Jr | Ed Markey | Democratic | 93% |
Robert Matsui | 93% | |||
MN | U.S. House - 4 | Betty McCollum | Democratic | 93% |
Cynthia Ann McKinney | 93% | |||
NY | U.S. House - 5 | Gregory Meeks | Democratic | 93% |
NJ | U.S. Senate - Sr | Bob Menendez | Democratic | 93% |
Patsy Takemoto Mink | 93% | |||
MA | U.S. House - 1 | Richard Neal | Democratic | 93% |
Jim Oberstar | 93% | |||
Dave Obey | 93% | |||
Major Owens | 93% | |||
NJ | U.S. House - 6 | Frank Pallone, Jr. | Democratic | 93% |
NJ | U.S. House - 9 | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | Democratic | 93% |
CA | U.S. House - 11 | Nancy Pelosi | Democratic | 93% |
Charlie Rangel | 93% | |||
Lynn Nancy Rivers | 93% | |||
Steve Rothman | 93% |