| State | Office | District | Name | Party | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AK | U.S. House | At-Large | Donald Young | Republican | 100% |
| AL | U.S. House | 4 | Robert Aderholt | Republican | 100% |
| AL | U.S. Senate | Sr | Richard Shelby | Republican | 100% |
| AR | U.S. Senate | Sr | John Boozman | Republican | 100% |
| AZ | U.S. Senate | Sr | John McCain III | Republican | 50% |
| AZ | U.S. Senate | Jr | Jeff Flake | Republican | 100% |
| CA | Supervisor | 1 | Hilda Solis | 0% | |
| CA | U.S. House | 5 | Mike Thompson | Democratic | 50% |
| CA | U.S. House | 12 | Nancy Pelosi | Democratic | 0% |
| CA | U.S. House | 13 | Barbara Lee | Democratic | 0% |
| CA | U.S. House | 18 | Anna Eshoo | Democratic | 0% |
| CA | U.S. House | 19 | Zoe Lofgren | Democratic | 0% |
| CA | U.S. House | 28 | Adam Schiff | Democratic | 0% |
| CA | U.S. House | 30 | Brad Sherman | Democratic | 0% |
| CA | U.S. House | 32 | Grace Napolitano | Democratic | 0% |
| CA | U.S. House | 39 | Ed Royce | Republican | 100% |
| CA | U.S. House | 40 | Lucille Roybal-Allard | Democratic | 0% |
| CA | U.S. House | 42 | Ken Calvert | Republican | 100% |
| CA | U.S. House | 43 | Maxine Waters | Democratic | 0% |
| CA | U.S. House | 48 | Dana Rohrabacher | Republican | 100% |
| CA | U.S. House | 49 | Darrell Issa | Republican | 100% |
| CA | U.S. House | 53 | Susan Davis | Democratic | 0% |
| CA | U.S. Senate | Sr | Dianne Feinstein | Democratic | 25% |
| CA | Attorney General | Xavier Becerra | Democratic | 0% | |
| CO | U.S. House | 1 | Diana DeGette | Democratic | 0% |
| CO | Commissioner | 2 | Scott McInnis | 100% | |
| CT | U.S. House | 1 | John Larson | Democratic | 0% |
| CT | U.S. House | 3 | Rosa DeLauro | Democratic | 0% |
| DE | U.S. Senate | Sr | Tom Carper | Democratic | 0% |
| FL | U.S. House | 20 | Alcee Hastings, Sr. | Democratic | 0% |
| FL | U.S. House | 27 | Ileana Ros-Lehtinen | Republican | 100% |
| FL | U.S. Senate | Sr | Bill Nelson, Sr. | Democratic | 50% |
| GA | U.S. House | 2 | Sanford Bishop, Jr. | Democratic | 50% |
| GA | U.S. House | 5 | John Lewis | Democratic | 0% |
| GA | U.S. Senate | Sr | Johnny Isakson | Republican | 100% |
| GA | Governor | Nathan Deal | Republican | 100% | |
| IA | U.S. Senate | Sr | Chuck Grassley | Republican | 75% |
| ID | U.S. House | 2 | Mike Simpson | Republican | 100% |
| ID | U.S. Senate | Sr | Mike Crapo | Republican | 75% |
| ID | Governor | Butch Otter | Republican | 100% | |
| IL | U.S. House | 1 | Bobby Rush | Democratic | 0% |
| IL | U.S. House | 4 | Luis Gutiérrez | Democratic | 0% |
| IL | U.S. House | 7 | Danny Davis | Democratic | 0% |
| IL | U.S. House | 9 | Jan Schakowsky | Democratic | 0% |
| IL | U.S. House | 15 | John Shimkus | Republican | 100% |
| IL | U.S. Senate | Sr | Dick Durbin | Democratic | 0% |
| IN | U.S. House | 1 | Pete Visclosky | Democratic | 0% |
| KS | U.S. Senate | Sr | Pat Roberts | Republican | 100% |
| KS | U.S. Senate | Jr | Jerry Moran | Republican | 100% |
| KY | U.S. House | 5 | Hal Rogers | Republican | 100% |
| KY | U.S. Senate | Sr | Mitch McConnell | Republican | 100% |
| MA | U.S. House | 1 | Richard Neal | Democratic | 0% |
| MA | U.S. House | 2 | Jim McGovern | Democratic | 0% |
| MA | U.S. House | 7 | Mike Capuano | Democratic | 0% |
| MA | U.S. House | 8 | Stephen Lynch | Democratic | 0% |
| MA | U.S. Senate | Jr | Ed Markey | Democratic | 0% |
| MD | U.S. House | 5 | Steny Hoyer | Democratic | 0% |
| MD | U.S. House | 7 | Elijah Cummings | Democratic | 0% |
| MD | U.S. Senate | Sr | Ben Cardin | Democratic | 0% |
| ME | U.S. Senate | Sr | Susan Collins | Republican | 75% |
| MI | U.S. House | 6 | Fred Upton | Republican | 100% |
| MI | U.S. House | 9 | Sandy Levin | Democratic | 0% |
| MI | U.S. Senate | Sr | Debbie Stabenow | Democratic | 0% |
| MN | U.S. House | 4 | Betty McCollum | Democratic | 0% |
| MN | U.S. House | 7 | Collin Peterson | Democratic | 50% |
| MN | Governor | Mark Dayton | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 0% | |
| MO | U.S. House | 1 | Lacy Clay, Jr. | Democratic | 50% |
| MO | U.S. House | 6 | Sam Graves | Republican | 100% |
| MO | U.S. Senate | Jr | Roy Blunt | Republican | 100% |
| MS | U.S. House | 2 | Bennie Thompson | Democratic | 0% |
| MS | U.S. Senate | Sr | Roger Wicker | Republican | 100% |
| NA | Vice President | Mike Pence | Republican | 100% | |
| NA | U.S. Attorney General | Jeff Sessions III | Republican | 100% | |
| NC | U.S. House | 3 | Walter Jones, Jr. | Republican | 100% |
| NC | U.S. House | 4 | David Price | Democratic | 0% |
| NC | U.S. Senate | Sr | Richard Burr | Republican | 100% |
| NJ | U.S. House | 2 | Frank LoBiondo | Republican | 50% |
| NJ | U.S. House | 4 | Chris Smith | Republican | 50% |
| NJ | U.S. House | 6 | Frank Pallone, Jr. | Democratic | 0% |
| NJ | U.S. House | 9 | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | Democratic | 0% |
| NJ | U.S. House | 11 | Rodney Frelinghuysen | Republican | 100% |
| NJ | U.S. Senate | Sr | Bob Menendez | Democratic | 0% |
| NM | U.S. Senate | Sr | Tom Udall | Democratic | 0% |
| NY | U.S. House | 2 | Pete King | Republican | 50% |
| NY | U.S. House | 5 | Gregory Meeks | Democratic | 0% |
| NY | U.S. House | 7 | Nydia Velázquez | Democratic | 0% |
| NY | U.S. House | 10 | Jerry Nadler | Democratic | 0% |
| NY | U.S. House | 12 | Carolyn Maloney | Democratic | 0% |
| NY | U.S. House | 14 | Joe Crowley | Democratic | 0% |
| NY | U.S. House | 15 | José Serrano | Democratic | 0% |
| NY | U.S. House | 16 | Eliot Engel | Democratic | 0% |
| NY | U.S. House | 17 | Nita Lowey | Democratic | 0% |
| NY | U.S. Senate | Sr | Chuck Schumer | Democratic | 0% |
| OH | U.S. House | 1 | Steve Chabot | Republican | 100% |
| OH | U.S. House | 9 | Marcy Kaptur | Democratic | 0% |
| OH | U.S. Senate | Sr | Sherrod Brown | Democratic | 0% |
| OH | U.S. Senate | Jr | Rob Portman | Republican | 100% |
| OH | Attorney General | Mike DeWine | Republican | 75% | |
| OK | U.S. House | 3 | Frank Lucas | Republican | 100% |
| OK | U.S. Senate | Sr | Jim Inhofe | Republican | 100% |
| OR | U.S. House | 2 | Greg Walden | Republican | 100% |
| OR | U.S. House | 3 | Earl Blumenauer | Democratic | 0% |
| OR | U.S. House | 4 | Peter DeFazio | Democratic | 0% |
| OR | U.S. Senate | Sr | Ron Wyden | Democratic | 50% |
| PA | U.S. House | 1 | Bob Brady | Democratic | 0% |
| PA | U.S. House | 9 | Bill Shuster | Republican | 100% |
| PA | U.S. House | 14 | Mike Doyle, Jr. | Democratic | 0% |
| PA | U.S. Senate | Jr | Pat Toomey | Republican | 100% |
| RI | U.S. House | 2 | Jim Langevin | Democratic | 0% |
| RI | U.S. Senate | Sr | Jack Reed | Democratic | 0% |
| SC | U.S. House | 2 | Joe Wilson, Sr. | Republican | 100% |
| SC | U.S. House | 6 | Jim Clyburn | Democratic | 50% |
| SC | U.S. Senate | Sr | Lindsey Graham | Republican | 100% |
| TN | U.S. House | 2 | John Duncan, Jr. | Republican | 100% |
| TX | U.S. House | 3 | Sam Johnson | Republican | 100% |
| TX | U.S. House | 6 | Joe Barton | Republican | 100% |
| TX | U.S. House | 7 | John Culberson | Republican | 100% |
| TX | U.S. House | 8 | Kevin Brady | Republican | 100% |
| TX | U.S. House | 12 | Kay Granger | Republican | 100% |
| TX | U.S. House | 13 | Mac Thornberry | Republican | 100% |
| TX | U.S. House | 18 | Sheila Jackson Lee | Democratic | 0% |
| TX | U.S. House | 21 | Lamar Smith | Republican | 100% |
| TX | U.S. House | 29 | Gene Green | Democratic | 0% |
| TX | U.S. House | 30 | Eddie Johnson | Democratic | 0% |
| TX | U.S. House | 32 | Pete Sessions | Republican | 100% |
| TX | U.S. House | 35 | Lloyd Doggett II | Democratic | 0% |
| UT | U.S. Senate | Sr | Orrin Hatch | Republican | 100% |
| VA | U.S. House | 3 | Bobby Scott | Democratic | 0% |
| VA | U.S. House | 6 | Bob Goodlatte | Republican | 100% |
| VT | U.S. Senate | Sr | Patrick Leahy | Democratic | 0% |
| VT | U.S. Senate | Jr | Bernie Sanders | Independent | 0% |
| WA | U.S. House | 2 | Rick Larsen | Democratic | 50% |
| WA | U.S. House | 9 | Adam Smith | Democratic | 0% |
| WA | U.S. Senate | Sr | Patty Murray | Democratic | 0% |
| WA | U.S. Senate | Jr | Maria Cantwell | Democratic | 0% |
| WA | Governor | Jay Inslee | Democratic | 0% | |
| WI | U.S. House | 1 | Paul Ryan | Republican | 100% |
| WI | U.S. House | 3 | Ron Kind | Democratic | 0% |
| WI | U.S. House | 5 | Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. | Republican | 100% |
| WI | U.S. Senate | Jr | Tammy Baldwin | Democratic | 0% |
| WV | U.S. Senate | Jr | Shelley Capito | Republican | 100% |
| WY | U.S. Senate | Sr | Mike Enzi | Republican | 100% |
| Neil Abercrombie | 50% | ||||
| Gary Ackerman | 0% | ||||
| Daniel Akaka, Sr. | 0% | ||||
| Todd Akin | 100% | ||||
| Wayne Allard | 100% | ||||
| George Allen | 100% | ||||
| Thomas Allen | 0% | ||||
| Rob Andrews | 0% | ||||
| Joe Baca, Sr. | 0% | ||||
| Spencer Bachus | 100% | ||||
| Kay Bailey Hutchison | 100% | ||||
| Brian Baird | 0% | ||||
| Richard Hugh Baker | 100% | ||||
| Cass Ballenger | 100% | ||||
| Roscoe Bartlett | 100% | ||||
| Charlie Bass | 100% | ||||
| Max Baucus | 75% | ||||
| Evan Bayh | 50% | ||||
| Bob Bennett | 75% | ||||
| Douglas Bereuter | 50% | ||||
| Shelley Berkley | 50% | ||||
| Howard Berman | 0% | ||||
| Marion Berry | 50% | ||||
| Joe Biden, Jr. | 0% | ||||
| Judy Biggert | 100% | ||||
| Michael Bilirakis | 100% | ||||
| Jeff Bingaman | 0% | ||||
| Sherwood Boehlert | 50% | ||||
| John Boehner | 100% | ||||
| Kit Bond | 100% | ||||
| Henry Bonilla | 100% | ||||
| Mary Bono Mack | 100% | ||||
| Leonard Boswell | 50% | ||||
| Rick Boucher | 50% | ||||
| Barbara Boxer | 0% | ||||
| Allen Boyd, Jr. | 50% | ||||
| John Breaux | 25% | ||||
| Corrine Brown | 0% | ||||
| Henry Brown, Jr. | 100% | ||||
| Sam Brownback | 100% | ||||
| Jim Bunning | 100% | ||||
| Conrad Burns | 100% | ||||
| Dan Burton | 100% | ||||
| Steve Buyer | 100% | ||||
| Robert Byrd | 0% | ||||
| Dave Camp | 100% | ||||
| Ben Campbell | 100% | ||||
| Chris Cannon | 100% | ||||
| Eric Cantor | 100% | ||||
| Lois Capps | 50% | ||||
| Brad Carson | 100% | ||||
| Julia Carson | 0% | ||||
| Mike Castle | 100% | ||||
| Lincoln Chafee | 25% | ||||
| Saxby Chambliss | 100% | ||||
| Hillary Clinton | 0% | ||||
| Howard Coble | 100% | ||||
| Thad Cochran | 75% |
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