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State Office Name Party Rating
CA U.S. House - 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 100%
Mel Watt 100%
Henry Waxman 100%
Lynn Woolsey 100%
OR U.S. Senate - Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 100%
Tom Barrett 89%
Jeff Bingaman 89%
David Edward Bonior 89%
Richard Bryan 89%
Thomas Campbell 89%
John Chafee 89%
Eva Clayton 89%
Julian Dixon 89%
Chris Dodd 89%
Russ Feingold 89%
Bob Filner 89%
Thomas Foglietta 89%
Elizabeth Furse 89%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 89%
Henry Gonzalez 89%
Tom Harkin 89%
Alcee Hastings, Sr. 89%
Earl Hilliard, Sr. 89%
Stephen Horn 89%
James Merrill Jeffords 89%
Eddie Johnson 89%
Barbara Bailey Kennelly 89%
Bob Kerrey 89%
Herb Kohl 89%
Patrick Leahy 89%
Carl Levin 89%
Joe Lieberman 89%
Nita Lowey 89%
Matthew Martinez 89%
Karen McCarthy 89%
Barbara Mikulski 89%
WA U.S. Senate - Sr Patty Murray Democratic 89%
MA U.S. House - 1 Richard Neal Democratic 89%
Charlie Rangel 89%
RI U.S. Senate - Sr Jack Reed Democratic 89%
Paul Sarbanes 89%
Thomas Sawyer 89%
NY U.S. Senate - Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 89%
VA U.S. House - 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 89%
Olympia Snowe 89%
Arlen Specter 89%
Bruce Vento 89%
Paul Wellstone 89%
Sidney Yates 89%
Victor Fazio 88%
Constance Morella 88%
Bobby Rush 86%
Robert Torricelli 86%
Earl Blumenauer 83%
John Ensign 83%
MS U.S. House - 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 83%
Steven Gunderson 80%
Peter Torkildsen 80%
Pat Williams 80%
Rob Andrews 78%
John Baldacci 78%
Joe Biden, Jr. 78%
SC U.S. House - 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 78%
Thomas Daschle 78%
CT U.S. House - 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 78%
Peter Deutsch 78%
Norm Dicks 78%
Byron Dorgan 78%
IL U.S. Senate - Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 78%
Rodney Frelinghuysen 78%
Benjamin Gilman 78%
John Glenn 78%
Daniel Graham 78%
MD U.S. House - 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 78%
William Jefferson 78%
State Office Name Party Rating
CA U.S. House - 43 Maxine Waters D 100%
Mel Watt 100%
Henry Waxman 100%
Lynn Woolsey 100%
OR U.S. Senate - Sr Ron Wyden D 100%
Tom Barrett 89%
Jeff Bingaman 89%
David Edward Bonior 89%
Richard Bryan 89%
Thomas Campbell 89%
John Chafee 89%
Eva Clayton 89%
Julian Dixon 89%
Chris Dodd 89%
Russ Feingold 89%
Bob Filner 89%
Thomas Foglietta 89%
Elizabeth Furse 89%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 89%
Henry Gonzalez 89%
Tom Harkin 89%
Alcee Hastings, Sr. 89%
Earl Hilliard, Sr. 89%
Stephen Horn 89%
James Merrill Jeffords 89%
Eddie Johnson 89%
Barbara Bailey Kennelly 89%
Bob Kerrey 89%
Herb Kohl 89%
Patrick Leahy 89%
Carl Levin 89%
Joe Lieberman 89%
Nita Lowey 89%
Matthew Martinez 89%
Karen McCarthy 89%
Barbara Mikulski 89%
WA U.S. Senate - Sr Patty Murray D 89%
MA U.S. House - 1 Richard Neal D 89%
Charlie Rangel 89%
RI U.S. Senate - Sr Jack Reed D 89%
Paul Sarbanes 89%
Thomas Sawyer 89%
NY U.S. Senate - Sr Chuck Schumer D 89%
VA U.S. House - 3 Bobby Scott D 89%
Olympia Snowe 89%
Arlen Specter 89%
Bruce Vento 89%
Paul Wellstone 89%
Sidney Yates 89%
Victor Fazio 88%
Constance Morella 88%
Bobby Rush 86%
Robert Torricelli 86%
Earl Blumenauer 83%
John Ensign 83%
MS U.S. House - 2 Bennie Thompson D 83%
Steven Gunderson 80%
Peter Torkildsen 80%
Pat Williams 80%
Rob Andrews 78%
John Baldacci 78%
Joe Biden, Jr. 78%
SC U.S. House - 6 Jim Clyburn D 78%
Thomas Daschle 78%
CT U.S. House - 3 Rosa DeLauro D 78%
Peter Deutsch 78%
Norm Dicks 78%
Byron Dorgan 78%
IL U.S. Senate - Sr Dick Durbin D 78%
Rodney Frelinghuysen 78%
Benjamin Gilman 78%
John Glenn 78%
Daniel Graham 78%
MD U.S. House - 5 Steny Hoyer D 78%
William Jefferson 78%
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