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Listed below are senators' 1996 National Journal composite vote ratings. Members are listed from most liberal to least in the left column, and most conservative to least in the right column.

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1996 Senate

The Liberals	%		The Conservatives	%
Murray, D-Wash.	93.5		Nickles, R-Okla.	90.0
Pell, D-R.I.	92.2		Inhofe, R-Okla.	90.0
Wellstone, D-Minn.	89.7		Gramm, R-Texas	90.0
Lautenberg, D-N.J.	88.8		Coverdell, R-Ga.	90.0
Feingold, D-Wis.	88.2		Kempthorne, R-Idaho	88.5
Simon, D-Ill.	88.0		Craig, R-Idaho	88.5
Levin, D-Mich.	87.7		Thomas, R-Wyo.	87.7
Kennedy, D-Mass.	86.7		Faircloth, R-N.C.	87.7
Bumpers, D-Ark.	86.5		Hutchison, R-Texas	86.8
Moseley-Braun, D-Ill.	86.2		Helms, R-N.C.	86.8
Sarbanes, D-Md.	86.2		Ashcroft, R-Mo.	86.8
Bingaman, D-N.M.	84.8		Kyl, R-Ariz.	86.2
Kerry, D-Mass.	84.5		Smith, R-N.H.	84.5
Akaka, D-Hawaii	84.3		Burns, R-Mont.	83.3
Glenn, D-Ohio	84.2		Lott, R-Miss.	82.8
Mikulski, D-Md.	84.2		Coats, R-Ind.	82.5
Harkin, D-Iowa	83.5		Thurmond, R-S.C.	81.5
Leahy, D-Vt.	83.0		McConnell, R-Ky.	81.5
Kerrey, D-Neb.	81.7		Murkowski, R-Alaska	79.5
Pryor, D-Ark.	81.5		Grams, R-Minn.	79.5
Bradley, D-N.J.	80.0		Shelby, R-Ala.	77.0
Inouye, D-Hawaii	80.0		Warner, R-Va.	76.7
Dodd, D-Conn.	79.8		Hatch, R-Utah	76.2
Boxer, D-Calif.	78.8		Santorum, R-Pa.	76.0
Kohl, D-Wis.	78.2		Cochran, R-Miss.	76.0
Daschle, D-S.D.	77.3		McCain, R-Ariz.	75.3
Moynihan, D-N.Y.	76.8		Frist, R-Tenn.	75.2
Wyden, D-Ore.	76.7		Mack, R-Fla.	74.0
Rockefeller, D-W.Va.	75.2		Abraham, R-Mich.	73.8
Hollings, D-S.C.	72.2		Thompson, R-Tenn.	73.2
Byrd, D-W.Va.	70.8		Lugar, R-Ind.	72.0
Biden, D-Del.	70.3		Bennett, R-Utah	69.2
Conrad, D-N.D.	68.5		Grassley, R-Iowa	69.0
Dorgan, D-N.D.	68.5		Bond, R-Mo.	69.0
Bryan, D-Nev.	68.2		Pressler, R-S.D.	68.7
Robb, D-Va.	67.2		Brown, R-Colo.	68.0
Exon, D-Neb.	66.7		DeWine, R-Ohio	63.5
Feinstein, D-Calif.	66.7		Gregg, R-N.H.	63.0
Graham, D-Fla.	64.3		Campbell, R-Colo.	63.0
Baucus, D-Mont.	63.0		Domenici, R-N.M.	62.8
Reid, D-Nev.	61.7		Stevens, R-Alaska	61.7
Jeffords, R-Vt.	59.5		Gorton, R-Wash.	61.7
Hatfield, R-Ore.	58.3		Roth, R-Del.	61.2
Lieberman, D-Conn.	57.7		D'Amato, R-N.Y.	60.0
Nunn, D-Ga.	55.7		Simpson, R-Wyo.	56.7
Chafee, R-R.I.	53.8		Cohen, R-Maine	56.3
Ford, D-Ky.	53.5		Kassebaum, R-Kan.	54.0
Johnston, D-La.	53.0		Snowe, R-Maine	51.3
Specter, R-Pa.	52.8		Breaux, D-La.	48.7
Heflin, D-Ala.	52.3		Heflin, D-Ala.	47.7
Breaux, D-La.	51.3		Specter, R-Pa.	47.2
Snowe, R-Maine	48.7		Johnston, D-La.	47.0
Kassebaum, R-Kan.	46.0		Ford, D-Ky.	46.5
Cohen, R-Maine	43.7		Chafee, R-R.I.	46.2
Simpson, R-Wyo.	43.3		Nunn, D-Ga.	44.3
D'Amato, R-N.Y.	40.0		Lieberman, D-Conn.	42.3
Roth, R-Del.	38.8		Hatfield, R-Ore.	41.7
Gorton, R-Wash.	38.3		Jeffords, R-Vt.	40.5
Stevens, R-Alaska	38.3		Reid, D-Nev.	38.3
Domenici, R-N.M.	37.2		Baucus, D-Mont.	37.0
Campbell, R-Colo.	37.0		Graham, D-Fla.	35.7
Gregg, R-N.H.	37.0		Feinstein, D-Calif.	33.3
DeWine, R-Ohio	36.5		Exon, D-Neb.	33.3
Brown, R-Colo.	32.0		Robb, D-Va.	32.8
Pressler, R-S.D.	31.3		Bryan, D-Nev.	31.8
Bond, R-Mo.	31.0		Dorgan, D-N.D.	31.5
Grassley, R-Iowa	31.0		Conrad, D-N.D.	31.5
Bennett, R-Utah	30.8		Biden, D-Del.	29.7
Lugar, R-Ind.	28.0		Byrd, D-W.Va.	29.2
Thompson, R-Tenn.	26.8		Hollings, D-S.C.	27.8
Abraham, R-Mich.	26.2		Rockefeller, D-W.Va.	24.8
Mack, R-Fla.	26.0		Wyden, D-Ore.	23.3
Frist, R-Tenn.	24.8		Moynihan, D-N.Y.	23.2
McCain, R-Ariz.	24.7		Daschle, D-S.D.	22.7
Cochran, R-Miss.	24.0		Kohl, D-Wis.	21.8
Santorum, R-Pa.	24.0		Boxer, D-Calif.	21.2
Hatch, R-Utah	23.8		Dodd, D-Conn.	20.2
Warner, R-Va.	23.3		Inouye, D-Hawaii	20.0
Shelby, R-Ala.	23.0		Bradley, D-N.J.	20.0
Grams, R-Minn.	20.5		Pryor, D-Ark.	18.5
Murkowski, R-Alaska	20.5		Kerrey, D-Neb.	18.3
McConnell, R-Ky.	18.5		Leahy, D-Vt.	17.0
Thurmond, R-S.C.	18.5		Harkin, D-Iowa	16.5
Coats, R-Ind.	17.5		Mikulski, D-Md.	15.8
Lott, R-Miss.	17.2		Glenn, D-Ohio	15.8
Burns, R-Mont.	16.7		Akaka, D-Hawaii	15.7
Smith, R-N.H.	15.5		Kerry, D-Mass.	15.5
Kyl, R-Ariz.	13.8		Bingaman, D-N.M.	15.2
Ashcroft, R-Mo.	13.2		Sarbanes, D-Md.	13.8
Helms, R-N.C.	13.2		Moseley-Braun, D-Ill.	13.8
Hutchison, R-Texas	13.2		Bumpers, D-Ark.	13.5
Faircloth, R-N.C.	12.3		Kennedy, D-Mass.	13.3
Thomas, R-Wyo.	12.3		Levin, D-Mich.	12.3
Craig, R-Idaho	11.5		Simon, D-Ill.	12.0
Kempthorne, R-Idaho	11.5		Feingold, D-Wis.	11.8
Coverdell, R-Ga.	10.0		Lautenberg, D-N.J.	11.2
Gramm, R-Texas	10.0		Wellstone, D-Minn.	10.3
Inhofe, R-Okla.	10.0		Pell, D-R.I.	7.8
Nickles, R-Okla.	10.0		Murray, D-Wash.	6.5

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