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Friday, Feb. 2, 2001

The 2000 vote ratings for U.S. senators are listed below, alphabetically by state. Click here to return to the main story, or here for an explanation of how the ratings were computed and the votes used.

	More Liberal Than xx Percent Of Senate On:			More Conservative Than xx Percent Of Senate On:
Senator	Economic	Social	Foreign	Economic	Social	Foreign
Jeff Sessions, R-Ala.	14	0	0	75	90	95
Richard C. Shelby, R-Ala.	14	27	5	75	70	86
Frank Murkowski, R-Alaska	14	10	25	75	81	74
Ted Stevens, R-Alaska	14	46	36	75	53	58
Jon Kyl, R-Ariz.	32	22	0	64	73	95
John McCain, R-Ariz.	47	32	34	52	67	64
Tim Hutchinson, R-Ark.	0	0	0	86	90	95
Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark.	57	61	86	41	36	12
Barbara Boxer, D-Calif.	93	79	95	6	0	0
Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif.	60	66	72	39	21	15
Wayne Allard, R-Colo.	14	0	5	75	90	86
Ben Nighthorse Campbell, R-Colo.	41	33	17	57	66	75
Christopher J. Dodd, D-Conn.	89	79	72	10	0	15
Joseph I. Lieberman, D-Conn.	63	66	57	36	21	42
Joseph R. Biden Jr., D-Del.	69	79	70	30	0	28
William V. Roth Jr., R-Del.	45	49	48	53	46	48
Bob Graham, D-Fla.	76	66	58	22	21	38
Connie Mack, R-Fla.	14	40	36	75	57	58
Max Cleland, D-Ga.	57	61	62	41	36	34
Paul Coverdell, R-Ga.	0	10	14	86	81	85
Daniel K. Akaka, D-Hawaii	94	79	69	4	0	30
Daniel K. Inouye, D-Hawaii	73	79	62	25	0	34
Larry Craig, R-Idaho	14	10	17	75	81	75
Mike Crapo, R-Idaho	14	10	26	75	81	73
Richard J. Durbin, D-Ill.	90	79	86	7	0	12
Peter G. Fitzgerald, R-Ill.	50	45	47	49	54	52
Evan Bayh, D-Ind.	64	66	72	34	21	15
Richard G. Lugar, R-Ind.	27	47	48	68	52	48
Charles Grassley, R-Iowa	32	10	27	64	81	67
Tom Harkin, D-Iowa	90	79	95	7	0	0
Sam Brownback, R-Kan.	27	0	17	68	90	75
Pat Roberts, R-Kan.	14	0	17	75	90	75
Jim Bunning, R-Ky.	0	0	5	86	90	86
Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.	0	22	5	86	73	86
John Breaux, D-La.	53	49	72	46	46	15
Mary L. Landrieu, D-La.	68	61	66	31	36	31
Susan Collins, R-Maine	48	49	48	50	46	48
Olympia Snowe, R-Maine	48	49	48	50	46	48
Barbara A. Mikulski, D-Md.	84	79	85	11	0	14
Paul S. Sarbanes, D-Md.	96	79	66	0	0	31
Edward Kennedy, D-Mass.	96	79	72	0	0	15
John F. Kerry, D-Mass.	84	66	70	11	21	28
Spencer Abraham, R-Mich.	43	36	43	56	62	53
Carl Levin, D-Mich.	78	79	72	20	0	15
Rod Grams, R-Minn.	25	20	43	73	78	53
Paul Wellstone, D-Minn.	96	79	89	0	0	5
Thad Cochran, R-Miss.	0	10	36	86	81	58
Trent Lott, R-Miss.	36	10	5	63	81	86
John Ashcroft, R-Mo.	38	27	27	61	70	67
Christopher S. Bond, R-Mo.	0	22	27	86	73	67
Max Baucus, D-Mont.	80	56	72	18	43	15
Conrad Burns, R-Mont.	44	35	36	55	64	58
Chuck Hagel, R-Neb.	0	22	43	86	73	53
Bob Kerrey, D-Neb.	62	79	89	37	0	5
Richard H. Bryan, D-Nev.	84	66	58	11	21	38
Harry Reid, D-Nev.	84	54	62	11	44	34
Judd Gregg, R-N.H.	37	10	5	62	81	86
Bob Smith, R-N.H.	14	0	0	75	90	95
Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J.	83	79	89	16	0	5
Robert G. Torricelli, D-N.J.	56	79	53	43	0	46
Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M.	66	66	72	33	21	15
Pete V. Domenici, R-N.M.	40	36	42	59	62	57
Daniel Patrick Moynihan, D-N.Y.	73	79	72	25	0	15
Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y.	84	79	72	11	0	15
John Edwards, D-N.C.	90	66	72	7	21	15
Jesse Helms, R-N.C.	25	0	5	73	90	86
Kent Conrad, D-N.D.	70	57	56	29	39	43
Byron Dorgan, D-N.D.	72	57	95	27	39	0
Mike DeWine, R-Ohio	45	34	43	53	65	53
George Voinovich, R-Ohio	51	38	34	48	60	64
James M. Inhofe, R-Okla	0	19	0	86	80	95
Don Nickles, R-Okla	27	20	5	68	78	86
Gordon H. Smith, R-Ore.	32	48	52	64	51	47
Ron Wyden, D-Ore.	80	66	89	18	21	5
Rick Santorum, R-Pa.	0	30	15	86	68	84
Arlen Specter, R-Pa.	54	49	16	45	46	83
Lincoln Chafee, R-R.I.	55	79	54	44	0	45
Jack Reed, D-R.I.	96	79	72	0	0	15
Ernest F. Hollings, D-S.C.	67	66	58	32	21	38
Strom Thurmond, R-S.C.	27	27	27	68	70	67
Thomas A. Daschle, D-S.D.	75	79	72	24	0	15
Timothy P. Johnson, D-S.D.	71	57	89	28	39	5
Bill Frist, R-Tenn.	0	30	27	86	68	67
Fred D. Thompson, R-Tenn.	0	38	17	86	60	75
Phil Gramm, R-Texa	41	0	17	57	90	75
Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texa	32	22	27	64	73	67
Robert Bennett, R-Utah	0	44	17	86	55	75
Orrin G. Hatch, R-Utah	0	43	36	86	56	58
James M. Jeffords, R-Vt.	52	54	89	47	44	5
Patrick Leahy, D-Vt.	82	65	95	17	34	0
Charles S. Robb, D-Va.	64	79	58	34	0	38
John W. Warner, R-Va.	27	40	36	68	57	58
Slade Gorton, R-Wash.	39	40	33	60	57	66
Patty Murray, D-Wash.	76	66	95	22	21	0
Robert C. Byrd, D-W.Va.	59	57	62	40	39	34
John D. Rockefeller IV, D-W.Va.	78	66	88	20	21	11
Russell Feingold, D-Wis.	94	66	66	4	21	31
Herb Kohl, D-Wis.	61	64	55	38	35	44
Michael Enzi, R-Wyo.	0	0	5	86	90	86
Craig Thomas, R-Wyo.	14	10	17	75	81	75

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