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National Journal
© National Journal Group Inc.
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 liberal to most conservative.

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
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
Daniel Akaka, D-Hawaii	90	7
Richard Durbin, D-Ill.	90	7
Russell Feingold, D-Wis.	90	7
Thomas Carper, D-Del.	89	10
Edward Kennedy, D-Mass.	88	11
Bob Graham, D-Fla. §	87	12
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
Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J.	76	21
Byron Dorgan, D-N.D.	76	21
Patrick Leahy, D-Vermont	76	21
Barbara Boxer, D-Calif.	75	24
Barbara Mikulski, D-Md.	74	25
Ernest Hollings, D-S.C. §	73	26
Tim Johnson, D-S.D.	72	27
Mark Dayton, D-Minn.	69	28
Tom Daschle, D-S.D. §	69	28
James Jeffords, I-Vermont	69	28
Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark.	65	31
Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif.	65	31
Mary Landrieu, D-La.	65	31
Ron Wyden, D-Ore.	65	31
Harry Reid, D-Nev.	64	35
Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y.	63	36
Joe Lieberman, D-Conn.	62	37
Kent Conrad, D-N.D.	61	38
Evan Bayh, D-Ind.	58	39
Charles Schumer, D-N.Y.	58	39
Maria Cantwell, D-Wash.	58	39
Patty Murray, D-Wash.	57	42
Mark Pryor, D-Ark.	56	43
John Breaux, D-La. §	55	44
Max Baucus, D-Mont.	54	45
Ben Nelson, D-Neb.	53	46
Lincoln Chafee, R-R.I.	52	47
John McCain, R-Ariz.	49	48
Arlen Specter, R-Pa.	49	48
Olympia Snowe, R-Maine	48	51
Susan Collins, R-Maine	47	52
Mike DeWine, R-Ohio	46	53
Gordon Smith, R-Ore.	45	54
Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska	43	55
Norm Coleman, R-Minn.	43	55
Richard Shelby, R-Ala.	42	57
Jim Talent, R-Mo.	39	58
Elizabeth Dole, R-N.C.	39	58
Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.	39	58
George Voinovich, R-Ohio	38	61
Chuck Hagel, R-Neb.	37	62
John Warner, R-Va.	36	63
Richard Lugar, R-Ind.	35	64
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
John Ensign, R-Nev.	30	69
Charles Grassley, R-Iowa	29	70
Peter Fitzgerald, R-Ill. §	28	71
Zell Miller, D-Ga. §	27	72
Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas	26	73
Ben Nighthorse Campbell, R-Colo. §	25	74
Rick Santorum, R-Pa.	24	75
Robert Bennett, R-Utah	23	76
Judd Gregg, R-N.H.	22	77
Ted Stevens, R-Alaska	18	78
Thad Cochran, R-Miss.	18	78
Bill Frist, R-Tenn.	18	78
Orrin Hatch, R-Utah	18	78
James Inhofe, R-Okla.	17	82
Pete Domenici, R-N.M.	16	83
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
Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga.	10	89
John Sununu, R-N.H.	9	90
Sam Brownback, R-Kan.	5	91
Conrad Burns, R-Mont.	5	91
Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn.	5	91
John Cornyn, R-Texas	5	91
Michael Enzi, R-Wyo.	4	95
Jon Kyl, R-Ariz.	2	96
Wayne Allard, R-Colo.	2	96
Don Nickles, R-Okla. §	0	98
Craig Thomas, R-Wyo.	0	98
John Kerry, D-Mass.	*	*