| State | Office | District | Name | Party | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CA | U.S. House | 34 | Xavier Becerra | Democratic | 100% |
| OR | U.S. House | 3 | Earl Blumenauer | Democratic | 100% |
| David Edward Bonior | 100% | ||||
| CA | U.S. Senate | Jr | Barbara Boxer | Democratic | 100% |
| William Coyne | 100% | ||||
| MD | U.S. House | 7 | Elijah Cummings | Democratic | 100% |
| Lane Evans | 100% | ||||
| PA | U.S. House | 2 | Chaka Fattah, Sr. | Democratic | 100% |
| Barney Frank | 100% | ||||
| Jesse Jackson, Jr. | 100% | ||||
| Edward Kennedy, Sr. | 100% | ||||
| GA | U.S. House | 5 | John Lewis | Democratic | 100% |
| WA | U.S. House | 7 | Jim McDermott | Democratic | 100% |
| Cynthia Ann McKinney | 100% | ||||
| NY | U.S. House | 10 | Jerry Nadler | Democratic | 100% |
| Donald Payne | 100% | ||||
| NY | U.S. House | 13 | Charlie Rangel | Democratic | 100% |
| IL | U.S. House | 1 | Bobby Rush | Democratic | 100% |
| VT | U.S. Senate | Jr | Bernie Sanders | Independent | 100% |
| NY | U.S. House | 15 | José Serrano | Democratic | 100% |
| NY | U.S. House | 7 | Nydia Velázquez | Democratic | 100% |
| NC | U.S. House | 12 | Mel Watt | Democratic | 100% |
| Paul Wellstone | 100% | ||||
| Daniel Akaka, Sr. | 91% | ||||
| Thomas Daschle | 91% | ||||
| Russ Feingold | 91% | ||||
| NA | U.S. Secretary of State | John Kerry | Democratic | 91% | |
| VT | U.S. Senate | Sr | Patrick Leahy | Democratic | 91% |
| Carol Moseley Braun | 91% | ||||
| Patrick Moynihan | 91% | ||||
| WA | U.S. Senate | Sr | Patty Murray | Democratic | 91% |
| WI | Mayor | At-Large | Tom Barrett | Democratic | 90% |
| George Brown, Jr. | 90% | ||||
| William Clay, Sr. | 90% | ||||
| MI | U.S. House | 13 | John Conyers, Jr. | Democratic | 90% |
| OR | U.S. House | 4 | Peter DeFazio | Democratic | 90% |
| CA | Mayor | At-Large | Bob Filner | Democratic | 90% |
| IL | U.S. House | 4 | Luis Gutierrez | Democratic | 90% |
| Joseph Kennedy II | 90% | ||||
| CA | U.S. House | 19 | Zoe Lofgren | Democratic | 90% |
| MA | U.S. House | 5 | Ed Markey | Democratic | 90% |
| CA | U.S. House | 11 | George Miller | Democratic | 90% |
| Jim Oberstar | 90% | ||||
| John Olver | 90% | ||||
| Major Owens | 90% | ||||
| CA | U.S. House | 12 | Nancy Pelosi | Democratic | 90% |
| CA | U.S. House | 40 | Lucille Roybal-Allard | Democratic | 90% |
| Pete Stark | 90% | ||||
| Esteban Edward Torres | 90% | ||||
| Ed Towns | 90% | ||||
| CA | U.S. House | 43 | Maxine Waters | Democratic | 90% |
| CA | U.S. House | 33 | Henry Waxman | Democratic | 90% |
| Lynn Woolsey | 90% | ||||
| Sidney Yates | 90% | ||||
| Byron Dorgan | 82% | ||||
| John Glenn | 82% | ||||
| IA | U.S. Senate | Jr | Tom Harkin | Democratic | 82% |
| NJ | U.S. Senate | Sr | Frank Lautenberg | Democratic | 82% |
| Paul Sarbanes | 82% | ||||
| OH | U.S. Senate | Sr | Sherrod Brown | Democratic | 80% |
| NY | U.S. House | 16 | Eliot Engel | Democratic | 80% |
| CA | U.S. House | 18 | Anna Eshoo | Democratic | 80% |
| CA | U.S. House | 20 | Sam Farr | Democratic | 80% |
| Harold Ford, Jr. | 80% | ||||
| Elizabeth Furse | 80% | ||||
| Maurice Hinchey | 80% | ||||
| Gerald Kleczka | 80% | ||||
| John LaFalce | 80% | ||||
| NY | U.S. House | 17 | Nita Lowey | Democratic | 80% |
| NJ | U.S. Senate | Jr | Bob Menendez | Democratic | 80% |
| David Minge | 80% | ||||
| Patsy Takemoto Mink | 80% | ||||
| Martin Olav Sabo | 80% | ||||
| Louis Stokes | 80% | ||||
| Bruce Vento | 80% | ||||
| OR | U.S. Senate | Sr | Ron Wyden | Democratic | 80% |
| Albert Wynn | 80% | ||||
| MT | U.S. Senate | Sr | Max Baucus | Democratic | 73% |
| Jeff Bingaman | 73% | ||||
| Dale Bumpers | 73% | ||||
| Kent Conrad | 73% | ||||
| CA | U.S. Senate | Sr | Dianne Feinstein | Democratic | 73% |
| Bob Kerrey | 73% | ||||
| Herb Kohl | 73% | ||||
| MI | U.S. Senate | Sr | Carl Levin | Democratic | 73% |
| MD | U.S. Senate | Sr | Barbara Mikulski | Democratic | 73% |
| Howard Berman | 70% | ||||
| Thomas Campbell | 70% | ||||
| Julian Dixon | 70% | ||||
| IL | U.S. Senate | Sr | Dick Durbin | Democratic | 70% |
| Richard Andrew Gephardt | 70% | ||||
| Earl Hilliard, Jr. | 70% | ||||
| TX | U.S. House | 18 | Sheila Jackson Lee | Democratic | 70% |
| Tom Lantos | 70% | ||||
| William Luther | 70% | ||||
| Martin Meehan | 70% | ||||
| John Moakley | 70% | ||||
| Constance Morella | 70% | ||||
| Dave Obey | 70% | ||||
| Lynn Nancy Rivers | 70% | ||||
| OH | State Senate | 28 | Thomas Sawyer | Democratic | 70% |
| NY | U.S. Senate | Sr | Chuck Schumer | Democratic | 70% |
| Christopher Shays | 70% | ||||
| David Skaggs | 70% | ||||
| NY | U.S. House | 25 | Louise Slaughter | Democratic | 70% |
| NA | Vice President | Joe Biden, Jr. | Democratic | 64% | |
| Robert Byrd | 64% | ||||
| Chris Dodd | 64% | ||||
| NV | U.S. Senate | Sr | Harry Reid | Democratic | 64% |
| WV | U.S. Senate | Sr | Jay Rockefeller IV | Democratic | 64% |
| Robert Borski, Jr. | 60% | ||||
| Patsy Ann Danner | 60% | ||||
| Peter Deutsch | 60% | ||||
| MI | U.S. House | 12 | John Dingell | Democratic | 60% |
| TX | U.S. House | 35 | Lloyd Doggett | Democratic | 60% |
| Vern Ehlers | 60% | ||||
| Robert Franks | 60% | ||||
| FL | U.S. House | 20 | Alcee Hastings, Sr. | Democratic | 60% |
| Paul Kanjorski | 60% | ||||
| OH | U.S. House | 9 | Marcy Kaptur | Democratic | 60% |
| NY | U.S. House | 12 | Carolyn Maloney | Democratic | 60% |
| Karen McCarthy | 60% | ||||
| Paul McHale | 60% | ||||
| Juanita Millender-McDonald | 60% | ||||
| MA | U.S. House | 1 | Richard Neal | Democratic | 60% |
| NJ | U.S. House | 6 | Frank Pallone, Jr. | Democratic | 60% |
| James Ramstad | 60% | ||||
| RI | U.S. Senate | Sr | Jack Reed | Democratic | 60% |
| Marge Roukema | 60% | ||||
| Bart Stupak | 60% | ||||
| Richard Bryan | 55% | ||||
| Daniel Graham | 55% | ||||
| Daniel Inouye | 55% | ||||
| James Merrill Jeffords | 55% | ||||
| HI | Governor | Neil Abercrombie | Democratic | 50% | |
| Gary Ackerman | 50% | ||||
| FL | U.S. House | 5 | Corrine Brown | Democratic | 50% |
| Eva Clayton | 50% | ||||
| SC | U.S. House | 6 | Jim Clyburn | Democratic | 50% |
| CT | U.S. House | 3 | Rosa DeLauro | Democratic | 50% |
| Calvin Dooley | 50% | ||||
| PA | U.S. House | 14 | Mike Doyle, Jr. | Democratic | 50% |
| Tony Hall | 50% | ||||
| William Jefferson | 50% | ||||
| TX | U.S. House | 30 | Eddie Johnson | Democratic | 50% |
| SD | U.S. Senate | Sr | Timothy Johnson | Democratic | 50% |
| Ronald Klink | 50% | ||||
| Scott Klug | 50% | ||||
| MI | U.S. House | 9 | Sandy Levin | Democratic | 50% |
| William Lipinski | 50% | ||||
| Thomas Manton | 50% | ||||
| Frank Mascara | 50% | ||||
| Robert Matsui | 50% | ||||
| Carrie Meek | 50% | ||||
| AZ | U.S. House | 7 | Ed Pastor | Democratic | 50% |
| WI | U.S. House | 6 | Tom Petri | Republican | 50% |
| Glenn Poshard | 50% | ||||
| WV | U.S. House | 3 | Nick Rahall II | Democratic | 50% |
| Timothy Roemer | 50% | ||||
| VA | U.S. House | 3 | Bobby Scott | Democratic | 50% |
| MS | U.S. House | 2 | Bennie Thompson | Democratic | 50% |
| IN | U.S. House | 1 | Pete Visclosky | Democratic | 50% |
| Wendell Ford | 45% | ||||
| Joe Lieberman | 45% | ||||
| Henry Scott Baesler | 40% | ||||
| Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. | 40% | ||||
| Rick Boucher | 40% | ||||
| MD | U.S. Senate | Jr | Ben Cardin | Democratic | 40% |
| Mike Castle | 40% | ||||
| TN | U.S. House | 2 | John Duncan, Jr. | Republican | 40% |
| Victor Fazio | 40% | ||||
| John Ganske | 40% | ||||
| Sam Gejdenson | 40% | ||||
| TX | U.S. House | 29 | Gene Green | Democratic | 40% |
| Jane Harman | 40% | ||||
| Patrick Kennedy | 40% | ||||
| James Leach | 40% | ||||
| Matthew Martinez | 40% | ||||
| Michael McNulty | 40% | ||||
| VA | U.S. House | 8 | Jim Moran, Jr. | Democratic | 40% |
| MN | U.S. House | 7 | Collin Peterson | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 40% |
| Earl Pomeroy | 40% | ||||
| WI | U.S. House | 5 | Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. | Republican | 40% |
| MI | U.S. House | 6 | Fred Upton | Republican | 40% |
| Bob Wise, Jr. | 40% | ||||
| John Chafee | 36% | ||||
| IA | U.S. Senate | Sr | Chuck Grassley | Republican | 36% |
| Ernest Hollings | 36% | ||||
| John Baldacci | 30% | ||||
| Douglas Bereuter | 30% | ||||
| Norm Dicks | 30% | ||||
| Chet Edwards | 30% | ||||
| Philip English | 30% | ||||
| Henry Gonzalez | 30% | ||||
| Lee Hamilton | 30% | ||||
| Pete Hoekstra | 30% | ||||
| Stephen Horn | 30% | ||||
| Amory Houghton, Jr. | 30% | ||||
| MD | U.S. House | 5 | Steny Hoyer | Democratic | 30% |
| Barbara Bailey Kennelly | 30% | ||||
| Dale Kildee | 30% | ||||
| NJ | U.S. House | 2 | Frank LoBiondo | Republican | 30% |
| Mark Neumann | 30% | ||||
| Solomon Ortiz, Sr. | 30% | ||||
| John Spratt, Jr. | 30% | ||||
| Charles Stenholm | 30% | ||||
| Karen Thurman | 30% | ||||
| Robert Torricelli | 30% | ||||
| Gerald Weller | 30% | ||||
| John Breaux | 27% | ||||
| Charles Robb | 27% | ||||
| Arlen Specter | 27% | ||||
| NJ | U.S. House | 1 | Rob Andrews | Democratic | 20% |
| James Barcia | 20% | ||||
| Brian Bilbray | 20% | ||||
| GA | U.S. House | 2 | Sanford Bishop, Jr. | Democratic | 20% |
| Robert Clement | 20% | ||||
| Gary Condit | 20% | ||||
| Robert Cramer | 20% | ||||
| Thomas Davis III | 20% | ||||
| Harris Fawell | 20% | ||||
| Jon David Fox | 20% | ||||
| NJ | U.S. House | 11 | Rodney Frelinghuysen | Republican | 20% |
| Jonas Frost III | 20% | ||||
| Bart Gordon | 20% | ||||
| James Greenwood | 20% | ||||
| W.G. Hefner | 20% | ||||
| Thomas Holden | 20% | ||||
| Nancy Johnson | 20% | ||||
| NY | U.S. House | 2 | Pete King | Republican | 20% |
| James Kolbe | 20% | ||||
| Steve LaTourette | 20% | ||||
| Rick Lazio | 20% | ||||
| Alan Mollohan | 20% | ||||
| Robert William Ney | 20% | ||||
| Ralph Regula | 20% | ||||
| FL | U.S. House | 27 | Ileana Ros-Lehtinen | Republican | 20% |
| Ike Skelton | 20% | ||||
| Nick Smith | 20% | ||||
| John Tanner | 20% | ||||
| KY | U.S. House | 1 | Ed Whitfield | Republican | 20% |
| Bob Bennett | 18% | ||||
| Kit Bond | 18% | ||||
| Alfonse D'Amato | 18% | ||||
| Slade Gorton | 18% | ||||
| Ted Stevens | 18% | ||||
| Fred Thompson | 18% | ||||
| Wayne Allard | 10% | ||||
| Bill Barrett | 10% | ||||
| Herbert Bateman | 10% | ||||
| Sherwood Boehlert | 10% | ||||
| KS | Governor | Sam Brownback | Republican | 10% | |
| MI | U.S. House | 4 | Dave Camp | Republican | 10% |
| OH | U.S. House | 1 | Steve Chabot | Republican | 10% |
| GA | U.S. Senate | Sr | Saxby Chambliss | Republican | 10% |
| NC | U.S. House | 6 | Howard Coble | Republican | 10% |
| Lincoln Diaz-Balart | 10% | ||||
| Mark Foley | 10% | ||||
| Wayne Gilchrest | 10% | ||||
| William Goodling | 10% | ||||
| TX | U.S. House | 4 | Ralph Hall | Republican | 10% |
| WA | U.S. House | 4 | Doc Hastings | Republican | 10% |
| John Nathan Hostettler | 10% | ||||
| Henry Hyde | 10% | ||||
| OH | Governor | John Kasich | Republican | 10% | |
| Ray LaHood | 10% | ||||
| Joseph McDade | 10% | ||||
| Dan Miller | 10% | ||||
| Jack Murtha | 10% | ||||
| James Nussle | 10% | ||||
| Mike Parker | 10% | ||||
| Owen Pickett | 10% | ||||
| John Edward Porter | 10% | ||||
| Deborah Pryce | 10% | ||||
| Jack Quinn | 10% | ||||
| Frank Duncan Riggs | 10% | ||||
| CA | U.S. House | 39 | Ed Royce | Republican | 10% |
| Jim Saxton | 10% | ||||
| Norman Sisisky | 10% | ||||
| NJ | U.S. House | 4 | Chris Smith | Republican | 10% |
| Cliff Stearns | 10% | ||||
| Gene Taylor | 10% | ||||
| William Thomas | 10% | ||||
| TX | U.S. House | 13 | Mac Thornberry | Republican | 10% |
| James Traficant, Jr. | 10% | ||||
| W. Curtis Weldon | 10% | ||||
| FL | U.S. House | 13 | Bill Young | Republican | 10% |
| Edmond Spencer Abraham | 9% | ||||
| Conrad Burns | 9% | ||||
| Ben Campbell | 9% | ||||
| IN | U.S. Senate | Sr | Daniel Coats | Republican | 9% |
| MS | U.S. Senate | Sr | Thad Cochran | Republican | 9% |
| Paul Coverdell | 9% | ||||
| Larry Craig | 9% | ||||
| OH | Attorney General | Michael DeWine | Republican | 9% | |
| Pete Domenici, Jr. | 9% | ||||
| William Frist | 9% | ||||
| Rodney Grams | 9% | ||||
| Judd Gregg | 9% | ||||
| UT | U.S. Senate | Sr | Orrin Hatch | Republican | 9% |
| Kay Hutchison | 9% | ||||
| Dirk Kempthorne | 9% | ||||
| Trent Lott, Sr. | 9% | ||||
| Dick Lugar | 9% | ||||
| Connie Mack | 9% | ||||
| AZ | U.S. Senate | Sr | John McCain III | Republican | 9% |
| KY | U.S. Senate | Sr | Mitch McConnell | Republican | 9% |
| Frank Murkowski | 9% | ||||
| Don Nickles | 9% | ||||
| William Roth, Jr. | 9% | ||||
| Rick Santorum | 9% | ||||
| Olympia Snowe | 9% | ||||
| Craig Thomas | 9% | ||||
| Strom Thurmond | 9% | ||||
| John Warner | 9% | ||||
| Bill Archer | 0% | ||||
| Richard Armey | 0% | ||||
| John Ashcroft | 0% | ||||
| AL | U.S. House | 6 | Spencer Bachus | Republican | 0% |
| Richard Hugh Baker | 0% | ||||
| Cass Ballenger | 0% | ||||
| Robert Barr, Jr. | 0% | ||||
| Roscoe Bartlett | 0% | ||||
| TX | U.S. House | 6 | Joe Barton | Republican | 0% |
| Charlie Bass | 0% | ||||
| Michael Bilirakis | 0% | ||||
| Thomas Bliley, Jr. | 0% | ||||
| OH | U.S. House | 8 | John Boehner | Republican | 0% |
| Henry Bonilla | 0% | ||||
| Ed Bryant | 0% | ||||
| Jim Bunning | 0% | ||||
| NC | U.S. Senate | Sr | Richard Burr | Republican | 0% |
| Dan Burton | 0% | ||||
| Steve Buyer | 0% | ||||
| Herbert Callahan | 0% | ||||
| CA | U.S. House | 42 | Ken Calvert | Republican | 0% |
| FL | Justice of the Supreme Court | Charles Canady | 0% | ||
| Helen Chenoweth-Hage | 0% | ||||
| Jon Lynn Christensen | 0% | ||||
| OK | U.S. Senate | Jr | Thomas Coburn | Republican | 0% |
| Michael Collins | 0% | ||||
| Larry Combest | 0% | ||||
| Christopher Cox | 0% | ||||
| Philip Crane | 0% | ||||
| ID | U.S. Senate | Sr | Mike Crapo | Republican | 0% |
| Barbara Cubin | 0% | ||||
| Randall Cunningham | 0% | ||||
| GA | Governor | Nathan Deal | Republican | 0% | |
| Thomas DeLay | 0% | ||||
| Jay Dickey | 0% | ||||
| John Doolittle | 0% | ||||
| David Dreier | 0% | ||||
| Jennifer Dunn | 0% | ||||
| Bob Ehrlich, Jr. | 0% | ||||
| Jo Ann Emerson | 0% | ||||
| John Ensign | 0% | ||||
| Terry Everett | 0% | ||||
| Thomas Ewing | 0% | ||||
| Duncan McLauchlin Faircloth | 0% | ||||
| Michael Patrick Forbes | 0% | ||||
| Tillie Fowler | 0% | ||||
| Elton Gallegly | 0% | ||||
| George Gekas | 0% | ||||
| Paul Gillmor | 0% | ||||
| Benjamin Gilman | 0% | ||||
| Newt Gingrich | 0% | ||||
| VA | U.S. House | 6 | Bob Goodlatte | Republican | 0% |
| Porter Goss | 0% | ||||
| SC | U.S. Senate | Sr | Lindsey Graham | Republican | 0% |
| William Phillip Gramm | 0% | ||||
| Gilbert Gutknecht | 0% | ||||
| James Hansen | 0% | ||||
| J. Dennis Hastert | 0% | ||||
| J.D. Hayworth, Jr. | 0% | ||||
| Joel Hefley | 0% | ||||
| Jesse Helms | 0% | ||||
| Wally Herger, Jr. | 0% | ||||
| Van Hilleary | 0% | ||||
| David Lee Hobson | 0% | ||||
| Duncan Hunter | 0% | ||||
| Asa Hutchinson | 0% | ||||
| Y. Tim Hutchinson | 0% | ||||
| Bob Inglis, Sr. | 0% | ||||
| OK | U.S. Senate | Sr | Jim Inhofe | Republican | 0% |
| Ernest Istook, Jr. | 0% | ||||
| TX | U.S. House | 3 | Sam Johnson | Republican | 0% |
| NC | U.S. House | 3 | Walter Jones, Jr. | Republican | 0% |
| Sue Kelly | 0% | ||||
| Jay Kim | 0% | ||||
| GA | U.S. House | 1 | Jack Kingston | Republican | 0% |
| Joseph Knollenberg | 0% | ||||
| Jon Kyl | 0% | ||||
| Stephen Largent | 0% | ||||
| IA | U.S. House | 3 | Tom Latham | Republican | 0% |
| Jerry Lewis | 0% | ||||
| Ron Lewis | 0% | ||||
| John Linder | 0% | ||||
| Robert Livingston | 0% | ||||
| OK | U.S. House | 3 | Frank Lucas | Republican | 0% |
| Don Manzullo | 0% | ||||
| Bill McCollum | 0% | ||||
| James McCrery III | 0% | ||||
| John McHugh | 0% | ||||
| Scott McInnis | 0% | ||||
| David McIntosh | 0% | ||||
| CA | U.S. House | 25 | Buck McKeon | Republican | 0% |
| Jack Metcalf | 0% | ||||
| FL | U.S. House | 7 | John Mica | Republican | 0% |
| Sue Myrick | 0% | ||||
| George Nethercutt, Jr. | 0% | ||||
| Charles Norwood, Jr. | 0% | ||||
| Michael Oxley | 0% | ||||
| Ronald Packard | 0% | ||||
| William Paxon | 0% | ||||
| Richard Pombo | 0% | ||||
| OH | U.S. Senate | Jr | Rob Portman | Republican | 0% |
| George Radanovich | 0% | ||||
| KS | U.S. Senate | Sr | Pat Roberts | Republican | 0% |
| KY | U.S. House | 5 | Hal Rogers | Republican | 0% |
| CA | U.S. House | 48 | Dana Rohrabacher | Republican | 0% |
| AZ | U.S. House | 5 | Matthew Salmon | Republican | 0% |
| SC | U.S. House | 1 | Mark Sanford, Jr. | Republican | 0% |
| Joe Scarborough | 0% | ||||
| Daniel Schaefer | 0% | ||||
| John Shadegg | 0% | ||||
| E. Clay Shaw, Jr. | 0% | ||||
| AL | U.S. Senate | Sr | Richard Shelby | Republican | 0% |
| E.G. Shuster | 0% | ||||
| Joseph Skeen | 0% | ||||
| TX | U.S. House | 21 | Lamar Smith | Republican | 0% |
| Linda Smith | 0% | ||||
| Bob Smith | 0% | ||||
| Gerald B.H. Solomon | 0% | ||||
| Mark Souder | 0% | ||||
| Floyd Spence | 0% | ||||
| Bob Stump | 0% | ||||
| James Talent | 0% | ||||
| William Tauzin | 0% | ||||
| Charles Taylor | 0% | ||||
| Todd Tiahrt | 0% | ||||
| James Walsh | 0% | ||||
| Zach Wamp | 0% | ||||
| Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. | 0% | ||||
| David Weldon | 0% | ||||
| Rick White | 0% | ||||
| MS | U.S. Senate | Jr | Roger Wicker | Republican | 0% |
| VA | U.S. House | 10 | Frank Wolf | Republican | 0% |
| AK | U.S. House | At-Large | Don Young | Republican | 0% |
How to Interpret these Evaluations
Keep in mind that ratings done by special interest groups often do not represent a non-partisan stance. In addition, some groups select votes that tend to favor members of one political party over another, rather than choosing votes based solely on issues concerns. Nevertheless, they can be invaluable in showing where an incumbent has stood on a series of votes in the past one or two years, especially when ratings by groups on all sides of an issue are compared. Website links, if available, and descriptions of the organizations offering performance evaluations are accessible by clicking on the name of the group.
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