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State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
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Ron Klein | 95% | |||
Herb Kohl | 95% | |||
Dennis Kucinich | 95% | |||
CT | U.S. House - 1 | John Larson | Democratic | 95% |
Sandy Levin | 95% | |||
John Lewis | 95% | |||
MA | U.S. House - 8 | Stephen Lynch | Democratic | 95% |
Carolyn Maloney | 95% | |||
Carolyn McCarthy | 95% | |||
Jim McDermott | 95% | |||
Kendrick Meek, Sr. | 95% | |||
George Miller | 95% | |||
WI | U.S. House - 4 | Gwen Moore | Democratic | 95% |
Jim Moran, Jr. | 95% | |||
CT | U.S. Senate - Jr | Chris Murphy | Democratic | 95% |
WA | U.S. Senate - Sr | Patty Murray | Democratic | 95% |
NY | U.S. House - 12 | Jerry Nadler | Democratic | 95% |
CA | U.S. House - 31 | Grace Napolitano | Democratic | 95% |
Bill Nelson, Sr. | 95% | |||
Dave Obey | 95% | |||
NJ | U.S. House - 9 | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | Democratic | 95% |
Donald Payne | 95% | |||
Ed Perlmutter | 95% | |||
RI | U.S. Senate - Sr | Jack Reed | Democratic | 95% |
Lucille Roybal-Allard | 95% | |||
Ken Salazar | 95% | |||
GA | U.S. House - 13 | David Scott | Democratic | 95% |
Louise Slaughter | 95% | |||
Ellen Tauscher | 95% | |||
John Tierney | 95% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 43 | Maxine Waters | Democratic | 95% |
Henry Waxman | 95% | |||
Jim Webb, Jr. | 95% | |||
OR | U.S. Senate - Sr | Ron Wyden | Democratic | 95% |
John Yarmuth | 95% | |||
Michael Arcuri | 90% | |||
Joe Baca, Sr. | 90% | |||
GA | U.S. House - 2 | Sanford Bishop, Jr. | Democratic | 90% |
Bruce Braley | 90% | |||
Russ Carnahan | 90% | |||
PA | U.S. Senate - Sr | Bob Casey, Jr. | Democratic | 90% |
MO | U.S. House - 5 | Emanuel Cleaver II | Democratic | 90% |
Kent Conrad | 90% | |||
Peter DeFazio | 90% | |||
Norm Dicks | 90% | |||
John Dingell | 90% | |||
TX | U.S. House - 37 | Lloyd Doggett II | Democratic | 90% |
Byron Dorgan | 90% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 16 | Anna Eshoo | Democratic | 90% |
Charlie Gonzalez | 90% | |||
Luis Gutiérrez | 90% | |||
Paul Hodes | 90% | |||
MD | U.S. House - 5 | Steny Hoyer | Democratic | 90% |
WA | Governor | Jay Inslee | Democratic | 90% |
Steve Kagen | 90% | |||
WA | U.S. House - 2 | Rick Larsen | Democratic | 90% |
Dan Lipinski | 90% | |||
Dave Loebsack | 90% | |||
NY | U.S. House - 5 | Gregory Meeks | Democratic | 90% |
ME | Councilor - Ward 3 | Mike Michaud | 90% | |
Barbara Mikulski | 90% | |||
MD | U.S. House - 2 | Dutch Ruppersberger | Democratic | 90% |
Tim Ryan | 90% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 30 | Adam Schiff | Democratic | 90% |
Allyson Schwartz | 90% | |||
Joe Sestak, Jr. | 90% | |||
Carol Shea-Porter | 90% | |||
Albio Sires | 90% | |||
Vic Snyder | 90% | |||
Pete Stark | 90% | |||
Bart Stupak | 90% | |||
MS | U.S. House - 2 | Bennie Thompson | Democratic | 90% |
CA | U.S. House - 4 | Mike Thompson | Democratic | 90% |
Mark Udall | 90% | |||
Tom Udall | 90% | |||
VT | U.S. Senate - Jr | Peter Welch | Democratic | 90% |
Robert Wexler | 90% | |||
RI | U.S. Senate - Jr | Sheldon Whitehouse | Democratic | 90% |
David Wu | 90% | |||
Rob Andrews | 85% | |||
Shelley Berkley | 85% | |||
Howard Berman | 85% | |||
Tim Bishop | 85% | |||
Dennis Cardoza | 85% | |||
Christopher Carney | 85% | |||
DE | U.S. Senate - Sr | Tom Carper | Democratic | 85% |
Ben Chandler III | 85% | |||
Jerry Costello | 85% | |||
Artur Davis | 85% | |||
Bob Etheridge | 85% | |||
Tim Holden | 85% | |||
Daniel Inouye | 85% | |||
Joe Lieberman | 85% | |||
Mike McIntyre | 85% | |||
Jerry McNerney | 85% | |||
Alan Mollohan | 85% | |||
Patrick Murphy | 85% | |||
Jack Murtha | 85% | |||
Earl Pomeroy | 85% | |||
Mark Pryor | 85% |