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State Office Name Party Rating
Gene Taylor 100%
William Thomas 100%
Mac Thornberry 100%
SD U.S. Senate - Sr John Thune Republican 100%
Strom Thurmond 100%
Todd Tiahrt 100%
Fred Upton 100%
Zach Wamp 100%
John Warner 100%
Wesley Watkins 100%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 100%
W. Curtis Weldon 100%
Rick White 100%
Ed Whitfield 100%
MS U.S. Senate - Sr Roger Wicker Republican 100%
Frank Wolf 100%
Wayne Allard 80%
John Ashcroft 80%
Spencer Bachus 80%
Joe Barton 80%
Herbert Bateman, Sr. 80%
Max Baucus 80%
Douglas Bereuter 80%
NA President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 80%
John Breaux 80%
Richard Bryan 80%
Helen Chenoweth-Hage 80%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 80%
Dan Coats 80%
Thomas Coburn 80%
Gary Condit 80%
Christopher Cox 80%
Robert Cramer 80%
Philip Crane 80%
ID U.S. Senate - Sr Mike Crapo Republican 80%
Barbara Cubin 80%
Patsy Ann Danner 80%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 80%
Calvin Dooley 80%
Philip English 80%
Mike Enzi 80%
Duncan McLauchlin Faircloth 80%
Michael Patrick Forbes 80%
John Ganske 80%
Paul Gillmor 80%
Benjamin Gilman 80%
Bart Gordon 80%
Daniel Graham 80%
William Phillip Gramm 80%
Rodney Grams 80%
Tom Harkin 80%
Jesse Helms 80%
Stephen Horn 80%
John Hostettler 80%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 80%
Duncan Hunter 80%
Henry Hyde 80%
Jim Inhofe 80%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 80%
James Merrill Jeffords 80%
Nancy Johnson 80%
Scott Klug 80%
Herb Kohl 80%
Jon Kyl 80%
Mary Landrieu 80%
Stephen Largent 80%
Frank LoBiondo 80%
James Maloney 80%
Carolyn McCarthy 80%
Bill McCollum 80%
Joseph McDade 80%
John McHugh 80%
David McIntosh 80%
Jack Metcalf 80%
Constance Morella 80%
Ron Paul 80%
Collin Peterson 80%
Owen Pickett 80%
Richard Pombo 80%
John Edward Porter 80%
Jack Quinn 80%
Timothy Roemer 80%
Dana Rohrabacher 80%
Marge Roukema 80%
Matt Salmon 80%
Loretta Sanchez 80%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 80%
Mark Sanford, Jr. 80%
Joe Scarborough 80%
John Shadegg 80%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 80%
CA U.S. House - 32 Brad Sherman Democratic 80%
John Shimkus 80%
E.G. Shuster 80%
Ike Skelton 80%
NJ U.S. House - 4 Chris Smith Republican 80%
Bob Smith 80%
Olympia Snowe 80%
Craig Thomas 80%
Fred Thompson 80%
State Office Name Party Rating
Gene Taylor 100%
William Thomas 100%
Mac Thornberry 100%
SD U.S. Senate - Sr John Thune R 100%
Strom Thurmond 100%
Todd Tiahrt 100%
Fred Upton 100%
Zach Wamp 100%
John Warner 100%
Wesley Watkins 100%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 100%
W. Curtis Weldon 100%
Rick White 100%
Ed Whitfield 100%
MS U.S. Senate - Sr Roger Wicker R 100%
Frank Wolf 100%
Wayne Allard 80%
John Ashcroft 80%
Spencer Bachus 80%
Joe Barton 80%
Herbert Bateman, Sr. 80%
Max Baucus 80%
Douglas Bereuter 80%
NA President Joe Biden, Jr. D 80%
John Breaux 80%
Richard Bryan 80%
Helen Chenoweth-Hage 80%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 80%
Dan Coats 80%
Thomas Coburn 80%
Gary Condit 80%
Christopher Cox 80%
Robert Cramer 80%
Philip Crane 80%
ID U.S. Senate - Sr Mike Crapo R 80%
Barbara Cubin 80%
Patsy Ann Danner 80%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 80%
Calvin Dooley 80%
Philip English 80%
Mike Enzi 80%
Duncan McLauchlin Faircloth 80%
Michael Patrick Forbes 80%
John Ganske 80%
Paul Gillmor 80%
Benjamin Gilman 80%
Bart Gordon 80%
Daniel Graham 80%
William Phillip Gramm 80%
Rodney Grams 80%
Tom Harkin 80%
Jesse Helms 80%
Stephen Horn 80%
John Hostettler 80%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 80%
Duncan Hunter 80%
Henry Hyde 80%
Jim Inhofe 80%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 80%
James Merrill Jeffords 80%
Nancy Johnson 80%
Scott Klug 80%
Herb Kohl 80%
Jon Kyl 80%
Mary Landrieu 80%
Stephen Largent 80%
Frank LoBiondo 80%
James Maloney 80%
Carolyn McCarthy 80%
Bill McCollum 80%
Joseph McDade 80%
John McHugh 80%
David McIntosh 80%
Jack Metcalf 80%
Constance Morella 80%
Ron Paul 80%
Collin Peterson 80%
Owen Pickett 80%
Richard Pombo 80%
John Edward Porter 80%
Jack Quinn 80%
Timothy Roemer 80%
Dana Rohrabacher 80%
Marge Roukema 80%
Matt Salmon 80%
Loretta Sanchez 80%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 80%
Mark Sanford, Jr. 80%
Joe Scarborough 80%
John Shadegg 80%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 80%
CA U.S. House - 32 Brad Sherman D 80%
John Shimkus 80%
E.G. Shuster 80%
Ike Skelton 80%
NJ U.S. House - 4 Chris Smith R 80%
Bob Smith 80%
Olympia Snowe 80%
Craig Thomas 80%
Fred Thompson 80%
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