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Rating Group: Friends Committee on National Legislation

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State Office Name Party Rating
WA U.S. House - 9 Adam Smith Democratic 57%
Ted Strickland 57%
Tom Tancredo 57%
John Tierney 57%
James Turner 57%
NY U.S. House - 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 57%
Bruce Vento 57%
Pete Visclosky 57%
Zach Wamp 57%
Mel Watt 57%
Bob Wise, Jr. 57%
David Wu 57%
Jim McDermott 56%
Alan Mollohan 55%
Rick Boucher 54%
Howard Coble 54%
Luis Gutiérrez 54%
Ralph Hall 54%
KS U.S. Senate - Sr Jerry Moran Republican 54%
Grace Napolitano 54%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 54%
Martin Olav Sabo 54%
Christopher Shays 54%
Frank Wolf 54%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 50%
Spencer Bachus 50%
WI U.S. Senate - Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 50%
Roscoe Bartlett 50%
Mary Bono Mack 50%
Barbara Boxer 50%
John Breaux 50%
Mike Castle 50%
Helen Chenoweth-Hage 50%
Thomas Coburn 50%
Patsy Ann Danner 50%
Thomas Daschle 50%
Thomas Davis III 50%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 50%
John Dingell 50%
Chris Dodd 50%
John Edwards 50%
Chaka Fattah, Sr. 50%
Dianne Feinstein 50%
Bob Filner 50%
Mark Foley 50%
John Ganske 50%
Jim Gibbons 50%
William Phillip Gramm 50%
Orrin Hatch 50%
Joel Hefley 50%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 50%
Daniel Inouye 50%
William Lewis Jenkins 50%
Christopher John 50%
Pete King 50%
Jack Kingston 50%
Dennis Kucinich 50%
James Leach 50%
Patrick Leahy 50%
CA Mayor Barbara Lee Democratic 50%
William Lipinski 50%
Trent Lott, Sr. 50%
Scott McInnis 50%
Jack Metcalf 50%
Barbara Mikulski 50%
WA U.S. Senate - Sr Patty Murray Democratic 50%
Sue Myrick 50%
Robert William Ney 50%
Dave Obey 50%
Donald Payne 50%
Bob Riley 50%
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen 50%
Rick Santorum 50%
NY U.S. Senate - Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 50%
John Shadegg 50%
State Office Name Party Rating
WA U.S. House - 9 Adam Smith D 57%
Ted Strickland 57%
Tom Tancredo 57%
John Tierney 57%
James Turner 57%
NY U.S. House - 7 Nydia Velázquez D 57%
Bruce Vento 57%
Pete Visclosky 57%
Zach Wamp 57%
Mel Watt 57%
Bob Wise, Jr. 57%
David Wu 57%
Jim McDermott 56%
Alan Mollohan 55%
Rick Boucher 54%
Howard Coble 54%
Luis Gutiérrez 54%
Ralph Hall 54%
KS U.S. Senate - Sr Jerry Moran R 54%
Grace Napolitano 54%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 54%
Martin Olav Sabo 54%
Christopher Shays 54%
Frank Wolf 54%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 50%
Spencer Bachus 50%
WI U.S. Senate - Jr Tammy Baldwin D 50%
Roscoe Bartlett 50%
Mary Bono Mack 50%
Barbara Boxer 50%
John Breaux 50%
Mike Castle 50%
Helen Chenoweth-Hage 50%
Thomas Coburn 50%
Patsy Ann Danner 50%
Thomas Daschle 50%
Thomas Davis III 50%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 50%
John Dingell 50%
Chris Dodd 50%
John Edwards 50%
Chaka Fattah, Sr. 50%
Dianne Feinstein 50%
Bob Filner 50%
Mark Foley 50%
John Ganske 50%
Jim Gibbons 50%
William Phillip Gramm 50%
Orrin Hatch 50%
Joel Hefley 50%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 50%
Daniel Inouye 50%
William Lewis Jenkins 50%
Christopher John 50%
Pete King 50%
Jack Kingston 50%
Dennis Kucinich 50%
James Leach 50%
Patrick Leahy 50%
CA Mayor Barbara Lee D 50%
William Lipinski 50%
Trent Lott, Sr. 50%
Scott McInnis 50%
Jack Metcalf 50%
Barbara Mikulski 50%
WA U.S. Senate - Sr Patty Murray D 50%
Sue Myrick 50%
Robert William Ney 50%
Dave Obey 50%
Donald Payne 50%
Bob Riley 50%
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen 50%
Rick Santorum 50%
NY U.S. Senate - Sr Chuck Schumer D 50%
John Shadegg 50%
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