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State Office Name Party Rating
CA U.S. House - 32 Brad Sherman Democratic 100%
Louise Slaughter 100%
CA Supervisor - 1 Hilda Solis 100%
John Spratt, Jr. 100%
CA U.S. House - 38 Linda Sánchez Democratic 100%
Ellen Tauscher 100%
MS U.S. House - 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 100%
John Tierney 100%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 100%
Tom Udall 100%
MD U.S. Senate - Sr Chris Van Hollen, Jr. Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House - 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 100%
Pete Visclosky 100%
FL U.S. House - 25 Debbie Wasserman Schultz Democratic 100%
Mel Watt 100%
Henry Waxman 100%
Anthony Weiner 100%
Robert Wexler 100%
Lynn Woolsey 100%
OR U.S. Senate - Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 100%
Gary Ackerman 90%
Rob Andrews 90%
Joe Baca, Sr. 90%
WI U.S. Senate - Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 90%
Howard Berman 90%
Jeff Bingaman 90%
GA U.S. House - 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 90%
Corrine Brown 90%
Robert Byrd 90%
WA U.S. Senate - Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 90%
Mike Capuano 90%
Tom Carper 90%
Hillary Clinton 90%
Jim Cooper 90%
Jerry Costello 90%
IL U.S. House - 7 Danny Davis Democratic 90%
Susan Davis 90%
Mike Doyle, Jr. 90%
Dianne Feinstein 90%
Bob Filner 90%
Barney Frank 90%
Alcee Hastings, Sr. 90%
Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. 90%
Tim Holden 90%
Darlene Hooley 90%
Jay Inslee 90%
Sheila Jackson Lee 90%
Timothy Johnson 90%
Paul Kanjorski 90%
Ron Kind 90%
Jim Langevin 90%
WA U.S. House - 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 90%
CA Mayor Barbara Lee Democratic 90%
John Lewis 90%
Joe Lieberman 90%
CA U.S. House - 18 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 90%
Carolyn Maloney 90%
MA U.S. Senate - Jr Ed Markey Democratic 90%
NY U.S. House - 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 90%
Bob Menendez 90%
Dennis Moore 90%
Jim Moran, Jr. 90%
Jim Oberstar 90%
Dave Obey 90%
Bobby Rush 90%
Tim Ryan 90%
Ken Salazar 90%
CA U.S. Senate - Jr Adam Schiff Democratic 90%
Allyson Schwartz 90%
David Scott 90%
Ike Skelton 90%
Vic Snyder 90%
Debbie Stabenow 90%
Bart Stupak 90%
Gene Taylor 90%
CA U.S. House - 4 Mike Thompson Democratic 90%
Ed Towns 90%
Mark Udall 90%
Diane Watson 90%
David Wu 90%
Neil Abercrombie 80%
Brian Baird 80%
Marion Berry 80%
Earl Blumenauer 80%
Leonard Boswell 80%
Rick Boucher 80%
Sherrod Brown 80%
Lacy Clay, Jr. 80%
John Conyers, Jr. 80%
CA U.S. House - 21 Jim Costa Democratic 80%
Peter DeFazio 80%
Bill Delahunt 80%
TX U.S. House - 37 Lloyd Doggett II Democratic 80%
Mary Landrieu 80%
CT U.S. House - 1 John Larson Democratic 80%
Martin Meehan 80%
George Miller 80%
Alan Mollohan 80%
Mark Pryor 80%
Nick Rahall II 80%
State Office Name Party Rating
CA U.S. House - 32 Brad Sherman D 100%
Louise Slaughter 100%
CA Supervisor - 1 Hilda Solis 100%
John Spratt, Jr. 100%
CA U.S. House - 38 Linda Sánchez D 100%
Ellen Tauscher 100%
MS U.S. House - 2 Bennie Thompson D 100%
John Tierney 100%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 100%
Tom Udall 100%
MD U.S. Senate - Sr Chris Van Hollen, Jr. D 100%
NY U.S. House - 7 Nydia Velázquez D 100%
Pete Visclosky 100%
FL U.S. House - 25 Debbie Wasserman Schultz D 100%
Mel Watt 100%
Henry Waxman 100%
Anthony Weiner 100%
Robert Wexler 100%
Lynn Woolsey 100%
OR U.S. Senate - Sr Ron Wyden D 100%
Gary Ackerman 90%
Rob Andrews 90%
Joe Baca, Sr. 90%
WI U.S. Senate - Jr Tammy Baldwin D 90%
Howard Berman 90%
Jeff Bingaman 90%
GA U.S. House - 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. D 90%
Corrine Brown 90%
Robert Byrd 90%
WA U.S. Senate - Jr Maria Cantwell D 90%
Mike Capuano 90%
Tom Carper 90%
Hillary Clinton 90%
Jim Cooper 90%
Jerry Costello 90%
IL U.S. House - 7 Danny Davis D 90%
Susan Davis 90%
Mike Doyle, Jr. 90%
Dianne Feinstein 90%
Bob Filner 90%
Barney Frank 90%
Alcee Hastings, Sr. 90%
Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. 90%
Tim Holden 90%
Darlene Hooley 90%
Jay Inslee 90%
Sheila Jackson Lee 90%
Timothy Johnson 90%
Paul Kanjorski 90%
Ron Kind 90%
Jim Langevin 90%
WA U.S. House - 2 Rick Larsen D 90%
CA Mayor Barbara Lee D 90%
John Lewis 90%
Joe Lieberman 90%
CA U.S. House - 18 Zoe Lofgren D 90%
Carolyn Maloney 90%
MA U.S. Senate - Jr Ed Markey D 90%
NY U.S. House - 5 Gregory Meeks D 90%
Bob Menendez 90%
Dennis Moore 90%
Jim Moran, Jr. 90%
Jim Oberstar 90%
Dave Obey 90%
Bobby Rush 90%
Tim Ryan 90%
Ken Salazar 90%
CA U.S. Senate - Jr Adam Schiff D 90%
Allyson Schwartz 90%
David Scott 90%
Ike Skelton 90%
Vic Snyder 90%
Debbie Stabenow 90%
Bart Stupak 90%
Gene Taylor 90%
CA U.S. House - 4 Mike Thompson D 90%
Ed Towns 90%
Mark Udall 90%
Diane Watson 90%
David Wu 90%
Neil Abercrombie 80%
Brian Baird 80%
Marion Berry 80%
Earl Blumenauer 80%
Leonard Boswell 80%
Rick Boucher 80%
Sherrod Brown 80%
Lacy Clay, Jr. 80%
John Conyers, Jr. 80%
CA U.S. House - 21 Jim Costa D 80%
Peter DeFazio 80%
Bill Delahunt 80%
TX U.S. House - 37 Lloyd Doggett II D 80%
Mary Landrieu 80%
CT U.S. House - 1 John Larson D 80%
Martin Meehan 80%
George Miller 80%
Alan Mollohan 80%
Mark Pryor 80%
Nick Rahall II 80%
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