| State | Office | District | Name | Party | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Ackerman | 100% | ||||
| Daniel Akaka, Sr. | 100% | ||||
| NJ | U.S. House | 1 | Rob Andrews | Democratic | 100% |
| Henry Scott Baesler | 100% | ||||
| John Baldacci | 100% | ||||
| James Barcia | 100% | ||||
| WI | Mayor | At-Large | Tom Barrett | Democratic | 100% |
| MT | U.S. Senate | Sr | Max Baucus | Democratic | 100% |
| CA | U.S. House | 34 | Xavier Becerra | Democratic | 100% |
| Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. | 100% | ||||
| Howard Berman | 100% | ||||
| NA | Vice President | Joe Biden, Jr. | Democratic | 100% | |
| Jeff Bingaman | 100% | ||||
| GA | U.S. House | 2 | Sanford Bishop, Jr. | Democratic | 100% |
| OR | U.S. House | 3 | Earl Blumenauer | Democratic | 100% |
| David Edward Bonior | 100% | ||||
| Robert Borski, Jr. | 100% | ||||
| CA | U.S. Senate | Jr | Barbara Boxer | Democratic | 100% |
| John Breaux | 100% | ||||
| FL | U.S. House | 5 | Corrine Brown | Democratic | 100% |
| George Brown, Jr. | 100% | ||||
| OH | U.S. Senate | Sr | Sherrod Brown | Democratic | 100% |
| Richard Bryan | 100% | ||||
| Dale Bumpers | 100% | ||||
| Robert Byrd | 100% | ||||
| Ben Campbell | 100% | ||||
| MD | U.S. Senate | Jr | Ben Cardin | Democratic | 100% |
| William Clay, Sr. | 100% | ||||
| Eva Clayton | 100% | ||||
| SC | U.S. House | 6 | Jim Clyburn | Democratic | 100% |
| Gary Condit | 100% | ||||
| Kent Conrad | 100% | ||||
| MI | U.S. House | 13 | John Conyers, Jr. | Democratic | 100% |
| Jerry Costello | 100% | ||||
| William Coyne | 100% | ||||
| Robert Cramer | 100% | ||||
| MD | U.S. House | 7 | Elijah Cummings | Democratic | 100% |
| Patsy Ann Danner | 100% | ||||
| Thomas Daschle | 100% | ||||
| OR | U.S. House | 4 | Peter DeFazio | Democratic | 100% |
| Peter Deutsch | 100% | ||||
| Norm Dicks | 100% | ||||
| MI | U.S. House | 12 | John Dingell | Democratic | 100% |
| Julian Dixon | 100% | ||||
| Chris Dodd | 100% | ||||
| TX | U.S. House | 35 | Lloyd Doggett | Democratic | 100% |
| Byron Dorgan | 100% | ||||
| PA | U.S. House | 14 | Mike Doyle, Jr. | Democratic | 100% |
| Chet Edwards | 100% | ||||
| NY | U.S. House | 16 | Eliot Engel | Democratic | 100% |
| CA | U.S. House | 18 | Anna Eshoo | Democratic | 100% |
| CA | U.S. House | 20 | Sam Farr | Democratic | 100% |
| PA | U.S. House | 2 | Chaka Fattah, Sr. | Democratic | 100% |
| Victor Fazio | 100% | ||||
| Russ Feingold | 100% | ||||
| CA | U.S. Senate | Sr | Dianne Feinstein | Democratic | 100% |
| CA | Mayor | At-Large | Bob Filner | Democratic | 100% |
| Thomas Foglietta | 100% | ||||
| Wendell Ford | 100% | ||||
| Barney Frank | 100% | ||||
| Jonas Frost III | 100% | ||||
| Elizabeth Furse | 100% | ||||
| Sam Gejdenson | 100% | ||||
| Richard Andrew Gephardt | 100% | ||||
| John Glenn | 100% | ||||
| Henry Gonzalez | 100% | ||||
| Daniel Graham | 100% | ||||
| TX | U.S. House | 29 | Gene Green | Democratic | 100% |
| IL | U.S. House | 4 | Luis Gutierrez | Democratic | 100% |
| Lee Hamilton | 100% | ||||
| IA | U.S. Senate | Jr | Tom Harkin | Democratic | 100% |
| FL | U.S. House | 20 | Alcee Hastings, Sr. | Democratic | 100% |
| W.G. Hefner | 100% | ||||
| Earl Hilliard, Jr. | 100% | ||||
| Maurice Hinchey | 100% | ||||
| Thomas Holden | 100% | ||||
| MD | U.S. House | 5 | Steny Hoyer | Democratic | 100% |
| Daniel Inouye | 100% | ||||
| Jesse Jackson, Jr. | 100% | ||||
| TX | U.S. House | 18 | Sheila Jackson Lee | Democratic | 100% |
| William Jefferson | 100% | ||||
| TX | U.S. House | 30 | Eddie Johnson | Democratic | 100% |
| SD | U.S. Senate | Sr | Timothy Johnson | Democratic | 100% |
| Paul Kanjorski | 100% | ||||
| Edward Kennedy, Sr. | 100% | ||||
| Joseph Kennedy II | 100% | ||||
| Patrick Kennedy | 100% | ||||
| Barbara Bailey Kennelly | 100% | ||||
| Bob Kerrey | 100% | ||||
| NA | U.S. Secretary of State | John Kerry | Democratic | 100% | |
| Dale Kildee | 100% | ||||
| Gerald Kleczka | 100% | ||||
| Ronald Klink | 100% | ||||
| Herb Kohl | 100% | ||||
| John LaFalce | 100% | ||||
| Tom Lantos | 100% | ||||
| Frank Lautenberg | 100% | ||||
| VT | U.S. Senate | Sr | Patrick Leahy | Democratic | 100% |
| MI | U.S. House | 9 | Sandy Levin | Democratic | 100% |
| GA | U.S. House | 5 | John Lewis | Democratic | 100% |
| Joe Lieberman | 100% | ||||
| William Lipinski | 100% | ||||
| CA | U.S. House | 19 | Zoe Lofgren | Democratic | 100% |
| NY | U.S. House | 17 | Nita Lowey | Democratic | 100% |
| William Luther | 100% | ||||
| NY | U.S. House | 12 | Carolyn Maloney | Democratic | 100% |
| Thomas Manton | 100% | ||||
| MA | U.S. House | 5 | Ed Markey | Democratic | 100% |
| Frank Mascara | 100% | ||||
| Robert Matsui | 100% | ||||
| Karen McCarthy | 100% | ||||
| WA | U.S. House | 7 | Jim McDermott | Democratic | 100% |
| Paul McHale | 100% | ||||
| Michael McNulty | 100% | ||||
| Martin Meehan | 100% | ||||
| Carrie Meek | 100% | ||||
| NJ | U.S. Senate | Sr | Bob Menendez | Democratic | 100% |
| MD | U.S. Senate | Sr | Barbara Mikulski | Democratic | 100% |
| Juanita Millender-McDonald | 100% | ||||
| CA | U.S. House | 11 | George Miller | Democratic | 100% |
| John Moakley | 100% | ||||
| Alan Mollohan | 100% | ||||
| VA | U.S. House | 8 | Jim Moran, Jr. | Democratic | 100% |
| Carol Moseley Braun | 100% | ||||
| Patrick Moynihan | 100% | ||||
| WA | U.S. Senate | Sr | Patty Murray | Democratic | 100% |
| Jack Murtha | 100% | ||||
| NY | U.S. House | 10 | Jerry Nadler | Democratic | 100% |
| MA | U.S. House | 1 | Richard Neal | Democratic | 100% |
| Jim Oberstar | 100% | ||||
| Dave Obey | 100% | ||||
| John Olver | 100% | ||||
| Major Owens | 100% | ||||
| NJ | U.S. House | 6 | Frank Pallone, Jr. | Democratic | 100% |
| AZ | U.S. House | 7 | Ed Pastor | Democratic | 100% |
| Donald Payne | 100% | ||||
| CA | U.S. House | 12 | Nancy Pelosi | Democratic | 100% |
| Earl Pomeroy | 100% | ||||
| Jack Quinn | 100% | ||||
| WV | U.S. House | 3 | Nick Rahall II | Democratic | 100% |
| NY | U.S. House | 13 | Charlie Rangel | Democratic | 100% |
| RI | U.S. Senate | Sr | Jack Reed | Democratic | 100% |
| NV | U.S. Senate | Sr | Harry Reid | Democratic | 100% |
| Lynn Nancy Rivers | 100% | ||||
| WV | U.S. Senate | Sr | Jay Rockefeller IV | Democratic | 100% |
| Timothy Roemer | 100% | ||||
| CA | U.S. House | 40 | Lucille Roybal-Allard | Democratic | 100% |
| Martin Olav Sabo | 100% | ||||
| VT | U.S. Senate | Jr | Bernie Sanders | Independent | 100% |
| Paul Sarbanes | 100% | ||||
| OH | State Senate | 28 | Thomas Sawyer | Democratic | 100% |
| NY | U.S. Senate | Sr | Chuck Schumer | Democratic | 100% |
| VA | U.S. House | 3 | Bobby Scott | Democratic | 100% |
| NY | U.S. House | 15 | José Serrano | Democratic | 100% |
| Ike Skelton | 100% | ||||
| NY | U.S. House | 25 | Louise Slaughter | Democratic | 100% |
| John Spratt, Jr. | 100% | ||||
| Pete Stark | 100% | ||||
| Louis Stokes | 100% | ||||
| Bart Stupak | 100% | ||||
| MS | U.S. House | 2 | Bennie Thompson | Democratic | 100% |
| Karen Thurman | 100% | ||||
| Esteban Edward Torres | 100% | ||||
| Ed Towns | 100% | ||||
| James Traficant, Jr. | 100% | ||||
| Bruce Vento | 100% | ||||
| IN | U.S. House | 1 | Pete Visclosky | Democratic | 100% |
| CA | U.S. House | 43 | Maxine Waters | Democratic | 100% |
| NC | U.S. House | 12 | Mel Watt | Democratic | 100% |
| CA | U.S. House | 33 | Henry Waxman | Democratic | 100% |
| Paul Wellstone | 100% | ||||
| Bob Wise, Jr. | 100% | ||||
| Lynn Woolsey | 100% | ||||
| OR | U.S. Senate | Sr | Ron Wyden | Democratic | 100% |
| Albert Wynn | 100% | ||||
| Sidney Yates | 100% | ||||
| HI | Governor | Neil Abercrombie | Democratic | 92% | |
| Rick Boucher | 92% | ||||
| Robert Clement | 92% | ||||
| IL | U.S. Senate | Sr | Dick Durbin | Democratic | 92% |
| Bart Gordon | 92% | ||||
| OH | U.S. House | 9 | Marcy Kaptur | Democratic | 92% |
| Patsy Takemoto Mink | 92% | ||||
| Glenn Poshard | 92% | ||||
| IL | U.S. House | 1 | Bobby Rush | Democratic | 92% |
| Tony Hall | 90% | ||||
| Solomon Ortiz, Sr. | 90% | ||||
| Sherwood Boehlert | 85% | ||||
| John McHugh | 85% | ||||
| NJ | U.S. House | 4 | Chris Smith | Republican | 85% |
| NY | U.S. House | 2 | Pete King | Republican | 83% |
| Joseph McDade | 80% | ||||
| Lincoln Diaz-Balart | 77% | ||||
| Benjamin Gilman | 77% | ||||
| Jane Harman | 77% | ||||
| Ernest Hollings | 77% | ||||
| Stephen Horn | 77% | ||||
| Jack Metcalf | 77% | ||||
| David Minge | 77% | ||||
| MN | U.S. House | 7 | Collin Peterson | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 77% |
| Norman Sisisky | 70% | ||||
| Alfonse D'Amato | 69% | ||||
| Philip English | 69% | ||||
| Jon David Fox | 69% | ||||
| James Merrill Jeffords | 69% | ||||
| NJ | U.S. House | 2 | Frank LoBiondo | Republican | 69% |
| Constance Morella | 69% | ||||
| Arlen Specter | 69% | ||||
| John Tanner | 69% | ||||
| Gerald Weller | 69% | ||||
| AK | U.S. House | At-Large | Don Young | Republican | 69% |
| Amory Houghton, Jr. | 67% | ||||
| W. Curtis Weldon | 67% | ||||
| FL | U.S. House | 27 | Ileana Ros-Lehtinen | Republican | 64% |
| Nancy Johnson | 62% | ||||
| James Leach | 62% | ||||
| Marge Roukema | 62% | ||||
| Michael Patrick Forbes | 58% | ||||
| John Chafee | 54% | ||||
| Calvin Dooley | 54% | ||||
| Robert Franks | 54% | ||||
| Slade Gorton | 54% | ||||
| Christopher Shays | 54% | ||||
| Edmond Spencer Abraham | 46% | ||||
| OH | Attorney General | Michael DeWine | Republican | 46% | |
| Pete Domenici, Jr. | 46% | ||||
| Rodney Grams | 46% | ||||
| Ray LaHood | 46% | ||||
| KY | U.S. Senate | Sr | Mitch McConnell | Republican | 46% |
| Frank Murkowski | 46% | ||||
| William Roth, Jr. | 46% | ||||
| Rick Santorum | 46% | ||||
| Olympia Snowe | 46% | ||||
| Gerald B.H. Solomon | 46% | ||||
| Ted Stevens | 46% | ||||
| Gene Taylor | 46% | ||||
| Vern Ehlers | 38% | ||||
| James Walsh | 38% | ||||
| Rick Lazio | 33% | ||||
| Kit Bond | 31% | ||||
| James Greenwood | 31% | ||||
| Scott Klug | 31% | ||||
| Steve LaTourette | 31% | ||||
| Mark Neumann | 31% | ||||
| Robert William Ney | 31% | ||||
| WI | U.S. House | 6 | Tom Petri | Republican | 31% |
| Ralph Regula | 31% | ||||
| Frank Duncan Riggs | 31% | ||||
| Steven Schiff | 31% | ||||
| VA | U.S. House | 10 | Frank Wolf | Republican | 31% |
| John Ashcroft | 23% | ||||
| Thomas Campbell | 23% | ||||
| GA | Governor | Nathan Deal | Republican | 23% | |
| William Frist | 23% | ||||
| IA | U.S. Senate | Sr | Chuck Grassley | Republican | 23% |
| Judd Gregg | 23% | ||||
| Sue Kelly | 23% | ||||
| AL | U.S. Senate | Sr | Richard Shelby | Republican | 23% |
| Charles Stenholm | 23% | ||||
| Fred Thompson | 23% | ||||
| Strom Thurmond | 23% | ||||
| John Warner | 23% | ||||
| Owen Pickett | 15% | ||||
| James Ramstad | 15% | ||||
| FL | U.S. House | 13 | Bill Young | Republican | 14% |
| Jennifer Dunn | 11% | ||||
| GA | U.S. House | 1 | Jack Kingston | Republican | 10% |
| AL | U.S. House | 6 | Spencer Bachus | Republican | 8% |
| Charlie Bass | 8% | ||||
| Herbert Bateman | 8% | ||||
| Douglas Bereuter | 8% | ||||
| Michael Bilirakis | 8% | ||||
| Henry Bonilla | 8% | ||||
| Herbert Callahan | 8% | ||||
| CA | U.S. House | 42 | Ken Calvert | Republican | 8% |
| Mike Castle | 8% | ||||
| OH | U.S. House | 1 | Steve Chabot | Republican | 8% |
| Helen Chenoweth-Hage | 8% | ||||
| Christopher Cox | 8% | ||||
| Randall Cunningham | 8% | ||||
| Thomas Davis III | 8% | ||||
| TN | U.S. House | 2 | John Duncan, Jr. | Republican | 8% |
| Bob Ehrlich, Jr. | 8% | ||||
| John Ensign | 8% | ||||
| Terry Everett | 8% | ||||
| NJ | U.S. House | 11 | Rodney Frelinghuysen | Republican | 8% |
| Elton Gallegly | 8% | ||||
| John Ganske | 8% | ||||
| Paul Gillmor | 8% | ||||
| William Goodling | 8% | ||||
| TX | U.S. House | 4 | Ralph Hall | Republican | 8% |
| David Lee Hobson | 8% | ||||
| Ernest Istook, Jr. | 8% | ||||
| TX | U.S. House | 3 | Sam Johnson | Republican | 8% |
| OH | Governor | John Kasich | Republican | 8% | |
| Don Manzullo | 8% | ||||
| William Paxon | 8% | ||||
| John Edward Porter | 8% | ||||
| Deborah Pryce | 8% | ||||
| CA | U.S. House | 48 | Dana Rohrabacher | Republican | 8% |
| CA | U.S. House | 39 | Ed Royce | Republican | 8% |
| Jim Saxton | 8% | ||||
| Joe Scarborough | 8% | ||||
| WI | U.S. House | 5 | Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. | Republican | 8% |
| E. Clay Shaw, Jr. | 8% | ||||
| Linda Smith | 8% | ||||
| Cliff Stearns | 8% | ||||
| James Talent | 8% | ||||
| William Thomas | 8% | ||||
| Todd Tiahrt | 8% | ||||
| Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. | 8% | ||||
| KY | U.S. House | 1 | Ed Whitfield | Republican | 8% |
| Wayne Allard | 0% | ||||
| Bill Archer | 0% | ||||
| Richard Armey | 0% | ||||
| Richard Hugh Baker | 0% | ||||
| Cass Ballenger | 0% | ||||
| Robert Barr, Jr. | 0% | ||||
| Bill Barrett | 0% | ||||
| TX | U.S. House | 6 | Joe Barton | Republican | 0% |
| Bob Bennett | 0% | ||||
| Brian Bilbray | 0% | ||||
| Thomas Bliley, Jr. | 0% | ||||
| OH | U.S. House | 8 | John Boehner | Republican | 0% |
| KS | Governor | Sam Brownback | Republican | 0% | |
| Ed Bryant | 0% | ||||
| Jim Bunning | 0% | ||||
| Conrad Burns | 0% | ||||
| NC | U.S. Senate | Sr | Richard Burr | Republican | 0% |
| Dan Burton | 0% | ||||
| Steve Buyer | 0% | ||||
| MI | U.S. House | 4 | Dave Camp | Republican | 0% |
| FL | Justice of the Supreme Court | Charles Canady | 0% | ||
| GA | U.S. Senate | Sr | Saxby Chambliss | Republican | 0% |
| Jon Lynn Christensen | 0% | ||||
| IN | U.S. Senate | Sr | Daniel Coats | Republican | 0% |
| NC | U.S. House | 6 | Howard Coble | Republican | 0% |
| OK | U.S. Senate | Jr | Thomas Coburn | Republican | 0% |
| MS | U.S. Senate | Sr | Thad Cochran | Republican | 0% |
| Michael Collins | 0% | ||||
| Larry Combest | 0% | ||||
| Paul Coverdell | 0% | ||||
| Larry Craig | 0% | ||||
| Philip Crane | 0% | ||||
| Barbara Cubin | 0% | ||||
| Thomas DeLay | 0% | ||||
| Jay Dickey | 0% | ||||
| John Doolittle | 0% | ||||
| David Dreier | 0% | ||||
| Thomas Ewing | 0% | ||||
| Duncan McLauchlin Faircloth | 0% | ||||
| Harris Fawell | 0% | ||||
| Mark Foley | 0% | ||||
| Tillie Fowler | 0% | ||||
| George Gekas | 0% | ||||
| Wayne Gilchrest | 0% | ||||
| Newt Gingrich | 0% | ||||
| VA | U.S. House | 6 | Bob Goodlatte | Republican | 0% |
| SC | U.S. Senate | Sr | Lindsey Graham | Republican | 0% |
| William Phillip Gramm | 0% | ||||
| Gilbert Gutknecht | 0% | ||||
| James Hansen | 0% | ||||
| J. Dennis Hastert | 0% | ||||
| WA | U.S. House | 4 | Doc Hastings | Republican | 0% |
| UT | U.S. Senate | Sr | Orrin Hatch | Republican | 0% |
| J.D. Hayworth, Jr. | 0% | ||||
| Joel Hefley | 0% | ||||
| Jesse Helms | 0% | ||||
| Wally Herger, Jr. | 0% | ||||
| Van Hilleary | 0% | ||||
| Pete Hoekstra | 0% | ||||
| John Nathan Hostettler | 0% | ||||
| Duncan Hunter | 0% | ||||
| Asa Hutchinson | 0% | ||||
| Y. Tim Hutchinson | 0% | ||||
| Kay Hutchison | 0% | ||||
| Henry Hyde | 0% | ||||
| Bob Inglis, Sr. | 0% | ||||
| OK | U.S. Senate | Sr | Jim Inhofe | Republican | 0% |
| NC | U.S. House | 3 | Walter Jones, Jr. | Republican | 0% |
| Dirk Kempthorne | 0% | ||||
| Jay Kim | 0% | ||||
| Joseph Knollenberg | 0% | ||||
| James Kolbe | 0% | ||||
| Jon Kyl | 0% | ||||
| Stephen Largent | 0% | ||||
| IA | U.S. House | 3 | Tom Latham | Republican | 0% |
| Jerry Lewis | 0% | ||||
| Ron Lewis | 0% | ||||
| Robert Livingston | 0% | ||||
| Trent Lott, Sr. | 0% | ||||
| OK | U.S. House | 3 | Frank Lucas | Republican | 0% |
| Dick Lugar | 0% | ||||
| Connie Mack | 0% | ||||
| AZ | U.S. Senate | Sr | John McCain III | Republican | 0% |
| Bill McCollum | 0% | ||||
| James McCrery III | 0% | ||||
| Scott McInnis | 0% | ||||
| David McIntosh | 0% | ||||
| CA | U.S. House | 25 | Buck McKeon | Republican | 0% |
| FL | U.S. House | 7 | John Mica | Republican | 0% |
| Dan Miller | 0% | ||||
| Sue Myrick | 0% | ||||
| George Nethercutt, Jr. | 0% | ||||
| Don Nickles | 0% | ||||
| Charles Norwood, Jr. | 0% | ||||
| James Nussle | 0% | ||||
| Michael Oxley | 0% | ||||
| Ronald Packard | 0% | ||||
| Mike Parker | 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% |
| AZ | U.S. House | 5 | Matthew Salmon | Republican | 0% |
| Daniel Schaefer | 0% | ||||
| John Shadegg | 0% | ||||
| E.G. Shuster | 0% | ||||
| Joseph Skeen | 0% | ||||
| TX | U.S. House | 21 | Lamar Smith | Republican | 0% |
| Bob Smith | 0% | ||||
| Mark Souder | 0% | ||||
| Floyd Spence | 0% | ||||
| Bob Stump | 0% | ||||
| William Tauzin | 0% | ||||
| Charles Taylor | 0% | ||||
| Craig Thomas | 0% | ||||
| TX | U.S. House | 13 | Mac Thornberry | Republican | 0% |
| MI | U.S. House | 6 | Fred Upton | Republican | 0% |
| Zach Wamp | 0% | ||||
| David Weldon | 0% | ||||
| MS | U.S. Senate | Jr | Roger Wicker | Republican | 0% |
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