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State Office Name Party Rating
Neil Abercrombie 100
Gary Ackerman 100
John Adler 83
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 100
Todd Akin 6
Lamar Alexander 29
Rodney Alexander 22
Jason Altmire 83
Rob Andrews 100
Michael Arcuri 89
Steve Austria 39
Joe Baca, Sr. 100
Michele Bachmann 12
Spencer Bachus 22
Brian Baird 88
J. Gresham Barrett 7
John Barrow 89
Roscoe Bartlett 17
Joe Barton 11
Max Baucus 71
Evan Bayh 86
Melissa Bean 94
Xavier Becerra 100
Mark Begich 93
Bob Bennett 21
Howard Berman 100
Marion Berry 87
Judy Biggert 33
Brian Bilbray 33
Jeff Bingaman 93
Rob Bishop 18
Tim Bishop 100
Earl Blumenauer 100
Roy Blunt 19
John Boccieri 94
John Boehner 11
Kit Bond 31
Jo Bonner, Jr. 17
Mary Bono Mack 44
Dan Boren 72
Leonard Boswell 100
Rick Boucher 94
Charles Boustany, Jr. 24
Barbara Boxer 93
Allen Boyd, Jr. 81
Kevin Brady 6
Bob Brady 100
Bruce Braley 100
Bobby Bright 44
Paul Broun 0
Corrine Brown 100
Henry Brown, Jr. 24
Sherrod Brown 100
Ginny Brown-Waite 41
Sam Brownback 14
Jim Bunning 8
Michael Burgess 17
Richard Burr 21
Roland Burris 100
Dan Burton 17
G. K. Butterfield, Jr. 100
Steve Buyer 38
Robert Byrd 80
Dave Camp 29
John Campbell III 6
Eric Cantor 17
Joseph Cao 67
Lois Capps 100
Mike Capuano 100
Ben Cardin 100
Dennis Cardoza 100
Russ Carnahan 100
Christopher Carney 89
Tom Carper 93
Bob Casey, Jr. 100
Mike Castle 56
Jason Chaffetz 6
Saxby Chambliss 21
Ben Chandler III 94
Travis Childers 72
Lacy Clay, Jr. 100
Howard Coble 17
Thomas Coburn 8
Thad Cochran 43
Mike Conaway 6
Gerry Connolly 100
Kent Conrad 86
John Conyers, Jr. 100
Jim Cooper 94
Robert Corker 29
Jerry Costello 89
Ander Crenshaw 28
Joe Crowley 100
John Culberson 22
Elijah Cummings 100
Kathy Dahlkemper 89
Artur Davis 89
Geoff Davis 17
Lincoln Davis 89
Susan Davis 100
State Office Name Party Rating
Neil Abercrombie 100
Gary Ackerman 100
John Adler 83
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 100
Todd Akin 6
Lamar Alexander 29
Rodney Alexander 22
Jason Altmire 83
Rob Andrews 100
Michael Arcuri 89
Steve Austria 39
Joe Baca, Sr. 100
Michele Bachmann 12
Spencer Bachus 22
Brian Baird 88
J. Gresham Barrett 7
John Barrow 89
Roscoe Bartlett 17
Joe Barton 11
Max Baucus 71
Evan Bayh 86
Melissa Bean 94
Xavier Becerra 100
Mark Begich 93
Bob Bennett 21
Howard Berman 100
Marion Berry 87
Judy Biggert 33
Brian Bilbray 33
Jeff Bingaman 93
Rob Bishop 18
Tim Bishop 100
Earl Blumenauer 100
Roy Blunt 19
John Boccieri 94
John Boehner 11
Kit Bond 31
Jo Bonner, Jr. 17
Mary Bono Mack 44
Dan Boren 72
Leonard Boswell 100
Rick Boucher 94
Charles Boustany, Jr. 24
Barbara Boxer 93
Allen Boyd, Jr. 81
Kevin Brady 6
Bob Brady 100
Bruce Braley 100
Bobby Bright 44
Paul Broun 0
Corrine Brown 100
Henry Brown, Jr. 24
Sherrod Brown 100
Ginny Brown-Waite 41
Sam Brownback 14
Jim Bunning 8
Michael Burgess 17
Richard Burr 21
Roland Burris 100
Dan Burton 17
G. K. Butterfield, Jr. 100
Steve Buyer 38
Robert Byrd 80
Dave Camp 29
John Campbell III 6
Eric Cantor 17
Joseph Cao 67
Lois Capps 100
Mike Capuano 100
Ben Cardin 100
Dennis Cardoza 100
Russ Carnahan 100
Christopher Carney 89
Tom Carper 93
Bob Casey, Jr. 100
Mike Castle 56
Jason Chaffetz 6
Saxby Chambliss 21
Ben Chandler III 94
Travis Childers 72
Lacy Clay, Jr. 100
Howard Coble 17
Thomas Coburn 8
Thad Cochran 43
Mike Conaway 6
Gerry Connolly 100
Kent Conrad 86
John Conyers, Jr. 100
Jim Cooper 94
Robert Corker 29
Jerry Costello 89
Ander Crenshaw 28
Joe Crowley 100
John Culberson 22
Elijah Cummings 100
Kathy Dahlkemper 89
Artur Davis 89
Geoff Davis 17
Lincoln Davis 89
Susan Davis 100
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