Rating Group: United States Chamber of Commerce

2007 Positions

State Office Name Party Rating
AK U.S. Senate-Sr Lisa Murkowski R 91%
AK U.S. House-At-Large Don Young R 88%
AL U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Shelby R 73%
AL U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Sessions III R 40%
AL U.S. House-1 Jo Bonner, Jr. R 85%
AL U.S. House-3 Mike Rogers R 90%
AL U.S. House-4 Robert Aderholt R 79%
AL U.S. House-6 Spencer Bachus R 79%
AR U.S. Senate-Sr Mark Pryor D 45%
AR U.S. Senate-Jr John Boozman R 90%
AZ U.S. Senate-Sr John McCain III R 100%
AZ U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Flake R 68%
AZ U.S. House-3 Raúl Grijalva D 50%
AZ U.S. House-7 Ed Pastor D 47%
AZ U.S. House-8 Trent Franks R 70%
CA U.S. Senate-Sr Dianne Feinstein D 45%
CA U.S. Senate-Jr Barbara Boxer D 33%
CA U.S. House-5 Mike Thompson D 55%
CA U.S. House-6 Doris Matsui D 55%
CA U.S. House-9 Jerry McNerney D 50%
CA U.S. House-11 George Miller D 42%
CA U.S. House-12 Nancy Pelosi D 22%
CA U.S. House-13 Barbara Lee D 45%
CA U.S. House-16 Jim Costa D 65%
CA U.S. House-17 Mike Honda D 58%
CA U.S. House-18 Anna Eshoo D 55%
CA U.S. House-19 Zoe Lofgren D 55%
CA U.S. House-20 Sam Farr D 55%
CA U.S. House-22 Devin Nunes R 79%
CA U.S. House-23 Kevin McCarthy R 85%
CA U.S. House-24 Lois Capps D 55%
CA U.S. House-25 Buck McKeon R 80%
CA U.S. House-28 Adam Schiff D 60%
CA U.S. House-30 Brad Sherman D 50%
CA U.S. House-31 Gary Miller R 89%
CA U.S. House-32 Grace Napolitano D 45%
CA U.S. House-33 Henry Waxman D 53%
CA U.S. House-38 Linda Sánchez D 55%
CA U.S. House-39 Ed Royce R 70%
CA U.S. House-40 Lucille Roybal-Allard D 55%
CA U.S. House-42 Ken Calvert R 89%
CA U.S. House-43 Maxine Waters D 42%
CA U.S. House-45 John Campbell III R 70%
CA U.S. House-46 Loretta Sanchez D 60%
CA U.S. House-48 Dana Rohrabacher R 75%
CA U.S. House-49 Darrell Issa R 74%
CA U.S. House-53 Susan Davis D 55%
CA Mayor-At-Large Bob Filner D 45%
CO U.S. Senate-Sr Mark Udall D 60%
CO U.S. House-1 Diana DeGette D 55%
CO U.S. House-5 Doug Lamborn R 70%
CO U.S. House-7 Ed Perlmutter D 60%
CO Commissioner of Agriculture John Salazar N/A 60%
CT U.S. Senate-Jr Chris Murphy D 50%
CT U.S. House-1 John Larson D 55%
CT U.S. House-2 Joe Courtney D 50%
CT U.S. House-3 Rosa DeLauro D 45%
DE U.S. Senate-Sr Tom Carper D 55%
FL U.S. Senate-Sr William Nelson, Sr. D 45%
FL U.S. House-1 Jefferson Miller R 58%
FL U.S. House-4 Ander Crenshaw R 87%
FL U.S. House-5 Corrine Brown D 60%
FL U.S. House-7 John Mica R 89%
FL U.S. House-12 Gus Bilirakis R 90%
FL U.S. House-13 Bill Young R 90%
FL U.S. House-14 Kathy Castor D 55%
FL U.S. House-16 Vern Buchanan R 85%
FL U.S. House-20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. D 50%
FL U.S. House-23 Debbie Wasserman Schultz D 55%
FL U.S. House-25 Mario Diaz-Balart R 89%
FL U.S. House-27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R 90%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam R 80%
GA U.S. Senate-Sr Saxby Chambliss R 82%
GA U.S. Senate-Jr Johnny Isakson R 82%
GA U.S. House-1 Jack Kingston R 65%
GA U.S. House-2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. D 70%
GA U.S. House-3 Lynn Westmoreland R 72%
GA U.S. House-4 Hank Johnson, Jr. D 47%
GA U.S. House-5 John Lewis D 55%
GA U.S. House-6 Tom Price R 80%
GA U.S. House-10 Paul Broun R 64%
GA U.S. House-11 Phil Gingrey R 75%
GA U.S. House-12 John Barrow D 80%
GA U.S. House-13 David Scott D 65%
GA Governor Nathan Deal R 68%
HI U.S. Senate-Jr Mazie Hirono D 45%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie D 53%
IA U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Grassley R 64%
IA U.S. Senate-Jr Tom Harkin D 36%
IA U.S. House-1 Bruce Braley D 63%
IA U.S. House-2 Dave Loebsack D 58%
IA U.S. House-3 Tom Latham R 95%
IA U.S. House-4 Steve King R 75%
ID U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Crapo R 82%
ID U.S. House-2 Mike Simpson R 84%
IL U.S. Senate-Sr Dick Durbin D 45%
IL U.S. Senate-Jr Mark Kirk R 84%
IL U.S. House-1 Bobby Rush D 60%
IL U.S. House-3 Daniel Lipinski D 55%
IL U.S. House-4 Luis Gutierrez D 44%
IL U.S. House-6 Peter Roskam R 84%
IL U.S. House-7 Danny Davis D 55%
IL U.S. House-9 Jan Schakowsky D 50%
IL U.S. House-15 John Shimkus R 85%
IL Mayor-At-Large Rahm Emanuel D 58%
IN U.S. Senate-Jr Joe Donnelly, Sr. D 60%
IN U.S. House-1 Pete Visclosky D 50%
IN Governor Mike Pence R 74%
KS U.S. Senate-Sr Pat Roberts R 73%
KS U.S. Senate-Jr Jerry Moran R 80%
KS Governor Sam Brownback R 86%
KY U.S. Senate-Sr Mitch McConnell R 82%
KY U.S. House-1 Ed Whitfield R 90%
KY U.S. House-3 John Yarmuth D 53%
KY U.S. House-5 Hal Rogers R 90%
LA U.S. Senate-Sr Mary Landrieu D 73%
LA U.S. Senate-Jr David Vitter R 73%
LA U.S. House-3 Charles Boustany, Jr. R 84%
LA U.S. House-5 Rodney Alexander R 90%
MA U.S. House-1 Richard Neal D 55%
MA U.S. House-2 Jim McGovern D 50%
MA U.S. House-3 Niki Tsongas D 60%
MA U.S. House-5 Ed Markey D 58%
MA U.S. House-6 John Tierney D 50%
MA U.S. House-7 Mike Capuano D 50%
MA U.S. House-8 Stephen Lynch D 60%
MD U.S. Senate-Sr Barbara Mikulski D 55%
MD U.S. Senate-Jr Ben Cardin D 45%
MD U.S. House-2 Dutch Ruppersberger D 63%
MD U.S. House-3 John Sarbanes D 50%
MD U.S. House-5 Steny Hoyer D 55%
MD U.S. House-7 Elijah Cummings D 50%
MD U.S. House-8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. D 55%
ME U.S. Senate-Sr Susan Collins R 64%
ME U.S. House-2 Mike Michaud D 55%
MI U.S. Senate-Sr Carl Levin D 45%
MI U.S. Senate-Jr Debbie Stabenow D 27%
MI U.S. House-4 Dave Camp R 90%
MI U.S. House-6 Fred Upton R 100%
MI U.S. House-7 Tim Walberg R 90%
MI U.S. House-8 Mike Rogers R 90%
MI U.S. House-9 Sandy Levin D 56%
MI U.S. House-10 Candice Miller R 100%
MI U.S. House-12 John Dingell D 65%
MI U.S. House-13 John Conyers, Jr. D 50%
MN U.S. Senate-Sr Amy Klobuchar DFL 45%
MN U.S. House-1 Tim Walz DFL 60%
MN U.S. House-2 John Kline R 80%
MN U.S. House-4 Betty McCollum DFL 58%
MN U.S. House-5 Keith Ellison DFL 50%
MN U.S. House-6 Michele Bachmann R 75%
MN U.S. House-7 Collin Peterson DFL 60%
MO U.S. Senate-Sr Claire McCaskill D 9%
MO U.S. Senate-Jr Roy Blunt R 79%
MO U.S. House-1 Lacy Clay, Jr. D 61%
MO U.S. House-5 Emanuel Cleaver II D 55%
MO U.S. House-6 Sam Graves R 95%
MS U.S. Senate-Sr Thad Cochran R 82%
MS U.S. Senate-Jr Roger Wicker R 84%
MS U.S. House-2 Bennie Thompson D 50%
MT U.S. Senate-Sr Max Baucus D 55%
MT U.S. Senate-Jr Jon Tester D 30%
NA President Barack Obama II D 33%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. D 29%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel R 100%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry D 50%
NC U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Burr R 73%
NC U.S. House-1 G.K. Butterfield, Jr. D 58%
NC U.S. House-3 Walter Jones, Jr. R 79%
NC U.S. House-4 David Price D 55%
NC U.S. House-5 Virginia Foxx R 70%
NC U.S. House-6 Howard Coble R 88%
NC U.S. House-7 Mike McIntyre D 65%
NC U.S. House-10 Patrick McHenry R 75%
NC U.S. House-12 Mel Watt D 55%
NE U.S. House-1 Jeff Fortenberry R 90%
NE U.S. House-2 Lee Terry R 90%
NE U.S. House-3 Adrian Smith R 95%
NH U.S. House-1 Carol Shea-Porter D 50%
NJ U.S. Senate-Sr Frank Lautenberg D 55%
NJ U.S. Senate-Jr Bob Menendez D 55%
NJ U.S. House-1 Rob Andrews D 50%
NJ U.S. House-2 Frank LoBiondo R 63%
NJ U.S. House-4 Chris Smith R 70%
NJ U.S. House-5 Scott Garrett R 70%
NJ U.S. House-6 Frank Pallone, Jr. D 45%
NJ U.S. House-8 Albio Sires D 55%
NJ U.S. House-9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. D 55%
NJ U.S. House-11 Rodney Frelinghuysen R 80%
NJ U.S. House-12 Rush Holt, Jr. D 50%
NM U.S. Senate-Sr Thomas Udall D 47%
NM U.S. House-2 Steve Pearce R 80%
NV U.S. Senate-Sr Harry Reid D 45%
NV U.S. Senate-Jr Dean Heller R 80%
NY U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Schumer D 55%
NY U.S. Senate-Jr Kirsten Gillibrand D 60%
NY U.S. House-1 Tim Bishop D 55%
NY U.S. House-2 Pete King R 90%
NY U.S. House-3 Steve Israel D 58%
NY U.S. House-4 Carolyn McCarthy D 58%
NY U.S. House-5 Gregory Meeks D 58%
NY U.S. House-7 Nydia Velázquez D 60%
NY U.S. House-9 Yvette Clarke D 64%
NY U.S. House-10 Jerry Nadler D 47%
NY U.S. House-12 Carolyn Maloney D 58%
NY U.S. House-13 Charlie Rangel D 60%
NY U.S. House-14 Joe Crowley D 60%
NY U.S. House-15 José Serrano D 55%
NY U.S. House-16 Eliot Engel D 53%
NY U.S. House-17 Nita Lowey D 56%
NY U.S. House-25 Louise Slaughter D 47%
NY U.S. House-26 Brian Higgins D 50%
OH U.S. Senate-Sr Sherrod Brown D 36%
OH U.S. House-1 Steve Chabot R 70%
OH U.S. House-4 Jim Jordan R 70%
OH U.S. House-8 John Boehner R 79%
OH U.S. House-9 Marcy Kaptur D 47%
OH U.S. House-10 Mike Turner R 100%
OH U.S. House-12 Pat Tiberi R 85%
OH U.S. House-13 Tim Ryan D 55%
OK U.S. Senate-Sr Jim Inhofe R 80%
OK U.S. Senate-Jr Thomas Coburn R 50%
OK U.S. House-3 Frank Lucas R 85%
OK U.S. House-4 Tom Cole R 84%
OK Governor Mary Fallin R 85%
OR U.S. Senate-Sr Ron Wyden D 55%
OR U.S. House-2 Greg Walden R 90%
OR U.S. House-3 Earl Blumenauer D 50%
OR U.S. House-4 Peter DeFazio D 37%
PA U.S. Senate-Sr Bob Casey, Jr. D 36%
PA U.S. House-1 Bob Brady D 44%
PA U.S. House-2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. D 55%
PA U.S. House-6 Jim Gerlach R 90%
PA U.S. House-9 Bill Shuster R 89%
PA U.S. House-13 Allyson Schwartz D 55%
PA U.S. House-14 Mike Doyle, Jr. D 53%
PA U.S. House-15 Charlie Dent R 100%
PA U.S. House-16 Joe Pitts R 75%
PA U.S. House-18 Tim Murphy R 85%
RI U.S. Senate-Sr Jack Reed D 40%
RI U.S. Senate-Jr Sheldon Whitehouse D 36%
RI U.S. House-2 Jim Langevin D 50%
SC U.S. Senate-Sr Lindsey Graham R 100%
SC U.S. House-2 Joe Wilson, Sr. R 65%
SC U.S. House-6 Jim Clyburn D 68%
SD U.S. Senate-Sr Timothy Johnson D 80%
SD U.S. Senate-Jr John Thune R 55%
TN U.S. Senate-Sr Lamar Alexander R 82%
TN U.S. Senate-Jr Robert Corker R 82%
TN U.S. House-2 John Duncan, Jr. R 70%
TN U.S. House-5 Jim Cooper D 75%
TN U.S. House-7 Marsha Blackburn R 72%
TN U.S. House-9 Steve Cohen D 50%
TX U.S. Senate-Sr John Cornyn R 80%
TX U.S. House-1 Louie Gohmert R 80%
TX U.S. House-2 Ted Poe R 72%
TX U.S. House-3 Sam Johnson R 79%
TX U.S. House-4 Ralph Hall R 90%
TX U.S. House-5 Jeb Hensarling R 70%
TX U.S. House-6 Joe Barton R 85%
TX U.S. House-7 John Culberson R 79%
TX U.S. House-8 Kevin Brady R 75%
TX U.S. House-9 Al Green D 50%
TX U.S. House-10 Michael McCaul R 85%
TX U.S. House-11 Mike Conaway R 70%
TX U.S. House-12 Kay Granger R 79%
TX U.S. House-13 Mac Thornberry R 85%
TX U.S. House-15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. D 63%
TX U.S. House-18 Sheila Jackson Lee D 55%
TX U.S. House-19 Randy Neugebauer R 70%
TX U.S. House-21 Lamar Smith R 84%
TX U.S. House-24 Kenny Marchant R 78%
TX U.S. House-26 Michael Burgess R 74%
TX U.S. House-28 Henry Cuellar D 70%
TX U.S. House-29 Gene Green D 63%
TX U.S. House-30 Eddie Johnson D 60%
TX U.S. House-31 John Carter R 80%
TX U.S. House-32 Pete Sessions R 94%
TX U.S. House-35 Lloyd Doggett D 53%
UT U.S. Senate-Sr Orrin Hatch R 91%
UT U.S. House-1 Rob Bishop R 88%
UT U.S. House-4 Jim Matheson D 80%
VA U.S. House-3 Bobby Scott D 50%
VA U.S. House-4 Randy Forbes R 79%
VA U.S. House-6 Bob Goodlatte R 75%
VA U.S. House-7 Eric Cantor R 80%
VA U.S. House-8 Jim Moran, Jr. D 55%
VA U.S. House-10 Frank Wolf R 80%
VT U.S. Senate-Sr Patrick Leahy D 36%
VT U.S. Senate-Jr Bernie Sanders I 27%
VT U.S. House-At-Large Peter Welch D 55%
WA U.S. Senate-Sr Patty Murray D 64%
WA U.S. Senate-Jr Maria Cantwell D 64%
WA U.S. House-2 Rick Larsen D 65%
WA U.S. House-4 Doc Hastings R 74%
WA U.S. House-5 Cathy McMorris Rodgers R 75%
WA U.S. House-7 Jim McDermott D 50%
WA U.S. House-8 Dave Reichert R 85%
WA U.S. House-9 Adam Smith D 65%
WA Governor Jay Inslee D 63%
WI U.S. Senate-Jr Tammy Baldwin D 45%
WI U.S. House-1 Paul Ryan R 75%
WI U.S. House-3 Ron Kind D 60%
WI U.S. House-4 Gwen Moore D 53%
WI U.S. House-5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. R 75%
WI U.S. House-6 Tom Petri R 85%
WV U.S. Senate-Sr Jay Rockefeller IV D 45%
WV U.S. House-2 Shelley Moore Capito R 90%
WV U.S. House-3 Nick Rahall II D 60%
WY U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Enzi R 55%
WY U.S. Senate-Jr John Barrasso R 75%
Gary Ackerman Other 55%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. Other 36%
Todd Akin Other 80%
Wayne Allard Other 60%
Thomas Allen Other 53%
Jason Altmire Other 55%
Michael Arcuri Other 55%
Joe Baca, Sr. Other 55%
Brian Baird Other 58%
J. Gresham Barrett Other 70%
Roscoe Bartlett Other 80%
Evan Bayh Other 64%
Melissa Bean Other 70%
Bob Bennett Other 100%
Shelley Berkley Other 58%
Howard Berman Other 53%
Marion Berry Other 55%
Judy Biggert Other 85%
Brian Bilbray Other 80%
Jeff Bingaman Other 45%
Kit Bond Other 100%
Mary Bono Mack Other 89%
Dan Boren Other 94%
Leonard Boswell Other 60%
Rick Boucher Other 65%
Allen Boyd, Jr. Other 74%
Nancy Boyda Other 65%
Henry Brown, Jr. Other 90%
Ginny Brown-Waite Other 90%
Jim Bunning Other 80%
Dan Burton Other 75%
Steve Buyer Other 69%
Robert Byrd Other 40%
Chris Cannon Other 80%
Dennis Cardoza Other 63%
Russ Carnahan Other 55%
Christopher Carney Other 53%
Mike Castle Other 75%
Ben Chandler III Other 47%
Hillary Clinton Other 25%
Norm Coleman Other 82%
Kent Conrad Other 45%
Jerry Costello Other 47%
Larry Craig Other 90%
Robert Cramer Other 74%
Barbara Cubin Other 80%
Artur Davis Other 70%
David Davis Other 85%
Geoff Davis Other 83%
Lincoln Davis Other 68%
Thomas Davis III Other 95%
Bill Delahunt Other 50%
James DeMint Other 55%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart Other 89%
Norm Dicks Other 50%
Chris Dodd Other 17%
Elizabeth Dole Other 82%
Pete Domenici, Jr. Other 100%
John Doolittle Other 85%
Byron Dorgan Other 27%
Thelma Drake Other 80%
David Dreier Other 85%
Chet Edwards Other 75%
Vern Ehlers Other 85%
Brad Ellsworth Other 70%
Jo Ann Emerson Other 85%
Philip English Other 90%
John Ensign Other 56%
Bob Etheridge Other 65%
Terry Everett Other 83%
Tom Feeney Other 70%
Russ Feingold Other 18%
Michael Ferguson Other 74%
Vito Fossella, Jr. Other 68%
Barney Frank Other 60%
Elton Gallegly Other 89%
Gabrielle Giffords Other 61%
Wayne Gilchrest Other 84%
Charlie Gonzalez Other 60%
Virgil Goode, Jr. Other 67%
Bart Gordon Other 70%
Judd Gregg Other 82%
John Hall Other 50%
Phil Hare Other 55%
Jane Harman Other 56%
Robert Hayes Other 89%
Wally Herger, Jr. Other 80%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin Other 65%
Baron Hill Other 70%
Maurice Hinchey Other 45%
David Lee Hobson Other 89%
Paul Hodes Other 50%
Pete Hoekstra Other 68%
Thomas Holden Other 45%
Darlene Hooley Other 55%
Kenny Hulshof Other 89%
Duncan Hunter Other 87%
Kay Hutchison Other 90%
Bob Inglis, Sr. Other 80%
Daniel Inouye Other 45%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. Other 50%
William Jefferson Other 61%
Tim Johnson Other 84%
Steve Kagen Other 50%
Paul Kanjorski Other 45%
Ric Keller Other 90%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. Other 64%
Patrick Kennedy Other 50%
Dale Kildee Other 50%
Carolyn Kilpatrick Other 63%
Ron Klein Other 67%
Joseph Knollenberg Other 100%
Herb Kohl Other 45%
Dennis Kucinich Other 35%
John Kuhl, Jr. Other 80%
Jon Kyl Other 60%
Ray LaHood Other 83%
Nicholas Lampson Other 84%
Steve LaTourette Other 65%
Jerry Lewis Other 80%
Ron Lewis Other 90%
Joe Lieberman Other 73%
Blanche Lincoln Other 55%
John Linder Other 75%
Dick Lugar Other 91%
Dan Lungren Other 83%
Connie Mack IV Other 79%
Tim Mahoney Other 75%
Don Manzullo Other 80%
Jim Marshall Other 53%
Melquiades Martinez Other 100%
Thaddeus McCotter Other 75%
James McCrery III Other 85%
John McHugh Other 78%
Michael McNulty Other 50%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. Other 55%
Charlie Melancon, Sr. Other 75%
Brad Miller Other 47%
Harry Mitchell Other 60%
Alan Mollohan Other 55%
Dennis Moore Other 60%
Patrick Murphy Other 55%
Jack Murtha Other 50%
Marilyn Musgrave Other 68%
Sue Myrick Other 74%
Ben Nelson Other 64%
Jim Oberstar Other 56%
Dave Obey Other 50%
John Olver Other 50%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. Other 71%
Ron Paul Other 47%
Donald Payne Other 42%
John Peterson Other 85%
Charles Pickering, Jr. Other 89%
Todd Platts Other 70%
Earl Pomeroy Other 60%
Jon Porter, Sr. Other 84%
Deborah Pryce Other 95%
George Radanovich Other 68%
James Ramstad Other 80%
Ralph Regula Other 95%
Denny Rehberg Other 90%
Richard Renzi Other 95%
Silvestre Reyes Other 63%
Thomas Reynolds Other 90%
Laura Richardson Other 67%
Ciro Rodriguez Other 60%
Mike Ross Other 70%
Steve Rothman Other 44%
Ken Salazar Other 64%
William Sali Other 75%
Jim Saxton Other 83%
Jean Schmidt Other 89%
Joe Sestak, Jr. Other 60%
John Shadegg Other 70%
Christopher Shays Other 70%
Heath Shuler Other 55%
Ike Skelton Other 72%
Gordon Smith Other 60%
Olympia Snowe Other 64%
Vic Snyder Other 60%
Hilda Solis Other 50%
Mark Souder Other 84%
Zack Space Other 58%
Arlen Specter Other 82%
John Spratt, Jr. Other 55%
Pete Stark Other 47%
Cliff Stearns Other 80%
Ted Stevens Other 91%
Bart Stupak Other 55%
John Sullivan Other 71%
John Sununu Other 64%
Betty Sutton Other 55%
Tom Tancredo Other 64%
John Tanner Other 65%
Ellen Tauscher Other 55%
Gene Taylor Other 60%
Todd Tiahrt Other 90%
Ed Towns Other 65%
George Voinovich Other 82%
James Walsh Other 70%
Zach Wamp Other 75%
John Warner Other 100%
Diane Watson Other 47%
Jim Webb, Jr. Other 45%
Anthony Weiner Other 60%
David Weldon Other 75%
Gerald Weller Other 94%
Robert Wexler Other 55%
Charlie Wilson, Jr. Other 63%
Heather Wilson Other 85%
Lynn Woolsey Other 40%
David Wu Other 50%

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