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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 foreign policy 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 foreign policy 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 FOREIGN POLICY Votes, Senator...	...Is More Liberal Than __% Of The Senate	...Is More Conservative Than __% Of The Senate
MEMBER	LIBERAL SCORE	CONSERVATIVE SCORE
Daniel Akaka, D-Hawaii	99	0
Richard Durbin, D-Ill.	95	1
Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J.	95	1
Jack Reed, D-R.I.	95	1
Tom Daschle, D-S.D. §	95	1
Edward Kennedy, D-Mass.	93	5
Jon Corzine, D-N.J.	93	5
Patrick Leahy, D-Vermont	92	7
Tom Harkin, D-Iowa	86	8
Paul Sarbanes, D-Md.	86	8
Mark Dayton, D-Minn.	86	8
Harry Reid, D-Nev.	86	8
Tim Johnson, D-S.D.	86	8
Russell Feingold, D-Wis.	86	8
James Jeffords, I-Vermont	85	14
Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M.	84	15
Barbara Boxer, D-Calif.	82	16
Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich.	82	16
John Edwards, D-N.C. §	81	18
Barbara Mikulski, D-Md.	75	19
Carl Levin, D-Mich.	75	19
Charles Schumer, D-N.Y.	75	19
Byron Dorgan, D-N.D.	75	19
Ron Wyden, D-Ore.	75	19
Herb Kohl, D-Wis.	75	19
Christopher Dodd, D-Conn.	74	25
Kent Conrad, D-N.D.	71	26
Maria Cantwell, D-Wash.	71	26
Patty Murray, D-Wash.	71	26
Joseph Biden, D-Del.	69	29
John Breaux, D-La. §	69	29
Mark Pryor, D-Ark.	67	31
Jay Rockefeller IV, D-W.Va.	67	31
Bob Graham, D-Fla. §	66	33
Thomas Carper, D-Del.	64	34
Daniel Inouye, D-Hawaii	64	34
Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark.	61	36
Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif.	61	36
Robert Byrd, D-W.Va.	61	36
Max Baucus, D-Mont.	60	39
Ernest Hollings, D-S.C. §	59	40
Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y.	58	41
Mary Landrieu, D-La.	57	42
Joe Lieberman, D-Conn.	55	43
Bill Nelson, D-Fla.	55	43
Ben Nelson, D-Neb.	54	45
Evan Bayh, D-Ind.	53	46
Olympia Snowe, R-Maine	52	47
Arlen Specter, R-Pa.	51	48
John McCain, R-Ariz.	49	49
Chuck Hagel, R-Neb.	47	51
Mike DeWine, R-Ohio	47	51
Peter Fitzgerald, R-Ill. §	46	53
Susan Collins, R-Maine	43	54
Lincoln Chafee, R-R.I.	43	54
Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.	43	54
George Voinovich, R-Ohio	42	57
John Sununu, R-N.H.	40	58
Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn.	40	58
Rick Santorum, R-Pa.	39	60
Charles Grassley, R-Iowa	33	61
Norm Coleman, R-Minn.	33	61
Trent Lott, R-Miss.	33	61
John Ensign, R-Nev.	33	61
Judd Gregg, R-N.H.	33	61
John Cornyn, R-Texas	33	61
Jeff Sessions, R-Ala.	0	67
Richard Shelby, R-Ala.	0	67
Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska	0	67
Ted Stevens, R-Alaska	0	67
Jon Kyl, R-Ariz.	0	67
Wayne Allard, R-Colo.	0	67
Ben Nighthorse Campbell, R-Colo. §	0	67
Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga.	0	67
Zell Miller, D-Ga. §	0	67
Larry Craig, R-Idaho	0	67
Mike Crapo, R-Idaho	0	67
Richard Lugar, R-Ind.	0	67
Sam Brownback, R-Kan.	0	67
Pat Roberts, R-Kan.	0	67
Jim Bunning, R-Ky.	0	67
Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.	0	67
Thad Cochran, R-Miss.	0	67
Christopher (Kit) Bond, R-Mo.	0	67
Jim Talent, R-Mo.	0	67
Conrad Burns, R-Mont.	0	67
Pete Domenici, R-N.M.	0	67
Elizabeth Dole, R-N.C.	0	67
James Inhofe, R-Okla.	0	67
Don Nickles, R-Okla. §	0	67
Gordon Smith, R-Ore.	0	67
Bill Frist, R-Tenn.	0	67
Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas	0	67
Robert Bennett, R-Utah	0	67
Orrin Hatch, R-Utah	0	67
George Allen, R-Va.	0	67
John Warner, R-Va.	0	67
Michael Enzi, R-Wyo.	0	67
Craig Thomas, R-Wyo.	0	67
John Kerry, D-Mass.	*	*