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Rating Group: Americans for Democratic Action (ADA)

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State Office Name Party Rating
Howard Berman 85%
Marion Berry 85%
Joe Biden, Jr. 75%
Judy Biggert 10%
Michael Bilirakis 5%
Jeff Bingaman 95%
Rob Bishop 0%
Tim Bishop 90%
Earl Blumenauer 100%
Roy Blunt 5%
Sherwood Boehlert 25%
John Boehner 5%
Kit Bond 5%
Henry Bonilla 5%
Jo Bonner, Jr. 5%
Mary Bono Mack 10%
Madeleine Bordallo 0%
Leonard Boswell 80%
Rick Boucher 90%
Barbara Boxer 95%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 70%
Jeb Bradley 10%
Kevin Brady 10%
Bob Brady 100%
John Breaux 45%
Corrine Brown 95%
Henry Brown, Jr. 10%
Sherrod Brown 100%
Ginny Brown-Waite 10%
Sam Brownback 5%
Jim Bunning 10%
Michael Burgess 5%
Conrad Burns 10%
Richard Burr 15%
Dan Burton 20%
Steve Buyer 10%
Robert Byrd 95%
Dave Camp 5%
Ben Campbell 30%
Chris Cannon 5%
Eric Cantor 5%
Lois Capps 100%
Mike Capuano 100%
Ben Cardin 90%
Dennis Cardoza 80%
Tom Carper 75%
Brad Carson 65%
Julia Carson 95%
Mike Castle 40%
Steve Chabot 10%
Lincoln Chafee 65%
Saxby Chambliss 5%
Chris Chocola 5%
Lacy Clay, Jr. 95%
Hillary Clinton 95%
Howard Coble 5%
Thad Cochran 5%
Norm Coleman 15%
Michael Collins 5%
Kent Conrad 80%
John Conyers, Jr. 90%
Jim Cooper 80%
Jon Corzine 90%
Jerry Costello 80%
Christopher Cox 5%
Larry Craig 5%
Robert Cramer 45%
Philip Crane 10%
Ander Crenshaw 5%
Joe Crowley 95%
Barbara Cubin 5%
John Culberson 15%
Elijah Cummings 90%
Randall Cunningham 5%
Thomas Daschle 80%
Artur Davis 90%
James Davis 85%
Jo Ann Davis 15%
Lincoln Davis 75%
Susan Davis 90%
Thomas Davis III 5%
Mark Dayton 75%
Peter DeFazio 100%
Thomas DeLay 5%
James DeMint 20%
Nathan Deal 5%
Bill Delahunt 95%
Peter Deutsch 95%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 10%
Norm Dicks 90%
John Dingell 85%
Chris Dodd 95%
Elizabeth Dole 15%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 5%
Calvin Dooley 65%
John Doolittle 5%
Byron Dorgan 80%
Mike Doyle, Jr. 85%
David Dreier 5%
John Duncan, Jr. 15%
State Office Name Party Rating
Howard Berman 85%
Marion Berry 85%
Joe Biden, Jr. 75%
Judy Biggert 10%
Michael Bilirakis 5%
Jeff Bingaman 95%
Rob Bishop 0%
Tim Bishop 90%
Earl Blumenauer 100%
Roy Blunt 5%
Sherwood Boehlert 25%
John Boehner 5%
Kit Bond 5%
Henry Bonilla 5%
Jo Bonner, Jr. 5%
Mary Bono Mack 10%
Madeleine Bordallo 0%
Leonard Boswell 80%
Rick Boucher 90%
Barbara Boxer 95%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 70%
Jeb Bradley 10%
Kevin Brady 10%
Bob Brady 100%
John Breaux 45%
Corrine Brown 95%
Henry Brown, Jr. 10%
Sherrod Brown 100%
Ginny Brown-Waite 10%
Sam Brownback 5%
Jim Bunning 10%
Michael Burgess 5%
Conrad Burns 10%
Richard Burr 15%
Dan Burton 20%
Steve Buyer 10%
Robert Byrd 95%
Dave Camp 5%
Ben Campbell 30%
Chris Cannon 5%
Eric Cantor 5%
Lois Capps 100%
Mike Capuano 100%
Ben Cardin 90%
Dennis Cardoza 80%
Tom Carper 75%
Brad Carson 65%
Julia Carson 95%
Mike Castle 40%
Steve Chabot 10%
Lincoln Chafee 65%
Saxby Chambliss 5%
Chris Chocola 5%
Lacy Clay, Jr. 95%
Hillary Clinton 95%
Howard Coble 5%
Thad Cochran 5%
Norm Coleman 15%
Michael Collins 5%
Kent Conrad 80%
John Conyers, Jr. 90%
Jim Cooper 80%
Jon Corzine 90%
Jerry Costello 80%
Christopher Cox 5%
Larry Craig 5%
Robert Cramer 45%
Philip Crane 10%
Ander Crenshaw 5%
Joe Crowley 95%
Barbara Cubin 5%
John Culberson 15%
Elijah Cummings 90%
Randall Cunningham 5%
Thomas Daschle 80%
Artur Davis 90%
James Davis 85%
Jo Ann Davis 15%
Lincoln Davis 75%
Susan Davis 90%
Thomas Davis III 5%
Mark Dayton 75%
Peter DeFazio 100%
Thomas DeLay 5%
James DeMint 20%
Nathan Deal 5%
Bill Delahunt 95%
Peter Deutsch 95%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 10%
Norm Dicks 90%
John Dingell 85%
Chris Dodd 95%
Elizabeth Dole 15%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 5%
Calvin Dooley 65%
John Doolittle 5%
Byron Dorgan 80%
Mike Doyle, Jr. 85%
David Dreier 5%
John Duncan, Jr. 15%
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