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State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
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AK | U.S. Senate - Sr | Lisa Murkowski | Republican | 7 |
AL | U.S. House - 3 | Mike Rogers | Republican | 25 |
AL | U.S. House - 4 | Robert Aderholt | Republican | 17 |
AR | U.S. Senate - Sr | John Boozman | Republican | 17 |
CA | U.S. House - 41 | Ken Calvert | Republican | 25 |
CA | U.S. House - 48 | Darrell Issa | Republican | 17 |
FL | U.S. House - 26 | Mario Diaz-Balart | Republican | 33 |
IA | U.S. Senate - Sr | Chuck Grassley | Republican | 0 |
ID | U.S. Senate - Sr | Mike Crapo | Republican | 0 |
ID | U.S. House - 2 | Mike Simpson | Republican | 25 |
KS | U.S. Senate - Sr | Jerry Moran | Republican | 25 |
KY | U.S. Senate - Sr | Mitch McConnell, Jr. | Republican | 0 |
KY | U.S. House - 5 | Hal Rogers | Republican | 25 |
ME | U.S. Senate - Sr | Susan Collins | Republican | 79 |
MO | U.S. House - 6 | Sam Graves | Republican | 17 |
MS | U.S. Senate - Sr | Roger Wicker | Republican | 17 |
NC | U.S. House - 5 | Virginia Foxx | Republican | 25 |
NC | U.S. House - 10 | Patrick McHenry | Republican | 17 |
NJ | U.S. House - 4 | Chris Smith | Republican | 92 |
OH | U.S. House - 10 | Mike Turner | Republican | 17 |
OH | State House - 62 | Jean Schmidt | Republican | 25 |
OK | U.S. House - 3 | Frank Lucas | Republican | 17 |
OK | U.S. House - 4 | Tom Cole | Republican | 25 |
SC | U.S. Senate - Sr | Lindsey Graham | Republican | 29 |
SD | U.S. Senate - Sr | John Thune | Republican | 0 |
TN | U.S. Senate - Sr | Marsha Blackburn | Republican | 17 |
TX | U.S. Senate - Sr | John Cornyn | Republican | 0 |
TX | U.S. House - 10 | Michael McCaul | Republican | 25 |
TX | U.S. House - 12 | Kay Granger | Republican | 17 |
TX | U.S. House - 17 | Pete Sessions | Republican | 17 |
TX | U.S. House - 26 | Michael Burgess | Republican | 17 |
TX | U.S. House - 31 | John Carter | Republican | 17 |
WA | U.S. House - 5 | Cathy Rodgers | Republican | 17 |
WV | U.S. Senate - Jr | Shelley Capito | Republican | 42 |
Todd Akin | 25 | |||
Lamar Alexander | 14 | |||
Rodney Alexander | 17 | |||
Wayne Allard | 21 | |||
Spencer Bachus | 17 | |||
Richard Hugh Baker | 17 | |||
J. Gresham Barrett | 25 | |||
Roscoe Bartlett | 67 | |||
Joe Barton | 8 | |||
Bob Bennett | 0 | |||
Judy Biggert | 67 | |||
Brian Bilbray | 40 | |||
Rob Bishop | 17 | |||
Roy Blunt | 17 | |||
John Boehner | 17 | |||
Kit Bond | 0 | |||
Jo Bonner, Jr. | 42 | |||
Mary Bono Mack | 38 | |||
Charles Boustany, Jr. | 0 | |||
Kevin Brady | 17 | |||
Henry Brown, Jr. | 25 | |||
Ginny Brown-Waite | 42 | |||
Sam Brownback | 29 | |||
Jim Bunning | 0 | |||
Richard Burr | 0 | |||
Dan Burton | 0 | |||
Steve Buyer | 17 | |||
Dave Camp | 17 | |||
John Campbell III | 42 | |||
Chris Cannon | 17 | |||
Eric Cantor | 25 | |||
Mike Castle | 100 | |||
Steve Chabot | 25 | |||
Saxby Chambliss | 0 | |||
Howard Coble | 25 | |||
Thomas Coburn | 29 | |||
Thad Cochran | 0 | |||
Norm Coleman | 29 | |||
Mike Conaway | 17 | |||
Larry Craig | 0 | |||
Ander Crenshaw | 25 | |||
Barbara Cubin | 0 | |||
John Culberson | 17 | |||
Geoff Davis | 17 | |||
Jo Ann Davis | 50 | |||
Thomas Davis III | 67 | |||
James DeMint | 14 | |||
Nathan Deal | 17 | |||
Charlie Dent | 33 | |||
Lincoln Diaz-Balart | 33 | |||
Elizabeth Dole | 0 | |||
Pete Domenici, Jr. | -7 | |||
John Doolittle | 17 | |||
Thelma Drake | 25 | |||
David Dreier | 25 | |||
John Duncan, Jr. | 25 | |||
Vern Ehlers | 83 | |||
Jo Ann Emerson | 25 | |||
Philip English | 33 | |||
John Ensign | 64 | |||
Mike Enzi | 0 | |||
Terry Everett | 25 | |||
Tom Feeney | 25 | |||
Michael Ferguson | 100 | |||
Jeff Flake | 0 | |||
Randy Forbes | 25 |