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State Office Name Party Rating
Charles Pickering, Jr. 90%
John Edward Porter 90%
Rob Portman 90%
James Ramstad 90%
Ralph Regula 90%
Pat Roberts 90%
KY U.S. House - 5 Hal Rogers Republican 90%
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen 90%
Rick Santorum 90%
Daniel Schaefer 90%
Robert Schaffer 90%
TX U.S. House - 17 Pete Sessions Republican 90%
Richard Shelby 90%
E.G. Shuster 90%
Nick Smith 90%
Floyd Spence, Sr. 90%
Charles Stenholm 90%
Bob Stump 90%
Craig Thomas 90%
SD U.S. Senate - Sr John Thune Republican 90%
Todd Tiahrt 90%
Fred Upton 90%
Frank Wolf 90%
Paul Gillmor 89%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 89%
Wesley Watkins 89%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 89%
W. Curtis Weldon 89%
Saxby Chambliss 88%
AL U.S. House - 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 80%
Wayne Allard 80%
Bob Barr, Jr. 80%
Brian Bilbray 80%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 80%
Dan Burton 80%
Thomas Campbell 80%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 80%
Robert Clement 80%
Michael Collins 80%
ME U.S. Senate - Sr Susan Collins Republican 80%
Merrill Cook 80%
Robert Cramer 80%
Philip Crane 80%
OH Governor Mike DeWine Republican 80%
Jay Dickey 80%
John Doolittle 80%
John Duncan, Jr. 80%
John Ensign 80%
Terry Everett 80%
Thomas Ewing 80%
Jim Gibbons 80%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 80%
Porter Goss 80%
Daniel Graham 80%
William Phillip Gramm 80%
Rodney Grams 80%
Ralph Hall 80%
Jane Harman 80%
Joel Hefley 80%
Rick Hill 80%
John Hostettler 80%
Duncan Hunter 80%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 80%
Nancy Johnson 80%
Walter Jones, Jr. 80%
John Kasich 80%
Jack Kingston 80%
Herb Kohl 80%
Ray LaHood 80%
Rick Lazio 80%
Jerry Lewis 80%
Connie Mack 80%
Joseph McDade 80%
John McHugh 80%
Mike McIntyre 80%
State Office Name Party Rating
Charles Pickering, Jr. 90%
John Edward Porter 90%
Rob Portman 90%
James Ramstad 90%
Ralph Regula 90%
Pat Roberts 90%
KY U.S. House - 5 Hal Rogers R 90%
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen 90%
Rick Santorum 90%
Daniel Schaefer 90%
Robert Schaffer 90%
TX U.S. House - 17 Pete Sessions R 90%
Richard Shelby 90%
E.G. Shuster 90%
Nick Smith 90%
Floyd Spence, Sr. 90%
Charles Stenholm 90%
Bob Stump 90%
Craig Thomas 90%
SD U.S. Senate - Sr John Thune R 90%
Todd Tiahrt 90%
Fred Upton 90%
Frank Wolf 90%
Paul Gillmor 89%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 89%
Wesley Watkins 89%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 89%
W. Curtis Weldon 89%
Saxby Chambliss 88%
AL U.S. House - 4 Robert Aderholt R 80%
Wayne Allard 80%
Bob Barr, Jr. 80%
Brian Bilbray 80%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 80%
Dan Burton 80%
Thomas Campbell 80%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 80%
Robert Clement 80%
Michael Collins 80%
ME U.S. Senate - Sr Susan Collins R 80%
Merrill Cook 80%
Robert Cramer 80%
Philip Crane 80%
OH Governor Mike DeWine R 80%
Jay Dickey 80%
John Doolittle 80%
John Duncan, Jr. 80%
John Ensign 80%
Terry Everett 80%
Thomas Ewing 80%
Jim Gibbons 80%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 80%
Porter Goss 80%
Daniel Graham 80%
William Phillip Gramm 80%
Rodney Grams 80%
Ralph Hall 80%
Jane Harman 80%
Joel Hefley 80%
Rick Hill 80%
John Hostettler 80%
Duncan Hunter 80%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 80%
Nancy Johnson 80%
Walter Jones, Jr. 80%
John Kasich 80%
Jack Kingston 80%
Herb Kohl 80%
Ray LaHood 80%
Rick Lazio 80%
Jerry Lewis 80%
Connie Mack 80%
Joseph McDade 80%
John McHugh 80%
Mike McIntyre 80%
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