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National Journal
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Friday, Feb. 11, 2005

In the following list, the 100 senators are assigned liberal and conservative scores for their roll-call votes on key economic issues during 2004. The scores on each scale are given as percentiles. On this page, senators are ordered from most conservative to most liberal.

A score of 72 on the liberal scale, for example, means that the senator was more liberal than 72 percent of his or her Senate colleagues on economic issue votes during 2004. An asterisk [*] means the member missed more than half of the rated votes. In the event of a tie, scores are ordered alphabetically first by state delegation, then by individual members' names within that state.

On ECONOMIC POLICY Votes, Senator...	...Is More Liberal Than __% Of The Senate	...Is More Conservative Than __% Of The Senate
MEMBER	LIBERAL SCORE	CONSERVATIVE SCORE
Don Nickles, R-Okla. §	0	98
Craig Thomas, R-Wyo.	0	98
Jon Kyl, R-Ariz.	2	96
Wayne Allard, R-Colo.	2	96
Michael Enzi, R-Wyo.	4	95
Sam Brownback, R-Kan.	5	91
Conrad Burns, R-Mont.	5	91
Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn.	5	91
John Cornyn, R-Texas	5	91
John Sununu, R-N.H.	9	90
Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga.	10	89
Jeff Sessions, R-Ala.	11	84
Larry Craig, R-Idaho	11	84
Mike Crapo, R-Idaho	11	84
Jim Bunning, R-Ky.	11	84
Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.	11	84
Pete Domenici, R-N.M.	16	83
James Inhofe, R-Okla.	17	82
Ted Stevens, R-Alaska	18	78
Thad Cochran, R-Miss.	18	78
Bill Frist, R-Tenn.	18	78
Orrin Hatch, R-Utah	18	78
Judd Gregg, R-N.H.	22	77
Robert Bennett, R-Utah	23	76
Rick Santorum, R-Pa.	24	75
Ben Nighthorse Campbell, R-Colo. §	25	74
Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas	26	73
Zell Miller, D-Ga. §	27	72
Peter Fitzgerald, R-Ill. §	28	71
Charles Grassley, R-Iowa	29	70
John Ensign, R-Nev.	30	69
Pat Roberts, R-Kan.	31	65
Trent Lott, R-Miss.	31	65
Christopher (Kit) Bond, R-Mo.	31	65
George Allen, R-Va.	31	65
Richard Lugar, R-Ind.	35	64
John Warner, R-Va.	36	63
Chuck Hagel, R-Neb.	37	62
George Voinovich, R-Ohio	38	61
Jim Talent, R-Mo.	39	58
Elizabeth Dole, R-N.C.	39	58
Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.	39	58
Richard Shelby, R-Ala.	42	57
Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska	43	55
Norm Coleman, R-Minn.	43	55
Gordon Smith, R-Ore.	45	54
Mike DeWine, R-Ohio	46	53
Susan Collins, R-Maine	47	52
Olympia Snowe, R-Maine	48	51
John McCain, R-Ariz.	49	48
Arlen Specter, R-Pa.	49	48
Lincoln Chafee, R-R.I.	52	47
Ben Nelson, D-Neb.	53	46
Max Baucus, D-Mont.	54	45
John Breaux, D-La. §	55	44
Mark Pryor, D-Ark.	56	43
Patty Murray, D-Wash.	57	42
Evan Bayh, D-Ind.	58	39
Charles Schumer, D-N.Y.	58	39
Maria Cantwell, D-Wash.	58	39
Kent Conrad, D-N.D.	61	38
Joe Lieberman, D-Conn.	62	37
Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y.	63	36
Harry Reid, D-Nev.	64	35
Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark.	65	31
Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif.	65	31
Mary Landrieu, D-La.	65	31
Ron Wyden, D-Ore.	65	31
Mark Dayton, D-Minn.	69	28
Tom Daschle, D-S.D. §	69	28
James Jeffords, I-Vermont	69	28
Tim Johnson, D-S.D.	72	27
Ernest Hollings, D-S.C. §	73	26
Barbara Mikulski, D-Md.	74	25
Barbara Boxer, D-Calif.	75	24
Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J.	76	21
Byron Dorgan, D-N.D.	76	21
Patrick Leahy, D-Vermont	76	21
Christopher Dodd, D-Conn.	79	13
Bill Nelson, D-Fla.	79	13
Daniel Inouye, D-Hawaii	79	13
Tom Harkin, D-Iowa	79	13
Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich.	79	13
Jon Corzine, D-N.J.	79	13
Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M.	79	13
Jack Reed, D-R.I.	79	13
Bob Graham, D-Fla. §	87	12
Edward Kennedy, D-Mass.	88	11
Thomas Carper, D-Del.	89	10
Daniel Akaka, D-Hawaii	90	7
Richard Durbin, D-Ill.	90	7
Russell Feingold, D-Wis.	90	7
Joseph Biden, D-Del.	93	0
Paul Sarbanes, D-Md.	93	0
Carl Levin, D-Mich.	93	0
John Edwards, D-N.C. §	93	0
Robert Byrd, D-W.Va.	93	0
Jay Rockefeller IV, D-W.Va.	93	0
Herb Kohl, D-Wis.	93	0
John Kerry, D-Mass.	*	*