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State Office Name Party Rating
Major Owens 90%
Michael Oxley 40%
Bill Pascrell, Jr. 90%
Ed Pastor 100%
Ron Paul 0%
Donald Payne 80%
Collin Peterson 70%
John Peterson 50%
Tom Petri 50%
David Phelps 80%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 40%
Joe Pitts 40%
Richard Pombo 50%
Earl Pomeroy 100%
Rob Portman 40%
David Price 90%
Deborah Pryce 60%
Jack Quinn 80%
George Radanovich 30%
Nick Rahall II 80%
James Ramstad 60%
Charlie Rangel 80%
Ralph Regula 60%
Harry Reid 100%
Silvestre Reyes 90%
Thomas Reynolds 50%
Bob Riley 40%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 80%
Pat Roberts 30%
Jay Rockefeller IV 100%
Ciro Rodriguez 90%
Timothy Roemer 90%
Dana Rohrabacher 40%
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen 60%
Steve Rothman 90%
Marge Roukema 60%
Lucille Roybal-Allard 80%
Ed Royce 40%
Bobby Rush 90%
Paul Ryan 50%
Jim Ryun 40%
Martin Olav Sabo 100%
Loretta Sanchez 80%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 60%
Rick Santorum 30%
Paul Sarbanes 100%
Thomas Sawyer 90%
Jim Saxton 60%
Joe Scarborough 40%
Robert Schaffer 50%
Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. 40%
José Serrano 80%
Jeff Sessions III 20%
John Shadegg 30%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 50%
Christopher Shays 80%
Richard Shelby 30%
Donald Sherwood 60%
John Shimkus 50%
Ronnie Shows 70%
Joseph Skeen 50%
Ike Skelton 70%
Louise Slaughter 90%
Gordon Smith 50%
Lamar Smith 40%
Nick Smith 30%
Bob Smith 0%
Olympia Snowe 80%
Vic Snyder 90%
Mark Souder 40%
Arlen Specter 50%
Floyd Spence, Sr. 50%
John Spratt, Jr. 90%
Pete Stark 100%
Cliff Stearns 40%
Charles Stenholm 70%
Ted Stevens 30%
Ted Strickland 90%
Bob Stump 40%
Bart Stupak 100%
John Sununu 40%
John Sweeney 50%
Tom Tancredo 50%
John Tanner 70%
Ellen Tauscher 80%
William Tauzin II 40%
Charles Taylor 40%
Gene Taylor 70%
Lee Terry 40%
Craig Thomas 10%
William Thomas 50%
Fred Thompson 0%
Mac Thornberry 40%
Karen Thurman 90%
Strom Thurmond 30%
Todd Tiahrt 30%
John Tierney 100%
Pat Toomey 40%
Robert Torricelli 90%
Ed Towns 80%
State Office Name Party Rating
Major Owens 90%
Michael Oxley 40%
Bill Pascrell, Jr. 90%
Ed Pastor 100%
Ron Paul 0%
Donald Payne 80%
Collin Peterson 70%
John Peterson 50%
Tom Petri 50%
David Phelps 80%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 40%
Joe Pitts 40%
Richard Pombo 50%
Earl Pomeroy 100%
Rob Portman 40%
David Price 90%
Deborah Pryce 60%
Jack Quinn 80%
George Radanovich 30%
Nick Rahall II 80%
James Ramstad 60%
Charlie Rangel 80%
Ralph Regula 60%
Harry Reid 100%
Silvestre Reyes 90%
Thomas Reynolds 50%
Bob Riley 40%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 80%
Pat Roberts 30%
Jay Rockefeller IV 100%
Ciro Rodriguez 90%
Timothy Roemer 90%
Dana Rohrabacher 40%
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen 60%
Steve Rothman 90%
Marge Roukema 60%
Lucille Roybal-Allard 80%
Ed Royce 40%
Bobby Rush 90%
Paul Ryan 50%
Jim Ryun 40%
Martin Olav Sabo 100%
Loretta Sanchez 80%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 60%
Rick Santorum 30%
Paul Sarbanes 100%
Thomas Sawyer 90%
Jim Saxton 60%
Joe Scarborough 40%
Robert Schaffer 50%
Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. 40%
José Serrano 80%
Jeff Sessions III 20%
John Shadegg 30%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 50%
Christopher Shays 80%
Richard Shelby 30%
Donald Sherwood 60%
John Shimkus 50%
Ronnie Shows 70%
Joseph Skeen 50%
Ike Skelton 70%
Louise Slaughter 90%
Gordon Smith 50%
Lamar Smith 40%
Nick Smith 30%
Bob Smith 0%
Olympia Snowe 80%
Vic Snyder 90%
Mark Souder 40%
Arlen Specter 50%
Floyd Spence, Sr. 50%
John Spratt, Jr. 90%
Pete Stark 100%
Cliff Stearns 40%
Charles Stenholm 70%
Ted Stevens 30%
Ted Strickland 90%
Bob Stump 40%
Bart Stupak 100%
John Sununu 40%
John Sweeney 50%
Tom Tancredo 50%
John Tanner 70%
Ellen Tauscher 80%
William Tauzin II 40%
Charles Taylor 40%
Gene Taylor 70%
Lee Terry 40%
Craig Thomas 10%
William Thomas 50%
Fred Thompson 0%
Mac Thornberry 40%
Karen Thurman 90%
Strom Thurmond 30%
Todd Tiahrt 30%
John Tierney 100%
Pat Toomey 40%
Robert Torricelli 90%
Ed Towns 80%
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