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Rating Group: National Committee for an Effective Congress

1997-1998 Positions

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State Office Name Party Rating
Richard Burr 5%
Dan Burton 5%
Steve Buyer 5%
Robert Byrd 80%
Herbert Callahan 5%
Dave Camp 5%
Ben Campbell 15%
Thomas Campbell 25%
Chris Cannon 5%
Lois Capps 95%
Ben Cardin 85%
Julia Carson 95%
Mike Castle 25%
Steve Chabot 10%
John Chafee 40%
Saxby Chambliss 5%
Helen Chenoweth-Hage 5%
William Clay, Sr. 95%
Eva Clayton 95%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 85%
Robert Clement 75%
Howard Coble 5%
Thomas Coburn 5%
Thad Cochran 20%
Michael Collins 5%
Larry Combest 5%
Gary Condit 60%
Kent Conrad 85%
John Conyers, Jr. 95%
Merrill Cook 10%
John Cooksey 5%
Jerry Costello 75%
Paul Coverdell 10%
Christopher Cox 5%
William Coyne 95%
Larry Craig 5%
Robert Cramer 60%
Philip Crane 0%
Barbara Cubin 5%
Elijah Cummings 95%
Randall Cunningham 5%
Patsy Ann Danner 60%
Thomas Daschle 90%
James Davis 80%
Thomas Davis III 15%
Peter DeFazio 90%
Thomas DeLay 5%
Nathan Deal 5%
Bill Delahunt 95%
Peter Deutsch 90%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 15%
Jay Dickey 5%
Norm Dicks 80%
John Dingell 85%
Julian Dixon 90%
Chris Dodd 85%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 15%
Calvin Dooley 75%
John Doolittle 5%
Byron Dorgan 90%
Mike Doyle, Jr. 70%
David Dreier 5%
John Duncan, Jr. 10%
Jennifer Dunn 5%
Chet Edwards 75%
Vern Ehlers 15%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 10%
Jo Ann Emerson 5%
Eliot Engel 90%
Philip English 15%
Mike Enzi 0%
Anna Eshoo 90%
Bob Etheridge 80%
Lane Evans 90%
Terry Everett 5%
Thomas Ewing 5%
Sam Farr 95%
Chaka Fattah, Sr. 95%
Russ Feingold 90%
Dianne Feinstein 85%
Bob Filner 95%
Mark Foley 10%
Michael Patrick Forbes 30%
Harold Ford, Jr. 90%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 5%
Tillie Fowler 5%
Barney Frank 95%
Robert Franks 25%
Rodney Frelinghuysen 20%
William Frist 15%
Jonas Frost III 85%
Elton Gallegly 5%
John Ganske 10%
Sam Gejdenson 95%
George Gekas 10%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 95%
Jim Gibbons 10%
Wayne Gilchrest 20%
Paul Gillmor 10%
Benjamin Gilman 30%
State Office Name Party Rating
Richard Burr 5%
Dan Burton 5%
Steve Buyer 5%
Robert Byrd 80%
Herbert Callahan 5%
Dave Camp 5%
Ben Campbell 15%
Thomas Campbell 25%
Chris Cannon 5%
Lois Capps 95%
Ben Cardin 85%
Julia Carson 95%
Mike Castle 25%
Steve Chabot 10%
John Chafee 40%
Saxby Chambliss 5%
Helen Chenoweth-Hage 5%
William Clay, Sr. 95%
Eva Clayton 95%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 85%
Robert Clement 75%
Howard Coble 5%
Thomas Coburn 5%
Thad Cochran 20%
Michael Collins 5%
Larry Combest 5%
Gary Condit 60%
Kent Conrad 85%
John Conyers, Jr. 95%
Merrill Cook 10%
John Cooksey 5%
Jerry Costello 75%
Paul Coverdell 10%
Christopher Cox 5%
William Coyne 95%
Larry Craig 5%
Robert Cramer 60%
Philip Crane 0%
Barbara Cubin 5%
Elijah Cummings 95%
Randall Cunningham 5%
Patsy Ann Danner 60%
Thomas Daschle 90%
James Davis 80%
Thomas Davis III 15%
Peter DeFazio 90%
Thomas DeLay 5%
Nathan Deal 5%
Bill Delahunt 95%
Peter Deutsch 90%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 15%
Jay Dickey 5%
Norm Dicks 80%
John Dingell 85%
Julian Dixon 90%
Chris Dodd 85%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 15%
Calvin Dooley 75%
John Doolittle 5%
Byron Dorgan 90%
Mike Doyle, Jr. 70%
David Dreier 5%
John Duncan, Jr. 10%
Jennifer Dunn 5%
Chet Edwards 75%
Vern Ehlers 15%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 10%
Jo Ann Emerson 5%
Eliot Engel 90%
Philip English 15%
Mike Enzi 0%
Anna Eshoo 90%
Bob Etheridge 80%
Lane Evans 90%
Terry Everett 5%
Thomas Ewing 5%
Sam Farr 95%
Chaka Fattah, Sr. 95%
Russ Feingold 90%
Dianne Feinstein 85%
Bob Filner 95%
Mark Foley 10%
Michael Patrick Forbes 30%
Harold Ford, Jr. 90%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 5%
Tillie Fowler 5%
Barney Frank 95%
Robert Franks 25%
Rodney Frelinghuysen 20%
William Frist 15%
Jonas Frost III 85%
Elton Gallegly 5%
John Ganske 10%
Sam Gejdenson 95%
George Gekas 10%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 95%
Jim Gibbons 10%
Wayne Gilchrest 20%
Paul Gillmor 10%
Benjamin Gilman 30%
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