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State Office Name Party Rating
Paul Sarbanes 100%
Thomas Sawyer 90%
Jim Saxton 40%
Joe Scarborough 40%
Daniel Schaefer 40%
Robert Schaffer 30%
Steven Schiff 0%
Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. 30%
José Serrano 100%
Jeff Sessions III 10%
John Shadegg 40%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 50%
Christopher Shays 30%
Richard Shelby 10%
John Shimkus 40%
E.G. Shuster 40%
Norman Sisisky 60%
David Skaggs 89%
Joseph Skeen 40%
Ike Skelton 60%
Louise Slaughter 89%
Gordon Smith 10%
Lamar Smith 30%
Linda Smith 50%
Nick Smith 40%
Robert Smith 40%
Bob Smith 10%
Vincent Snowbarger 50%
Olympia Snowe 50%
Vic Snyder 70%
Gerald B.H. Solomon 44%
Mark Souder 40%
Arlen Specter 60%
Floyd Spence, Sr. 40%
John Spratt, Jr. 80%
Debbie Stabenow 90%
Pete Stark 100%
Cliff Stearns 50%
Charles Stenholm 60%
Ted Stevens 10%
Louis Stokes 90%
Ted Strickland 90%
Bob Stump 40%
Bart Stupak 90%
John Sununu 40%
James Talent 40%
John Tanner 70%
Ellen Tauscher 70%
William Tauzin II 30%
Charles Taylor 20%
Gene Taylor 40%
Craig Thomas 10%
William Thomas 40%
Fred Thompson 10%
Mac Thornberry 40%
Karen Thurman 80%
Strom Thurmond 10%
Todd Tiahrt 50%
John Tierney 90%
Esteban Edward Torres 89%
Robert Torricelli 90%
Ed Towns 100%
James Traficant, Jr. 50%
James Turner 50%
Fred Upton 30%
Bruce Vento 90%
Pete Visclosky 60%
James Walsh 50%
Zach Wamp 30%
John Warner 10%
Wesley Watkins 40%
Mel Watt 100%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 40%
Henry Waxman 100%
David Weldon 44%
W. Curtis Weldon 40%
Gerald Weller 33%
Paul Wellstone 90%
Robert Wexler 90%
Bob Weygand 89%
Rick White 40%
Ed Whitfield 40%
Bob Wise, Jr. 90%
Frank Wolf 40%
Lynn Woolsey 90%
Albert Wynn 90%
Sidney Yates 100%
Bill Young 50%
Donald Young 43%
GA U.S. House - 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 70%
SC U.S. House - 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 90%
IL U.S. House - 7 Danny Davis Democratic 100%
CO U.S. House - 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 90%
CT U.S. House - 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 90%
TX U.S. House - 37 Lloyd Doggett II Democratic 80%
IL U.S. Senate - Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 100%
MD U.S. House - 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 90%
OH U.S. House - 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House - 18 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 90%
MA U.S. Senate - Jr Ed Markey Democratic 89%
State Office Name Party Rating
Paul Sarbanes 100%
Thomas Sawyer 90%
Jim Saxton 40%
Joe Scarborough 40%
Daniel Schaefer 40%
Robert Schaffer 30%
Steven Schiff 0%
Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. 30%
José Serrano 100%
Jeff Sessions III 10%
John Shadegg 40%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 50%
Christopher Shays 30%
Richard Shelby 10%
John Shimkus 40%
E.G. Shuster 40%
Norman Sisisky 60%
David Skaggs 89%
Joseph Skeen 40%
Ike Skelton 60%
Louise Slaughter 89%
Gordon Smith 10%
Lamar Smith 30%
Linda Smith 50%
Nick Smith 40%
Robert Smith 40%
Bob Smith 10%
Vincent Snowbarger 50%
Olympia Snowe 50%
Vic Snyder 70%
Gerald B.H. Solomon 44%
Mark Souder 40%
Arlen Specter 60%
Floyd Spence, Sr. 40%
John Spratt, Jr. 80%
Debbie Stabenow 90%
Pete Stark 100%
Cliff Stearns 50%
Charles Stenholm 60%
Ted Stevens 10%
Louis Stokes 90%
Ted Strickland 90%
Bob Stump 40%
Bart Stupak 90%
John Sununu 40%
James Talent 40%
John Tanner 70%
Ellen Tauscher 70%
William Tauzin II 30%
Charles Taylor 20%
Gene Taylor 40%
Craig Thomas 10%
William Thomas 40%
Fred Thompson 10%
Mac Thornberry 40%
Karen Thurman 80%
Strom Thurmond 10%
Todd Tiahrt 50%
John Tierney 90%
Esteban Edward Torres 89%
Robert Torricelli 90%
Ed Towns 100%
James Traficant, Jr. 50%
James Turner 50%
Fred Upton 30%
Bruce Vento 90%
Pete Visclosky 60%
James Walsh 50%
Zach Wamp 30%
John Warner 10%
Wesley Watkins 40%
Mel Watt 100%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 40%
Henry Waxman 100%
David Weldon 44%
W. Curtis Weldon 40%
Gerald Weller 33%
Paul Wellstone 90%
Robert Wexler 90%
Bob Weygand 89%
Rick White 40%
Ed Whitfield 40%
Bob Wise, Jr. 90%
Frank Wolf 40%
Lynn Woolsey 90%
Albert Wynn 90%
Sidney Yates 100%
Bill Young 50%
Donald Young 43%
GA U.S. House - 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. D 70%
SC U.S. House - 6 Jim Clyburn D 90%
IL U.S. House - 7 Danny Davis D 100%
CO U.S. House - 1 Diana DeGette D 90%
CT U.S. House - 3 Rosa DeLauro D 90%
TX U.S. House - 37 Lloyd Doggett II D 80%
IL U.S. Senate - Sr Dick Durbin D 100%
MD U.S. House - 5 Steny Hoyer D 90%
OH U.S. House - 9 Marcy Kaptur D 100%
CA U.S. House - 18 Zoe Lofgren D 90%
MA U.S. Senate - Jr Ed Markey D 89%
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