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State Office Name Party Rating
Ed Whitfield 95%
MS U.S. Senate - Sr Roger Wicker Republican 95%
SC U.S. House - 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 95%
Bill Young 95%
George Allen 90%
Joe Barton 90%
Bob Bennett 90%
Mary Bono Mack 90%
Ben Campbell 90%
Chris Cannon 90%
ID U.S. Senate - Sr Mike Crapo Republican 90%
David Dreier 90%
Philip English 90%
Michael Ferguson 90%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 90%
William Frist 90%
Wayne Gilchrest 90%
Judd Gregg 90%
Ralph Hall 90%
Duncan Hunter 90%
Kay Hutchison 90%
Henry Hyde 90%
Jim Inhofe 90%
Tim Johnson 90%
Mark Kirk 90%
James Kolbe 90%
Ray LaHood 90%
Trent Lott, Sr. 90%
Don Manzullo 90%
Scott McInnis 90%
Anne Northup 90%
Doug Ose 90%
Tom Petri 90%
James Ramstad 90%
Pat Roberts 90%
KY U.S. House - 5 Hal Rogers Republican 90%
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen 90%
Jeff Sessions III 90%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 90%
NJ U.S. House - 4 Chris Smith Republican 90%
Nick Smith 90%
Donald Young 90%
Charlie Bass 85%
Conrad Burns 85%
Rodney Frelinghuysen 85%
Paul Gillmor 85%
Lindsey Graham 85%
IA U.S. Senate - Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 85%
James Greenwood 85%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 85%
Ron Paul 85%
John Peterson 85%
Ralph Regula 85%
Ted Stevens 85%
Frank Wolf 85%
Kit Bond 80%
Steve Buyer 80%
WV U.S. Senate - Sr Shelley Capito Republican 80%
Vern Ehlers 80%
Frank LoBiondo 80%
Ken Lucas 80%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 80%
William Thomas 80%
John Warner 80%
Mike Castle 75%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 75%
Peter Fitzgerald 75%
John Hostettler 75%
John McHugh 75%
Todd Platts 75%
Christopher Shays 75%
Gordon Smith 75%
George Voinovich 75%
James Walsh 75%
Thad Cochran 70%
State Office Name Party Rating
Ed Whitfield 95%
MS U.S. Senate - Sr Roger Wicker R 95%
SC U.S. House - 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. R 95%
Bill Young 95%
George Allen 90%
Joe Barton 90%
Bob Bennett 90%
Mary Bono Mack 90%
Ben Campbell 90%
Chris Cannon 90%
ID U.S. Senate - Sr Mike Crapo R 90%
David Dreier 90%
Philip English 90%
Michael Ferguson 90%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 90%
William Frist 90%
Wayne Gilchrest 90%
Judd Gregg 90%
Ralph Hall 90%
Duncan Hunter 90%
Kay Hutchison 90%
Henry Hyde 90%
Jim Inhofe 90%
Tim Johnson 90%
Mark Kirk 90%
James Kolbe 90%
Ray LaHood 90%
Trent Lott, Sr. 90%
Don Manzullo 90%
Scott McInnis 90%
Anne Northup 90%
Doug Ose 90%
Tom Petri 90%
James Ramstad 90%
Pat Roberts 90%
KY U.S. House - 5 Hal Rogers R 90%
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen 90%
Jeff Sessions III 90%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 90%
NJ U.S. House - 4 Chris Smith R 90%
Nick Smith 90%
Donald Young 90%
Charlie Bass 85%
Conrad Burns 85%
Rodney Frelinghuysen 85%
Paul Gillmor 85%
Lindsey Graham 85%
IA U.S. Senate - Sr Chuck Grassley R 85%
James Greenwood 85%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 85%
Ron Paul 85%
John Peterson 85%
Ralph Regula 85%
Ted Stevens 85%
Frank Wolf 85%
Kit Bond 80%
Steve Buyer 80%
WV U.S. Senate - Sr Shelley Capito R 80%
Vern Ehlers 80%
Frank LoBiondo 80%
Ken Lucas 80%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 80%
William Thomas 80%
John Warner 80%
Mike Castle 75%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 75%
Peter Fitzgerald 75%
John Hostettler 75%
John McHugh 75%
Todd Platts 75%
Christopher Shays 75%
Gordon Smith 75%
George Voinovich 75%
James Walsh 75%
Thad Cochran 70%
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