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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% |
CA | Mayor - 1 | Karen Bass | Democratic | 100% |
Tim Bishop | 100% | |||
CT | U.S. Senate - Sr | Richard Blumenthal | Democratic | 100% |
Bruce Braley | 100% | |||
Corrine Brown | 100% | |||
OH | U.S. Senate - Sr | Sherrod Brown | Democratic | 100% |
Mike Capuano | 100% | |||
Russ Carnahan | 100% | |||
IN | U.S. House - 7 | André Carson | Democratic | 100% |
FL | U.S. House - 14 | Kathy Castor | Democratic | 100% |
CA | U.S. House - 28 | Judy Chu | Democratic | 100% |
David Cicilline | 100% | |||
Hansen Clarke | 100% | |||
NY | U.S. House - 9 | Yvette Clarke | Democratic | 100% |
MO | U.S. House - 5 | Emanuel Cleaver II | Democratic | 100% |
TN | U.S. House - 9 | Steve Cohen | Democratic | 100% |
John Conyers, Jr. | 100% | |||
Mark Critz | 100% | |||
Elijah Cummings | 100% | |||
IL | U.S. House - 7 | Danny Davis | Democratic | 100% |
CT | U.S. House - 3 | Rosa DeLauro | Democratic | 100% |
Ted Deutch | 100% | |||
Mike Doyle, Jr. | 100% | |||
Donna Edwards | 100% | |||
MN | Attorney General | Keith Ellison | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 100% |
Eliot Engel | 100% | |||
Chaka Fattah, Sr. | 100% | |||
Barney Frank | 100% | |||
NA | U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development | Marcia Fudge | 100% | |
CA | U.S. House - 8 | John Garamendi | Democratic | 100% |
TX | U.S. House - 9 | Al Green | Democratic | 100% |
Gene Green | 100% | |||
AZ | U.S. House - 7 | Raul Grijalva | Democratic | 100% |
Luis Gutiérrez | 100% | |||
CA | Supervisor - 4 | Janice Hahn | 100% | |
Colleen Hanabusa | 100% | |||
Alcee Hastings, Sr. | 100% | |||
NM | U.S. Senate - Jr | Martin Heinrich | Democratic | 100% |
Brian Higgins | 100% | |||
Maurice Hinchey | 100% | |||
HI | U.S. Senate - Jr | Mazie Hirono | 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% |
MA | U.S. House - 9 | Bill Keating | Democratic | 100% |
MI | U.S. House - 8 | Dan Kildee | Democratic | 100% |
Jim Langevin | 100% | |||
Sandy Levin | 100% | |||
Nita Lowey | 100% | |||
NM | U.S. Senate - Sr | Ben Luján, Jr. | Democratic | 100% |
MA | U.S. Senate - Jr | Ed Markey | Democratic | 100% |
CA | U.S. House - 7 | Doris Matsui | Democratic | 100% |
MA | U.S. House - 2 | Jim McGovern | Democratic | 100% |
OR | U.S. Senate - Jr | Jeff Merkley | Democratic | 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% |
CA | U.S. House - 31 | Grace Napolitano | Democratic | 100% |
John Olver | 100% | |||
NJ | U.S. House - 6 | Frank Pallone, Jr. | Democratic | 100% |
CA | U.S. House - 11 | Nancy Pelosi | Democratic | 100% |
Ed Perlmutter | 100% | |||
ME | U.S. House - 1 | Chellie Pingree | Democratic | 100% |
IL | U.S. House - 5 | Mike Quigley | Democratic | 100% |
Charlie Rangel | 100% | |||
Laura Richardson | 100% | |||
Cedric Richmond | 100% | |||
Lucille Roybal-Allard | 100% | |||
VT | U.S. Senate - Sr | Bernie Sanders | Independent | 100% |
MD | U.S. House - 3 | John Sarbanes | Democratic | 100% |
IL | U.S. House - 9 | Jan Schakowsky | Democratic | 100% |
Allyson Schwartz | 100% | |||
José Serrano | 100% | |||
AL | U.S. House - 7 | Terri Sewell | Democratic | 100% |
Jackie Speier | 100% | |||
Betty Sutton | 100% | |||
John Tierney | 100% | |||
NY | U.S. House - 20 | Paul Tonko | Democratic | 100% |
Niki Tsongas | 100% | |||
Tom Udall | 100% | |||
MD | U.S. Senate - Jr | Chris Van Hollen, Jr. | Democratic | 100% |
NY | U.S. House - 7 | Nydia Velázquez | Democratic | 100% |
FL | U.S. House - 25 | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Democratic | 100% |
FL | U.S. House - 24 | Frederica Wilson | Democratic | 100% |
John Yarmuth | 100% | |||
Joe Baca, Sr. | 99% | |||
NA | U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services | Xavier Becerra | 99% | |
Howard Berman | 99% | |||
Bob Brady | 99% | |||
Norm Dicks | 99% | |||
Tom Harkin | 99% | |||
John Lewis | 99% | |||
MA | U.S. House - 8 | Stephen Lynch | Democratic | 99% |
Carolyn Maloney | 99% | |||
MN | U.S. House - 4 | Betty McCollum | Democratic | 99% |
Ed Pastor | 99% | |||
NJ | U.S. House - 10 | Don Payne, Jr. | Democratic | 99% |
State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
---|---|---|---|---|
Gary Ackerman | 100% | |||
WI | U.S. Senate - Jr | Tammy Baldwin | D | 100% |
CA | Mayor - 1 | Karen Bass | D | 100% |
Tim Bishop | 100% | |||
CT | U.S. Senate - Sr | Richard Blumenthal | D | 100% |
Bruce Braley | 100% | |||
Corrine Brown | 100% | |||
OH | U.S. Senate - Sr | Sherrod Brown | D | 100% |
Mike Capuano | 100% | |||
Russ Carnahan | 100% | |||
IN | U.S. House - 7 | André Carson | D | 100% |
FL | U.S. House - 14 | Kathy Castor | D | 100% |
CA | U.S. House - 28 | Judy Chu | D | 100% |
David Cicilline | 100% | |||
Hansen Clarke | 100% | |||
NY | U.S. House - 9 | Yvette Clarke | D | 100% |
MO | U.S. House - 5 | Emanuel Cleaver II | D | 100% |
TN | U.S. House - 9 | Steve Cohen | D | 100% |
John Conyers, Jr. | 100% | |||
Mark Critz | 100% | |||
Elijah Cummings | 100% | |||
IL | U.S. House - 7 | Danny Davis | D | 100% |
CT | U.S. House - 3 | Rosa DeLauro | D | 100% |
Ted Deutch | 100% | |||
Mike Doyle, Jr. | 100% | |||
Donna Edwards | 100% | |||
MN | Attorney General | Keith Ellison | DFL | 100% |
Eliot Engel | 100% | |||
Chaka Fattah, Sr. | 100% | |||
Barney Frank | 100% | |||
NA | U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development | Marcia Fudge | 100% | |
CA | U.S. House - 8 | John Garamendi | D | 100% |
TX | U.S. House - 9 | Al Green | D | 100% |
Gene Green | 100% | |||
AZ | U.S. House - 7 | Raul Grijalva | D | 100% |
Luis Gutiérrez | 100% | |||
CA | Supervisor - 4 | Janice Hahn | 100% | |
Colleen Hanabusa | 100% | |||
Alcee Hastings, Sr. | 100% | |||
NM | U.S. Senate - Jr | Martin Heinrich | D | 100% |
Brian Higgins | 100% | |||
Maurice Hinchey | 100% | |||
HI | U.S. Senate - Jr | Mazie Hirono | 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% |
MA | U.S. House - 9 | Bill Keating | D | 100% |
MI | U.S. House - 8 | Dan Kildee | D | 100% |
Jim Langevin | 100% | |||
Sandy Levin | 100% | |||
Nita Lowey | 100% | |||
NM | U.S. Senate - Sr | Ben Luján, Jr. | D | 100% |
MA | U.S. Senate - Jr | Ed Markey | D | 100% |
CA | U.S. House - 7 | Doris Matsui | D | 100% |
MA | U.S. House - 2 | Jim McGovern | D | 100% |
OR | U.S. Senate - Jr | Jeff Merkley | D | 100% |
George Miller | 100% | |||
Brad Miller | 100% | |||
WI | U.S. House - 4 | Gwen Moore | D | 100% |
NY | U.S. House - 12 | Jerry Nadler | D | 100% |
CA | U.S. House - 31 | Grace Napolitano | D | 100% |
John Olver | 100% | |||
NJ | U.S. House - 6 | Frank Pallone, Jr. | D | 100% |
CA | U.S. House - 11 | Nancy Pelosi | D | 100% |
Ed Perlmutter | 100% | |||
ME | U.S. House - 1 | Chellie Pingree | D | 100% |
IL | U.S. House - 5 | Mike Quigley | D | 100% |
Charlie Rangel | 100% | |||
Laura Richardson | 100% | |||
Cedric Richmond | 100% | |||
Lucille Roybal-Allard | 100% | |||
VT | U.S. Senate - Sr | Bernie Sanders | I | 100% |
MD | U.S. House - 3 | John Sarbanes | D | 100% |
IL | U.S. House - 9 | Jan Schakowsky | D | 100% |
Allyson Schwartz | 100% | |||
José Serrano | 100% | |||
AL | U.S. House - 7 | Terri Sewell | D | 100% |
Jackie Speier | 100% | |||
Betty Sutton | 100% | |||
John Tierney | 100% | |||
NY | U.S. House - 20 | Paul Tonko | D | 100% |
Niki Tsongas | 100% | |||
Tom Udall | 100% | |||
MD | U.S. Senate - Jr | Chris Van Hollen, Jr. | D | 100% |
NY | U.S. House - 7 | Nydia Velázquez | D | 100% |
FL | U.S. House - 25 | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | D | 100% |
FL | U.S. House - 24 | Frederica Wilson | D | 100% |
John Yarmuth | 100% | |||
Joe Baca, Sr. | 99% | |||
NA | U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services | Xavier Becerra | 99% | |
Howard Berman | 99% | |||
Bob Brady | 99% | |||
Norm Dicks | 99% | |||
Tom Harkin | 99% | |||
John Lewis | 99% | |||
MA | U.S. House - 8 | Stephen Lynch | D | 99% |
Carolyn Maloney | 99% | |||
MN | U.S. House - 4 | Betty McCollum | D | 99% |
Ed Pastor | 99% | |||
NJ | U.S. House - 10 | Don Payne, Jr. | D | 99% |