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Rating Group: National Committee for an Effective Congress

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State Office Name Party Rating
Martin Olav Sabo 90%
Matt Salmon 5%
Loretta Sanchez 85%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 75%
Mark Sanford, Jr. 10%
Rick Santorum 10%
Paul Sarbanes 100%
Thomas Sawyer 95%
Jim Saxton 15%
Joe Scarborough 10%
Robert Schaffer 5%
Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. 10%
José Serrano 95%
Jeff Sessions III 0%
John Shadegg 5%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 10%
Christopher Shays 30%
Richard Shelby 5%
John Shimkus 5%
E.G. Shuster 5%
Norman Sisisky 60%
Joseph Skeen 10%
Ike Skelton 60%
Louise Slaughter 95%
Gordon Smith 15%
Lamar Smith 5%
Nick Smith 10%
Bob Smith 0%
Olympia Snowe 40%
Vic Snyder 85%
Mark Souder 5%
Arlen Specter 50%
Floyd Spence, Sr. 5%
John Spratt, Jr. 80%
Debbie Stabenow 85%
Pete Stark 100%
Cliff Stearns 5%
Charles Stenholm 50%
Ted Stevens 20%
Ted Strickland 85%
Bob Stump 0%
Bart Stupak 85%
John Sununu 5%
James Talent 5%
John Tanner 65%
Ellen Tauscher 85%
William Tauzin II 5%
Charles Taylor 5%
Gene Taylor 45%
Craig Thomas 5%
William Thomas 10%
Fred Thompson 10%
Mac Thornberry 5%
Karen Thurman 85%
Strom Thurmond 5%
Todd Tiahrt 0%
John Tierney 95%
Robert Torricelli 90%
Ed Towns 90%
James Traficant, Jr. 25%
James Turner 65%
Fred Upton 15%
Bruce Vento 95%
Pete Visclosky 80%
James Walsh 15%
Zach Wamp 10%
John Warner 15%
Wesley Watkins 5%
Mel Watt 95%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 5%
Henry Waxman 95%
David Weldon 0%
W. Curtis Weldon 15%
Gerald Weller 10%
Paul Wellstone 95%
Robert Wexler 90%
Bob Weygand 85%
Ed Whitfield 5%
Bob Wise, Jr. 85%
Frank Wolf 10%
Lynn Woolsey 100%
Albert Wynn 85%
Bill Young 10%
Donald Young 10%
State Office Name Party Rating
Martin Olav Sabo 90%
Matt Salmon 5%
Loretta Sanchez 85%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 75%
Mark Sanford, Jr. 10%
Rick Santorum 10%
Paul Sarbanes 100%
Thomas Sawyer 95%
Jim Saxton 15%
Joe Scarborough 10%
Robert Schaffer 5%
Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. 10%
José Serrano 95%
Jeff Sessions III 0%
John Shadegg 5%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 10%
Christopher Shays 30%
Richard Shelby 5%
John Shimkus 5%
E.G. Shuster 5%
Norman Sisisky 60%
Joseph Skeen 10%
Ike Skelton 60%
Louise Slaughter 95%
Gordon Smith 15%
Lamar Smith 5%
Nick Smith 10%
Bob Smith 0%
Olympia Snowe 40%
Vic Snyder 85%
Mark Souder 5%
Arlen Specter 50%
Floyd Spence, Sr. 5%
John Spratt, Jr. 80%
Debbie Stabenow 85%
Pete Stark 100%
Cliff Stearns 5%
Charles Stenholm 50%
Ted Stevens 20%
Ted Strickland 85%
Bob Stump 0%
Bart Stupak 85%
John Sununu 5%
James Talent 5%
John Tanner 65%
Ellen Tauscher 85%
William Tauzin II 5%
Charles Taylor 5%
Gene Taylor 45%
Craig Thomas 5%
William Thomas 10%
Fred Thompson 10%
Mac Thornberry 5%
Karen Thurman 85%
Strom Thurmond 5%
Todd Tiahrt 0%
John Tierney 95%
Robert Torricelli 90%
Ed Towns 90%
James Traficant, Jr. 25%
James Turner 65%
Fred Upton 15%
Bruce Vento 95%
Pete Visclosky 80%
James Walsh 15%
Zach Wamp 10%
John Warner 15%
Wesley Watkins 5%
Mel Watt 95%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 5%
Henry Waxman 95%
David Weldon 0%
W. Curtis Weldon 15%
Gerald Weller 10%
Paul Wellstone 95%
Robert Wexler 90%
Bob Weygand 85%
Ed Whitfield 5%
Bob Wise, Jr. 85%
Frank Wolf 10%
Lynn Woolsey 100%
Albert Wynn 85%
Bill Young 10%
Donald Young 10%
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