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State Office Name Party Rating
William Coyne 90%
CT U.S. House - 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 90%
Ronald Dellums 90%
TX U.S. House - 37 Lloyd Doggett II Democratic 90%
Jim Exon 90%
Sam Farr 90%
Thomas Foglietta 90%
Jonas Frost III 90%
Sam Gejdenson 90%
Sam Gibbons 90%
Henry Gonzalez 90%
Tom Harkin 90%
Alcee Hastings, Sr. 90%
Earl Hilliard, Sr. 90%
Ernest Hollings 90%
Daniel Inouye 90%
Andrew Jacobs, Jr. 90%
Paul Kanjorski 90%
Joseph Kennedy II 90%
Patrick Kennedy 90%
Gerald Kleczka 90%
Tom Lantos 90%
Patrick Leahy 90%
Carl Levin 90%
CA U.S. House - 18 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 90%
Nita Lowey 90%
William Luther 90%
MA U.S. Senate - Jr Ed Markey Democratic 90%
Matthew Martinez 90%
Martin Meehan 90%
Carrie Meek 90%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 90%
John Moakley 90%
Carol Moseley Braun 90%
WA U.S. Senate - Sr Patty Murray Democratic 90%
MA U.S. House - 1 Richard Neal Democratic 90%
Dave Obey 90%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 90%
CA U.S. House - 11 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 90%
Glenn Poshard 90%
Harry Reid 90%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 90%
Charles Rose III 90%
VT U.S. Senate - Sr Bernie Sanders Independent 90%
Thomas Sawyer 90%
Pat Schroeder 90%
VA U.S. House - 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 90%
Paul Simon 90%
David Skaggs 90%
Pete Stark 90%
Bart Stupak 90%
Frank Tejeda 90%
Ray Thornton 90%
Pete Visclosky 90%
Michael Ward 90%
CA U.S. House - 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 90%
Bob Wise, Jr. 90%
Lynn Woolsey 90%
Albert Wynn 90%
Dale Bumpers 89%
IL U.S. Senate - Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 89%
Victor Fazio 89%
Gene Green 89%
Tony Hall 89%
Harry Johnston 89%
Ronald Klink 89%
Robert Matsui 89%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 89%
NY U.S. Senate - Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 89%
Louise Slaughter 89%
Sidney Yates 89%
John Tanner 88%
Henry Scott Baesler 80%
Max Baucus 80%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 80%
Howard Berman 80%
Joe Biden, Jr. 80%
GA U.S. House - 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 80%
George Brown, Jr. 80%
Peter Deutsch 80%
John Dingell 80%
Mike Doyle, Jr. 80%
Anna Eshoo 80%
Dianne Feinstein 80%
Barney Frank 80%
Willie Hefner 80%
MD U.S. House - 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 80%
OH U.S. House - 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 80%
Joe Lieberman 80%
William Lipinski 80%
Frank Mascara 80%
Paul McHale 80%
Michael McNulty 80%
George Miller 80%
Patrick Moynihan 80%
Jack Murtha 80%
Sam Nunn 80%
Lewis Payne, Jr. 80%
Pete Peterson 80%
Earl Pomeroy 80%
State Office Name Party Rating
William Coyne 90%
CT U.S. House - 3 Rosa DeLauro D 90%
Ronald Dellums 90%
TX U.S. House - 37 Lloyd Doggett II D 90%
Jim Exon 90%
Sam Farr 90%
Thomas Foglietta 90%
Jonas Frost III 90%
Sam Gejdenson 90%
Sam Gibbons 90%
Henry Gonzalez 90%
Tom Harkin 90%
Alcee Hastings, Sr. 90%
Earl Hilliard, Sr. 90%
Ernest Hollings 90%
Daniel Inouye 90%
Andrew Jacobs, Jr. 90%
Paul Kanjorski 90%
Joseph Kennedy II 90%
Patrick Kennedy 90%
Gerald Kleczka 90%
Tom Lantos 90%
Patrick Leahy 90%
Carl Levin 90%
CA U.S. House - 18 Zoe Lofgren D 90%
Nita Lowey 90%
William Luther 90%
MA U.S. Senate - Jr Ed Markey D 90%
Matthew Martinez 90%
Martin Meehan 90%
Carrie Meek 90%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 90%
John Moakley 90%
Carol Moseley Braun 90%
WA U.S. Senate - Sr Patty Murray D 90%
MA U.S. House - 1 Richard Neal D 90%
Dave Obey 90%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 90%
CA U.S. House - 11 Nancy Pelosi D 90%
Glenn Poshard 90%
Harry Reid 90%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 90%
Charles Rose III 90%
VT U.S. Senate - Sr Bernie Sanders I 90%
Thomas Sawyer 90%
Pat Schroeder 90%
VA U.S. House - 3 Bobby Scott D 90%
Paul Simon 90%
David Skaggs 90%
Pete Stark 90%
Bart Stupak 90%
Frank Tejeda 90%
Ray Thornton 90%
Pete Visclosky 90%
Michael Ward 90%
CA U.S. House - 43 Maxine Waters D 90%
Bob Wise, Jr. 90%
Lynn Woolsey 90%
Albert Wynn 90%
Dale Bumpers 89%
IL U.S. Senate - Sr Dick Durbin D 89%
Victor Fazio 89%
Gene Green 89%
Tony Hall 89%
Harry Johnston 89%
Ronald Klink 89%
Robert Matsui 89%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 89%
NY U.S. Senate - Sr Chuck Schumer D 89%
Louise Slaughter 89%
Sidney Yates 89%
John Tanner 88%
Henry Scott Baesler 80%
Max Baucus 80%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 80%
Howard Berman 80%
Joe Biden, Jr. 80%
GA U.S. House - 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. D 80%
George Brown, Jr. 80%
Peter Deutsch 80%
John Dingell 80%
Mike Doyle, Jr. 80%
Anna Eshoo 80%
Dianne Feinstein 80%
Barney Frank 80%
Willie Hefner 80%
MD U.S. House - 5 Steny Hoyer D 80%
OH U.S. House - 9 Marcy Kaptur D 80%
Joe Lieberman 80%
William Lipinski 80%
Frank Mascara 80%
Paul McHale 80%
Michael McNulty 80%
George Miller 80%
Patrick Moynihan 80%
Jack Murtha 80%
Sam Nunn 80%
Lewis Payne, Jr. 80%
Pete Peterson 80%
Earl Pomeroy 80%
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