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Rating Group: Friends Committee on National Legislation

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State Office Name Party Rating
Ben Chandler III 50%
Travis Childers 50%
SC U.S. House - 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 50%
Howard Coble 50%
ME U.S. Senate - Sr Susan Collins Republican 50%
Jim Cooper 50%
CA U.S. House - 21 Jim Costa Democratic 50%
TX U.S. House - 28 Henry Cuellar Democratic 50%
Artur Davis 50%
Lincoln Davis 50%
Susan Davis 50%
Charlie Dent 50%
Norm Dicks 50%
Joe Donnelly, Sr. 50%
Byron Dorgan 50%
John Duncan, Jr. 50%
Chet Edwards 50%
Vern Ehlers 50%
Brad Ellsworth 50%
Jo Ann Emerson 50%
Bob Etheridge 50%
Jeff Flake 50%
Randy Forbes 50%
Jeff Fortenberry 50%
IL U.S. House - 11 Bill Foster Democratic 50%
Jim Gerlach 50%
Gabrielle Giffords 50%
Charlie Gonzalez 50%
Bart Gordon 50%
Gene Green 50%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin 50%
Baron Hill 50%
Pete Hoekstra 50%
Tim Holden 50%
MD U.S. House - 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 50%
Bob Inglis, Sr. 50%
Daniel Inouye 50%
Tim Johnson 50%
Walter Jones, Jr. 50%
Paul Kanjorski 50%
Dale Kildee 50%
Ron Kind 50%
Jack Kingston 50%
Mark Kirk 50%
Steve LaTourette 50%
WA U.S. House - 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 50%
Sandy Levin 50%
Blanche Lincoln 50%
Dan Lipinski 50%
Frank LoBiondo 50%
Don Manzullo 50%
Melquiades Martinez 50%
Jim Matheson 50%
Kevin McCarthy 50%
Claire McCaskill 50%
Mike McIntyre 50%
Charlie Melancon, Sr. 50%
Barbara Mikulski 50%
Harry Mitchell 50%
Alan Mollohan 50%
Dennis Moore 50%
Jack Murtha 50%
Bill Nelson, Sr. 50%
Ben Nelson 50%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 50%
Collin Peterson 50%
Tom Petri 50%
Todd Platts 50%
Earl Pomeroy 50%
Mark Pryor 50%
Dave Reichert 50%
Silvestre Reyes 50%
Jay Rockefeller IV 50%
Cathy Rodgers 50%
Ciro Rodriguez 50%
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen 50%
Peter Roskam 50%
Mike Ross 50%
Dutch Ruppersberger 50%
Tim Ryan 50%
John Salazar 50%
Allyson Schwartz 50%
David Scott 50%
Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. 50%
Joe Sestak, Jr. 50%
Heath Shuler 50%
Ike Skelton 50%
NJ U.S. House - 4 Chris Smith Republican 50%
Olympia Snowe 50%
Vic Snyder 50%
Zack Space 50%
John Spratt, Jr. 50%
John Tanner 50%
Gene Taylor 50%
Lee Terry 50%
Fred Upton 50%
MN Governor Tim Walz Democratic/Farmer/Labor 50%
Zach Wamp 50%
Jim Webb, Jr. 50%
Charlie Wilson, Jr. 50%
State Office Name Party Rating
Ben Chandler III 50%
Travis Childers 50%
SC U.S. House - 6 Jim Clyburn D 50%
Howard Coble 50%
ME U.S. Senate - Sr Susan Collins R 50%
Jim Cooper 50%
CA U.S. House - 21 Jim Costa D 50%
TX U.S. House - 28 Henry Cuellar D 50%
Artur Davis 50%
Lincoln Davis 50%
Susan Davis 50%
Charlie Dent 50%
Norm Dicks 50%
Joe Donnelly, Sr. 50%
Byron Dorgan 50%
John Duncan, Jr. 50%
Chet Edwards 50%
Vern Ehlers 50%
Brad Ellsworth 50%
Jo Ann Emerson 50%
Bob Etheridge 50%
Jeff Flake 50%
Randy Forbes 50%
Jeff Fortenberry 50%
IL U.S. House - 11 Bill Foster D 50%
Jim Gerlach 50%
Gabrielle Giffords 50%
Charlie Gonzalez 50%
Bart Gordon 50%
Gene Green 50%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin 50%
Baron Hill 50%
Pete Hoekstra 50%
Tim Holden 50%
MD U.S. House - 5 Steny Hoyer D 50%
Bob Inglis, Sr. 50%
Daniel Inouye 50%
Tim Johnson 50%
Walter Jones, Jr. 50%
Paul Kanjorski 50%
Dale Kildee 50%
Ron Kind 50%
Jack Kingston 50%
Mark Kirk 50%
Steve LaTourette 50%
WA U.S. House - 2 Rick Larsen D 50%
Sandy Levin 50%
Blanche Lincoln 50%
Dan Lipinski 50%
Frank LoBiondo 50%
Don Manzullo 50%
Melquiades Martinez 50%
Jim Matheson 50%
Kevin McCarthy 50%
Claire McCaskill 50%
Mike McIntyre 50%
Charlie Melancon, Sr. 50%
Barbara Mikulski 50%
Harry Mitchell 50%
Alan Mollohan 50%
Dennis Moore 50%
Jack Murtha 50%
Bill Nelson, Sr. 50%
Ben Nelson 50%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 50%
Collin Peterson 50%
Tom Petri 50%
Todd Platts 50%
Earl Pomeroy 50%
Mark Pryor 50%
Dave Reichert 50%
Silvestre Reyes 50%
Jay Rockefeller IV 50%
Cathy Rodgers 50%
Ciro Rodriguez 50%
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen 50%
Peter Roskam 50%
Mike Ross 50%
Dutch Ruppersberger 50%
Tim Ryan 50%
John Salazar 50%
Allyson Schwartz 50%
David Scott 50%
Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. 50%
Joe Sestak, Jr. 50%
Heath Shuler 50%
Ike Skelton 50%
NJ U.S. House - 4 Chris Smith R 50%
Olympia Snowe 50%
Vic Snyder 50%
Zack Space 50%
John Spratt, Jr. 50%
John Tanner 50%
Gene Taylor 50%
Lee Terry 50%
Fred Upton 50%
MN Governor Tim Walz DFL 50%
Zach Wamp 50%
Jim Webb, Jr. 50%
Charlie Wilson, Jr. 50%
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