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State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
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Gary Ackerman | 100% | |||
WI | U.S. Senate - Jr | Tammy Baldwin | Democratic | 100% |
Howard Berman | 100% | |||
Jeff Bingaman | 100% | |||
Barbara Boxer | 100% | |||
WA | U.S. Senate - Jr | Maria Cantwell | Democratic | 100% |
Lois Capps | 100% | |||
Ben Chandler III | 100% | |||
Lacy Clay, Jr. | 100% | |||
Hillary Clinton | 100% | |||
John Conyers, Jr. | 100% | |||
Joe Crowley | 100% | |||
Susan Davis | 100% | |||
CT | U.S. House - 3 | Rosa DeLauro | Democratic | 100% |
Chris Dodd | 100% | |||
Eliot Engel | 100% | |||
Dianne Feinstein | 100% | |||
Bob Filner | 100% | |||
Barney Frank | 100% | |||
AZ | U.S. House - 7 | Raul Grijalva | Democratic | 100% |
Tom Harkin | 100% | |||
Maurice Hinchey | 100% | |||
Rush Holt, Jr. | 100% | |||
Mike Honda | 100% | |||
TX | U.S. House - 18 | Sheila Jackson Lee | Democratic | 100% |
John Kerry | 100% | |||
Dennis Kucinich | 100% | |||
Tom Lantos | 100% | |||
Frank Lautenberg | 100% | |||
John Lewis | 100% | |||
MA | U.S. House - 8 | Stephen Lynch | Democratic | 100% |
Carolyn McCarthy | 100% | |||
Jim McDermott | 100% | |||
MA | U.S. House - 2 | Jim McGovern | Democratic | 100% |
Michael McNulty | 100% | |||
Martin Meehan | 100% | |||
NJ | U.S. Senate - Sr | Bob Menendez | Democratic | 100% |
Dennis Moore | 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% |
Charlie Rangel | 100% | |||
IL | U.S. House - 9 | Jan Schakowsky | Democratic | 100% |
José Serrano | 100% | |||
Christopher Shays | 100% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 32 | Brad Sherman | Democratic | 100% |
Louise Slaughter | 100% | |||
Pete Stark | 100% | |||
Ellen Tauscher | 100% | |||
John Tierney | 100% | |||
MD | U.S. Senate - Jr | Chris Van Hollen, Jr. | Democratic | 100% |
Anthony Weiner | 100% | |||
OR | U.S. Senate - Sr | Ron Wyden | Democratic | 100% |
Rob Andrews | 89% | |||
NA | U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services | Xavier Becerra | 89% | |
Shelley Berkley | 89% | |||
Rick Boucher | 89% | |||
OH | U.S. Senate - Sr | Sherrod Brown | Democratic | 89% |
Mike Capuano | 89% | |||
MD | U.S. Senate - Sr | Ben Cardin | Democratic | 89% |
Russ Carnahan | 89% | |||
Julia Carson | 89% | |||
SC | U.S. House - 6 | Jim Clyburn | Democratic | 89% |
Elijah Cummings | 89% | |||
CO | U.S. House - 1 | Diana DeGette | Democratic | 89% |
Bill Delahunt | 89% | |||
John Dingell | 89% | |||
TX | U.S. House - 37 | Lloyd Doggett II | Democratic | 89% |
CA | U.S. House - 16 | Anna Eshoo | Democratic | 89% |
Sam Farr | 89% | |||
Michael Ferguson | 89% | |||
Gene Green | 89% | |||
Luis Gutiérrez | 89% | |||
Alcee Hastings, Sr. | 89% | |||
Darlene Hooley | 89% | |||
WA | Governor | Jay Inslee | Democratic | 89% |
Steve Israel | 89% | |||
Eddie Johnson | 89% | |||
Tim Johnson | 89% | |||
OH | U.S. House - 9 | Marcy Kaptur | Democratic | 89% |
Dale Kildee | 89% | |||
Carolyn Kilpatrick | 89% | |||
Ron Kind | 89% | |||
Mark Kirk | 89% | |||
Jim Langevin | 89% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 12 | Barbara Lee | Democratic | 89% |
Sandy Levin | 89% | |||
Dan Lipinski | 89% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 18 | Zoe Lofgren | Democratic | 89% |
Nita Lowey | 89% | |||
Carolyn Maloney | 89% | |||
MA | U.S. Senate - Jr | Ed Markey | Democratic | 89% |
CA | U.S. House - 7 | Doris Matsui | Democratic | 89% |
Kendrick Meek, Sr. | 89% | |||
NY | U.S. House - 5 | Gregory Meeks | Democratic | 89% |
George Miller | 89% | |||
Brad Miller | 89% | |||
WI | U.S. House - 4 | Gwen Moore | Democratic | 89% |