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State Office Name Party Rating
Ellen Tauscher 100%
MS U.S. House - 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House - 4 Mike Thompson Democratic 100%
John Tierney 100%
Ed Towns 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%
George Voinovich 100%
John Warner 100%
FL U.S. House - 25 Debbie Wasserman Schultz Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House - 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 100%
Diane Watson 100%
Mel Watt 100%
Henry Waxman 100%
Anthony Weiner 100%
Robert Wexler 100%
Lynn Woolsey 100%
David Wu 100%
OR U.S. Senate - Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 100%
Albert Wynn 100%
Donald Young 100%
Rob Andrews 83%
Mark Udall 80%
Thomas Allen 75%
Brian Baird 75%
WI U.S. Senate - Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 75%
CA Supervisor - 1 Hilda Solis 75%
Roscoe Bartlett 67%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 67%
HI U.S. House - 1 Ed Case Democratic 67%
Mike Castle 67%
Peter DeFazio 67%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 67%
Brian Higgins 67%
Devin Nunes 67%
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen 67%
Ike Skelton 67%
Christopher Shays 60%
Joe Baca, Sr. 50%
John Barrow 50%
Melissa Bean 50%
Marion Berry 50%
Rob Bishop 50%
Sherwood Boehlert 50%
AR U.S. Senate - Sr John Boozman Republican 50%
Leonard Boswell 50%
Rick Boucher 50%
Ben Chandler III 50%
Jerry Costello 50%
ID U.S. Senate - Sr Mike Crapo Republican 50%
Barbara Cubin 50%
Lincoln Davis 50%
FL U.S. House - 26 Mario Diaz-Balart Republican 50%
Chet Edwards 50%
Vern Ehlers 50%
Mike Fitzpatrick 50%
Jeff Flake 50%
Paul Gillmor 50%
Bart Gordon 50%
Doc Hastings 50%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin 50%
David Lee Hobson 50%
Tim Holden 50%
Tim Johnson 50%
Paul Kanjorski 50%
Mark Kirk 50%
James Kolbe 50%
Jon Kyl 50%
Steve LaTourette 50%
WA U.S. House - 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 50%
Dan Lipinski 50%
Don Manzullo 50%
Jim Marshall 50%
Jim Matheson 50%
Buck McKeon 50%
Charlie Melancon, Sr. 50%
Ben Nelson 50%
Ron Paul 50%
Steve Pearce 50%
Collin Peterson 50%
Tom Petri 50%
Earl Pomeroy 50%
Jon Porter, Sr. 50%
George Radanovich 50%
Mike Ross 50%
John Salazar 50%
David Scott 50%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 50%
NJ U.S. House - 4 Chris Smith Republican 50%
Debbie Stabenow 50%
Ted Strickland 50%
John Tanner 50%
Gene Taylor 50%
William Thomas 50%
Pat Tiberi 50%
Pete Visclosky 50%
Greg Walden 50%
Heather Wilson 50%
State Office Name Party Rating
Ellen Tauscher 100%
MS U.S. House - 2 Bennie Thompson D 100%
CA U.S. House - 4 Mike Thompson D 100%
John Tierney 100%
Ed Towns 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%
George Voinovich 100%
John Warner 100%
FL U.S. House - 25 Debbie Wasserman Schultz D 100%
CA U.S. House - 43 Maxine Waters D 100%
Diane Watson 100%
Mel Watt 100%
Henry Waxman 100%
Anthony Weiner 100%
Robert Wexler 100%
Lynn Woolsey 100%
David Wu 100%
OR U.S. Senate - Sr Ron Wyden D 100%
Albert Wynn 100%
Donald Young 100%
Rob Andrews 83%
Mark Udall 80%
Thomas Allen 75%
Brian Baird 75%
WI U.S. Senate - Jr Tammy Baldwin D 75%
CA Supervisor - 1 Hilda Solis 75%
Roscoe Bartlett 67%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 67%
HI U.S. House - 1 Ed Case D 67%
Mike Castle 67%
Peter DeFazio 67%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 67%
Brian Higgins 67%
Devin Nunes 67%
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen 67%
Ike Skelton 67%
Christopher Shays 60%
Joe Baca, Sr. 50%
John Barrow 50%
Melissa Bean 50%
Marion Berry 50%
Rob Bishop 50%
Sherwood Boehlert 50%
AR U.S. Senate - Sr John Boozman R 50%
Leonard Boswell 50%
Rick Boucher 50%
Ben Chandler III 50%
Jerry Costello 50%
ID U.S. Senate - Sr Mike Crapo R 50%
Barbara Cubin 50%
Lincoln Davis 50%
FL U.S. House - 26 Mario Diaz-Balart R 50%
Chet Edwards 50%
Vern Ehlers 50%
Mike Fitzpatrick 50%
Jeff Flake 50%
Paul Gillmor 50%
Bart Gordon 50%
Doc Hastings 50%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin 50%
David Lee Hobson 50%
Tim Holden 50%
Tim Johnson 50%
Paul Kanjorski 50%
Mark Kirk 50%
James Kolbe 50%
Jon Kyl 50%
Steve LaTourette 50%
WA U.S. House - 2 Rick Larsen D 50%
Dan Lipinski 50%
Don Manzullo 50%
Jim Marshall 50%
Jim Matheson 50%
Buck McKeon 50%
Charlie Melancon, Sr. 50%
Ben Nelson 50%
Ron Paul 50%
Steve Pearce 50%
Collin Peterson 50%
Tom Petri 50%
Earl Pomeroy 50%
Jon Porter, Sr. 50%
George Radanovich 50%
Mike Ross 50%
John Salazar 50%
David Scott 50%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 50%
NJ U.S. House - 4 Chris Smith R 50%
Debbie Stabenow 50%
Ted Strickland 50%
John Tanner 50%
Gene Taylor 50%
William Thomas 50%
Pat Tiberi 50%
Pete Visclosky 50%
Greg Walden 50%
Heather Wilson 50%
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