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Listed below are senators' 1999 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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1999 Senate

The Liberals	%		The Conservatives	%
Barbara Boxer, D-Calif.	94.2		Phil Gramm, R-Texas	94.0
Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J.	94.2		Jim Bunning, R-Ky.	92.8
Paul S. Sarbanes, D-Md.	94.2		Michael Enzi, R-Wyo.	91.3
Carl Levin, D-Mich.	92.0		Wayne Allard, R-Colo.	90.7
John D. Rockefeller IV, D-W.Va.	92.0		Mike Crapo, R-Idaho	90.7
Tom Harkin, D-Iowa	91.0		Bob Smith, R-N.H.	90.2
Barbara A. Mikulski, D-Md.	91.0		Larry Craig, R-Idaho	89.7
Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y.	89.7		Don Nickles, R-Okla.	89.7
Richard J. Durbin, D-Ill.	87.5		James M. Inhofe, R-Okla.	89.3
Jack Reed, D-R.I.	87.3		Jesse Helms, R-N.C.	88.3
Patty Murray, D-Wash.	86.7		Craig Thomas, R-Wyo.	86.3
Edward Kennedy, D-Mass.	86.0		Paul Coverdell, R-Ga.	85.8
Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif.	85.7		Conrad Burns, R-Mont.	84.7
Daniel K. Akaka, D-Hawaii	85.0		Sam Brownback, R-Kan.	83.7
Thomas A. Daschle, D-S.D.	85.0		John Ashcroft, R-Mo.	83.3
John F. Kerry, D-Mass.	82.8		Jeff Sessions, R-Ala.	81.7
Herb Kohl, D-Wis.	82.0		Tim Hutchinson, R-Ark.	81.3
Daniel K. Inouye, D-Hawaii	81.2		Trent Lott, R-Miss.	81.3
Ron Wyden, D-Ore.	81.2		Rod Grams, R-Minn.	81.0
Christopher J. Dodd, D-Conn.	79.5		Fred D. Thompson, R-Tenn.	77.3
Joseph R. Biden Jr., D-Del.	78.7		Judd Gregg, R-N.H.	76.5
Max Baucus, D-Mont.	76.8		Frank Murkowski, R-Alaska	75.3
Patrick Leahy, D-Vt.	75.5		Strom Thurmond, R-S.C.	75.3
Richard H. Bryan, D-Nev.	74.8		Charles Grassley, R-Iowa	74.5
Paul Wellstone, D-Minn.	74.8		Jon Kyl, R-Ariz.	74.3
Bob Graham, D-Fla.	74.7		Christopher S. Bond, R-Mo.	73.0
Timothy P. Johnson, D-S.D.	73.8		Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.	73.0
Bob Kerrey, D-Neb.	73.7		Chuck Hagel, R-Neb.	72.2
Daniel Patrick Moynihan, D-N.Y.	72.8		Rick Santorum, R-Pa.	72.0
Harry Reid, D-Nev.	72.8		Connie Mack, R-Fla.	70.7
John Edwards, D-N.C.	72.2		Pete V. Domenici, R-N.M.	70.5
Max Cleland, D-Ga.	71.3		Richard C. Shelby, R-Ala.	69.7
Mary L. Landrieu, D-La.	69.3		Slade Gorton, R-Wash.	68.8
Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M.	69.2		Peter G. Fitzgerald, R-Ill.	68.3
Charles S. Robb, D-Va.	68.2		Pat Roberts, R-Kan.	68.3
Russell Feingold, D-Wis.	67.5		Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas	68.0
Byron Dorgan, D-N.D.	65.7		John McCain, R-Ariz.	67.7
Joseph I. Lieberman, D-Conn.	64.7		Bill Frist, R-Tenn.	67.5
Ernest F. Hollings, D-S.C.	64.5		Thad Cochran, R-Miss.	66.7
Kent Conrad, D-N.D.	64.3		Ben Nighthorse Campbell, R-Colo.	64.5
Robert C. Byrd, D-W.Va.	62.7		Robert Bennett, R-Utah	64.0
Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark.	62.2		Ted Stevens, R-Alaska	63.8
Robert G. Torricelli, D-N.J.	61.8		Susan Collins, R-Maine	59.5
Evan Bayh, D-Ind.	60.7		Orrin G. Hatch, R-Utah	59.5
John Breaux, D-La.	58.2		Richard G. Lugar, R-Ind.	59.2
John Chafee, R-R.I.	56.3		George Voinovich, R-Ohio	58.8
James M. Jeffords, R-Vt.	52.7		John W. Warner, R-Va.	57.2
Arlen Specter, R-Pa.	52.5		Spencer Abraham, R-Mich.	57.0
Gordon H. Smith, R-Ore.	50.7		William V. Roth Jr., R-Del.	55.0
Olympia Snowe, R-Maine	46.8		Mike DeWine, R-Ohio	53.8
Mike DeWine, R-Ohio	46.2		Olympia Snowe, R-Maine	53.2
William V. Roth Jr., R-Del.	45.0		Gordon H. Smith, R-Ore.	49.3
Spencer Abraham, R-Mich.	43.0		Arlen Specter, R-Pa.	47.5
John W. Warner, R-Va.	42.8		James M. Jeffords, R-Vt.	47.3
George Voinovich, R-Ohio	41.2		John Chafee, R-R.I.	43.7
Richard G. Lugar, R-Ind.	40.8		John Breaux, D-La.	41.8
Susan Collins, R-Maine	40.5		Evan Bayh, D-Ind.	39.3
Orrin G. Hatch, R-Utah	40.5		Robert G. Torricelli, D-N.J.	38.2
Ted Stevens, R-Alaska	36.2		Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark.	37.8
Robert Bennett, R-Utah	36.0		Robert C. Byrd, D-W.Va.	37.3
Ben Nighthorse Campbell, R-Colo.	35.5		Kent Conrad, D-N.D.	35.7
Thad Cochran, R-Miss.	33.3		Ernest F. Hollings, D-S.C.	35.5
Bill Frist, R-Tenn.	32.5		Joseph I. Lieberman, D-Conn.	35.3
John McCain, R-Ariz.	32.3		Byron Dorgan, D-N.D.	34.3
Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas	32.0		Russell Feingold, D-Wis.	32.5
Peter G. Fitzgerald, R-Ill.	31.7		Charles S. Robb, D-Va.	31.8
Pat Roberts, R-Kan.	31.7		Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M.	30.8
Slade Gorton, R-Wash.	31.2		Mary L. Landrieu, D-La.	30.7
Richard C. Shelby, R-Ala.	30.3		Max Cleland, D-Ga.	28.7
Pete V. Domenici, R-N.M.	29.5		John Edwards, D-N.C.	27.8
Connie Mack, R-Fla.	29.3		Daniel Patrick Moynihan, D-N.Y.	27.2
Rick Santorum, R-Pa.	28.0		Harry Reid, D-Nev.	27.2
Chuck Hagel, R-Neb.	27.8		Bob Kerrey, D-Neb.	26.3
Christopher S. Bond, R-Mo.	27.0		Timothy P. Johnson, D-S.D.	26.2
Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.	27.0		Bob Graham, D-Fla.	25.3
Jon Kyl, R-Ariz.	25.7		Richard H. Bryan, D-Nev.	25.2
Charles Grassley, R-Iowa	25.5		Paul Wellstone, D-Minn.	25.2
Frank Murkowski, R-Alaska	24.7		Patrick Leahy, D-Vt.	24.5
Strom Thurmond, R-S.C.	24.7		Max Baucus, D-Mont.	23.2
Judd Gregg, R-N.H.	23.5		Joseph R. Biden Jr., D-Del.	21.3
Fred D. Thompson, R-Tenn.	22.7		Christopher J. Dodd, D-Conn.	20.5
Rod Grams, R-Minn.	19.0		Daniel K. Inouye, D-Hawaii	18.8
Tim Hutchinson, R-Ark.	18.7		Ron Wyden, D-Ore.	18.8
Trent Lott, R-Miss.	18.7		Herb Kohl, D-Wis.	18.0
Jeff Sessions, R-Ala.	18.3		John F. Kerry, D-Mass.	17.2
John Ashcroft, R-Mo.	16.7		Daniel K. Akaka, D-Hawaii	15.0
Sam Brownback, R-Kan.	16.3		Thomas A. Daschle, D-S.D.	15.0
Conrad Burns, R-Mont.	15.3		Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif.	14.3
Paul Coverdell, R-Ga.	14.2		Edward Kennedy, D-Mass.	14.0
Craig Thomas, R-Wyo.	13.7		Patty Murray, D-Wash.	13.3
Jesse Helms, R-N.C.	11.7		Jack Reed, D-R.I.	12.7
James M. Inhofe, R-Okla.	10.7		Richard J. Durbin, D-Ill.	12.5
Larry Craig, R-Idaho	10.3		Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y.	10.3
Don Nickles, R-Okla.	10.3		Tom Harkin, D-Iowa	9.0
Bob Smith, R-N.H.	9.8		Barbara A. Mikulski, D-Md.	9.0
Wayne Allard, R-Colo.	9.3		Carl Levin, D-Mich.	8.0
Mike Crapo, R-Idaho	9.3		John D. Rockefeller IV, D-W.Va.	8.0
Michael Enzi, R-Wyo.	8.7		Barbara Boxer, D-Calif.	5.8
Jim Bunning, R-Ky.	7.2		Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J.	5.8
Phil Gramm, R-Texas	6.0		Paul S. Sarbanes, D-Md.	5.8

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