| State | Office | District | Name | Party | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AK | U.S. House | At-Large | Donald Young | Republican | 43% |
| AL | U.S. Senate | Sr | Richard Shelby | Republican | 75% |
| AZ | U.S. Senate | Sr | John McCain III | Republican | 50% |
| CA | U.S. House | 12 | Nancy Pelosi | Democratic | 86% |
| CA | U.S. House | 48 | Dana Rohrabacher | Republican | 14% |
| FL | U.S. House | 27 | Ileana Ros-Lehtinen | Republican | 53% |
| GA | U.S. House | 5 | John Lewis | Democratic | 86% |
| IA | U.S. Senate | Sr | Chuck Grassley | Republican | 0% |
| IL | U.S. Senate | Sr | Dick Durbin | Democratic | 100% |
| IN | U.S. House | 1 | Pete Visclosky | Democratic | 100% |
| IN | Council Member | At-Large | John Myers | Republican | 36% |
| KS | U.S. Senate | Sr | Pat Roberts | Republican | 14% |
| KY | U.S. Senate | Sr | Mitch McConnell | Republican | 38% |
| KY | U.S. House | 5 | Hal Rogers | Republican | 21% |
| MA | U.S. Senate | Jr | Ed Markey | Democratic | 100% |
| MA | U.S. House | 1 | Richard Neal | Democratic | 100% |
| MD | U.S. Senate | Sr | Ben Cardin | Democratic | 86% |
| MD | U.S. House | 5 | Steny Hoyer | Democratic | 100% |
| MI | U.S. House | 6 | Fred Upton | Republican | 29% |
| MI | U.S. House | 9 | Sandy Levin | Democratic | 93% |
| MI | U.S. House | 13 | John Conyers, Jr. | Democratic | 92% |
| MS | U.S. Senate | Sr | Thad Cochran | Republican | 50% |
| NJ | U.S. House | 4 | Chris Smith | Republican | 57% |
| NJ | U.S. House | 6 | Frank Pallone, Jr. | Democratic | 71% |
| NY | U.S. Senate | Sr | Chuck Schumer | Democratic | 86% |
| NY | U.S. House | 15 | José Serrano | Democratic | 90% |
| NY | U.S. House | 16 | Eliot Engel | Democratic | 100% |
| NY | U.S. House | 17 | Nita Lowey | Democratic | 86% |
| NY | U.S. House | 25 | Louise Slaughter | Democratic | 100% |
| TX | U.S. House | 6 | Joe Barton | Republican | 23% |
| TX | U.S. House | 21 | Lamar Smith | Republican | 29% |
| UT | U.S. Senate | Sr | Orrin Hatch | Republican | 50% |
| VT | U.S. Senate | Sr | Patrick Leahy | Democratic | 100% |
| WI | U.S. House | 5 | Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. | Republican | 0% |
| Gary Ackerman | 92% | ||||
| Daniel Akaka, Sr. | 100% | ||||
| Bill Archer | 7% | ||||
| Richard Armey | 7% | ||||
| Richard Hugh Baker | 34% | ||||
| Cass Ballenger | 21% | ||||
| Herbert Bateman, Sr. | 43% | ||||
| Max Baucus | 88% | ||||
| Anthony Beilenson | 71% | ||||
| Douglas Bereuter | 57% | ||||
| Howard Berman | 92% | ||||
| Tom Bevill | 79% | ||||
| Joe Biden, Jr. | 88% | ||||
| Michael Bilirakis | 54% | ||||
| Jeff Bingaman | 100% | ||||
| Thomas Bliley, Jr. | 36% | ||||
| Sherwood Boehlert | 93% | ||||
| Kit Bond | 38% | ||||
| David Edward Bonior | 100% | ||||
| Rick Boucher | 100% | ||||
| Barbara Boxer | 86% | ||||
| Bill Bradley | 63% | ||||
| John Breaux | 100% | ||||
| George Brown, Jr. | 100% | ||||
| Richard Bryan | 100% | ||||
| John Bryant | 83% | ||||
| Dale Bumpers | 100% | ||||
| Jim Bunning | 7% | ||||
| Conrad Burns | 88% | ||||
| Dan Burton | 15% | ||||
| Robert Byrd | 100% | ||||
| Herbert Callahan | 33% | ||||
| Ben Campbell | 77% | ||||
| John Chafee | 75% | ||||
| William Clay, Sr. | 77% | ||||
| Dan Coats | 38% | ||||
| Howard Coble | 21% | ||||
| William Cohen | 63% | ||||
| Ronald Coleman | 92% | ||||
| Cardiss Collins | 77% | ||||
| Larry Combest | 0% | ||||
| Gary Condit | 77% | ||||
| Kent Conrad | 63% | ||||
| Jerry Costello | 86% | ||||
| Christopher Cox | 0% | ||||
| Philip Crane | 0% | ||||
| Alfonse D'Amato | 50% | ||||
| Thomas Daschle | 100% | ||||
| Eligio de la Garza II | 100% | ||||
| Thomas DeLay | 7% | ||||
| Ronald Dellums | 71% | ||||
| Norm Dicks | 93% | ||||
| John Dingell | 100% | ||||
| Julian Dixon | 92% | ||||
| Chris Dodd | 100% | ||||
| Robert Dole | 50% | ||||
| Pete Domenici, Jr. | 63% | ||||
| Byron Dorgan | 79% | ||||
| Robert Dornan | 0% | ||||
| David Dreier | 7% | ||||
| Bill Emerson | 43% | ||||
| Lane Evans | 100% | ||||
| Jim Exon | 88% | ||||
| Harris Fawell | 21% | ||||
| Victor Fazio | 100% | ||||
| Jack Fields, Jr. | 7% | ||||
| Floyd Flake | 83% | ||||
| Wendell Ford | 100% | ||||
| Barney Frank | 100% | ||||
| William Frist | 100% | ||||
| Jonas Frost III | 93% | ||||
| Elton Gallegly | 31% | ||||
| Sam Gejdenson | 100% | ||||
| Richard Andrew Gephardt | 92% | ||||
| Pete Geren | 77% | ||||
| Sam Gibbons | 83% | ||||
| Paul Gillmor | 43% | ||||
| Benjamin Gilman | 93% | ||||
| Newt Gingrich | 8% | ||||
| John Glenn | 100% | ||||
| Henry Gonzalez | 93% | ||||
| Albert Gore, Jr. | 100% | ||||
| Slade Gorton | 38% | ||||
| Porter Goss | 21% | ||||
| Daniel Graham | 100% | ||||
| William Phillip Gramm | 38% | ||||
| Steven Gunderson | 31% | ||||
| Ralph Hall | 42% | ||||
| Tony Hall | 91% | ||||
| Lee Hamilton | 93% | ||||
| Melton Hancock | 7% | ||||
| James Hansen | 23% | ||||
| Tom Harkin | 63% | ||||
| J. Dennis Hastert | 36% | ||||
| Mark Hatfield | 75% | ||||
| Joel Hefley | 7% | ||||
| Willie Hefner | 86% | ||||
| Jesse Helms | 25% | ||||
| Wally Herger, Jr. | 14% | ||||
| Ernest Hollings | 88% | ||||
| Amory Houghton, Jr. | 43% | ||||
| Duncan Hunter | 7% | ||||
| Henry Hyde | 31% | ||||
| Daniel Inouye | 100% | ||||
| Andrew Jacobs, Jr. | 79% | ||||
| James Merrill Jeffords | 88% | ||||
| Nancy Johnson | 50% | ||||
| Harry Johnston | 92% | ||||
| J. Bennett Johnston | 75% | ||||
| Nancy Landon Kassebaum | 63% | ||||
| Edward Kennedy, Sr. | 100% | ||||
| Joseph Kennedy II | 92% | ||||
| Barbara Bailey Kennelly | 92% | ||||
| Bob Kerrey | 100% | ||||
| John Kerry | 63% | ||||
| Dale Kildee | 100% | ||||
| Gerald Kleczka | 100% | ||||
| Herb Kohl | 75% | ||||
| James Kolbe | 29% | ||||
| Jon Kyl | 7% | ||||
| John LaFalce | 83% | ||||
| Tom Lantos | 92% | ||||
| Greg Laughlin | 54% | ||||
| Frank Lautenberg | 88% | ||||
| James Leach | 43% | ||||
| Carl Levin | 88% | ||||
| Jerry Lewis | 21% | ||||
| Joe Lieberman | 75% | ||||
| Jim Lightfoot | 14% | ||||
| William Lipinski | 80% | ||||
| Trent Lott, Sr. | 38% | ||||
| Dick Lugar | 50% | ||||
| Connie Mack | 38% | ||||
| Thomas Manton | 93% | ||||
| Matthew Martinez | 86% | ||||
| Robert Matsui | 92% | ||||
| Bill McCollum | 21% | ||||
| Jim McDermott | 71% | ||||
| Michael McNulty | 93% | ||||
| Jan Meyers | 50% | ||||
| Barbara Mikulski | 100% | ||||
| George Miller | 86% | ||||
| Patsy Takemoto Mink | 100% | ||||
| John Moakley | 100% | ||||
| Susan Molinari | 66% | ||||
| Alan Mollohan | 93% | ||||
| G.V. Montgomery | 54% | ||||
| Carlos Moorhead | 14% | ||||
| Constance Morella | 86% | ||||
| Patrick Moynihan | 75% | ||||
| Frank Murkowski | 63% | ||||
| Don Nickles | 38% | ||||
| Sam Nunn | 88% | ||||
| Jim Oberstar | 93% | ||||
| Dave Obey | 85% | ||||
| Solomon Ortiz, Sr. | 86% | ||||
| Major Owens | 77% | ||||
| Michael Oxley | 29% | ||||
| Ronald Packard | 15% | ||||
| Mike Parker | 50% | ||||
| William Paxon | 7% | ||||
| Donald Payne | 77% | ||||
| Lewis Payne, Jr. | 71% | ||||
| Clay Pell, Jr. | 88% | ||||
| Tom Petri | 21% | ||||
| Owen Pickett | 57% |
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