Rating Group: National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare
1999 Positions
| State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AL | U.S. Senate-Sr | Richard Shelby | R | 17% |
| AL | U.S. Senate-Jr | Jeff Sessions III | R | 17% |
| AZ | U.S. Senate-Sr | John McCain III | R | 27% |
| CA | U.S. Senate-Sr | Dianne Feinstein | D | 100% |
| CA | U.S. Senate-Jr | Barbara Boxer | D | 100% |
| IA | U.S. Senate-Sr | Chuck Grassley | R | 23% |
| IA | U.S. Senate-Jr | Tom Harkin | D | 100% |
| ID | U.S. Senate-Sr | Mike Crapo | R | 23% |
| IL | U.S. Senate-Sr | Dick Durbin | D | 100% |
| KS | U.S. Senate-Sr | Pat Roberts | R | 23% |
| KS | Governor | Sam Brownback | R | 23% |
| KY | U.S. Senate-Sr | Mitch McConnell | R | 23% |
| LA | U.S. Senate-Sr | Mary Landrieu | D | 100% |
| MD | U.S. Senate-Sr | Barbara Mikulski | D | 100% |
| ME | U.S. Senate-Sr | Susan Collins | R | 23% |
| MI | U.S. Senate-Sr | Carl Levin | D | 100% |
| MS | U.S. Senate-Sr | Thad Cochran | R | 23% |
| MT | U.S. Senate-Sr | Max Baucus | D | 100% |
| NA | Vice President | Joe Biden, Jr. | D | 100% |
| NA | U.S. Secretary of Defense | Charles Hagel | R | 23% |
| NA | U.S. Secretary of State | John Kerry | D | 100% |
| NJ | U.S. Senate-Sr | Frank Lautenberg | D | 100% |
| NV | U.S. Senate-Sr | Harry Reid | D | 100% |
| NY | U.S. Senate-Sr | Chuck Schumer | D | 100% |
| OH | Attorney General | Michael DeWine | R | 31% |
| OK | U.S. Senate-Sr | Jim Inhofe | R | 23% |
| OR | U.S. Senate-Sr | Ron Wyden | D | 100% |
| RI | U.S. Senate-Sr | Jack Reed | D | 100% |
| RI | Governor | Linc Chafee | I | 80% |
| SD | U.S. Senate-Sr | Timothy Johnson | D | 100% |
| UT | U.S. Senate-Sr | Orrin Hatch | R | 17% |
| VT | U.S. Senate-Sr | Patrick Leahy | D | 100% |
| WA | U.S. Senate-Sr | Patty Murray | D | 100% |
| WV | U.S. Senate-Sr | Jay Rockefeller IV | D | 100% |
| WY | U.S. Senate-Sr | Mike Enzi | R | 23% |
| Edmond Spencer Abraham | Other | 31% | ||
| Daniel Akaka, Sr. | Other | 100% | ||
| Wayne Allard | Other | 23% | ||
| John Ashcroft | Other | 23% | ||
| Evan Bayh | Other | 100% | ||
| Bob Bennett | Other | 23% | ||
| Jeff Bingaman | Other | 100% | ||
| Kit Bond | Other | 17% | ||
| John Breaux | Other | 77% | ||
| Richard Bryan | Other | 100% | ||
| Jim Bunning | Other | 23% | ||
| Conrad Burns | Other | 31% | ||
| Robert Byrd | Other | 100% | ||
| Ben Campbell | Other | 25% | ||
| Joseph Maxwell Cleland | Other | 100% | ||
| Kent Conrad | Other | 100% | ||
| Larry Craig | Other | 23% | ||
| Thomas Daschle | Other | 100% | ||
| Chris Dodd | Other | 100% | ||
| Pete Domenici, Jr. | Other | 17% | ||
| Byron Dorgan | Other | 100% | ||
| John Edwards | Other | 100% | ||
| Russ Feingold | Other | 100% | ||
| Peter Fitzgerald | Other | 38% | ||
| William Frist | Other | 23% | ||
| Slade Gorton | Other | 23% | ||
| Daniel Graham | Other | 100% | ||
| William Phillip Gramm | Other | 23% | ||
| Rodney Grams | Other | 23% | ||
| Judd Gregg | Other | 23% | ||
| Jesse Helms | Other | 23% | ||
| Ernest Hollings | Other | 100% | ||
| Y. Tim Hutchinson | Other | 25% | ||
| Kay Hutchison | Other | 23% | ||
| Daniel Inouye | Other | 100% | ||
| James Merrill Jeffords | Other | 31% | ||
| Edward Kennedy, Sr. | Other | 100% | ||
| Bob Kerrey | Other | 23% | ||
| Herb Kohl | Other | 100% | ||
| Jon Kyl | Other | 23% | ||
| Joe Lieberman | Other | 100% | ||
| Blanche Lincoln | Other | 100% | ||
| Trent Lott, Sr. | Other | 23% | ||
| Dick Lugar | Other | 27% | ||
| Connie Mack | Other | 23% | ||
| Patrick Moynihan | Other | 100% | ||
| Frank Murkowski | Other | 23% | ||
| Don Nickles | Other | 23% | ||
| Charles Robb | Other | 100% | ||
| William Roth, Jr. | Other | 25% | ||
| Rick Santorum | Other | 23% | ||
| Paul Sarbanes | Other | 100% | ||
| Gordon Smith | Other | 23% | ||
| Bob Smith | Other | 23% | ||
| Olympia Snowe | Other | 23% | ||
| Arlen Specter | Other | 46% | ||
| Ted Stevens | Other | 23% | ||
| Craig Thomas | Other | 23% | ||
| Fred Thompson | Other | 23% | ||
| Strom Thurmond | Other | 23% | ||
| Robert Torricelli | Other | 100% | ||
| George Voinovich | Other | 23% | ||
| John Warner | Other | 23% | ||
| Paul Wellstone | Other | 100% |
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