Please Note: This is the final list of Liberal/Conservative Support Scores through November 13, 1997 (640 possible votes). Totals, comparisons, party grouping, state grouping, and summaries are not included on this list. That information (and other lists) is available to subscribers.

Representatives Molinari, and Foglietta resigned, and Representative Capps died. They are not included in this list. Representative Flake resigned at the end of the first session and, therefore, is included.

C.O.P. has created a measurement of the number of times a member has voted is support of Liberal/Conservative positions. Excluded from consideration were Journal votes, votes without opposition, votes where both Liberals and Conservatives had the same position, votes where Liberals or Conservatives did not register a position, and votes where an individual did not vote. C.O.P. considers Liberals/Conservatives to have taken a position on a vote when 2/3 of its voting members vote the same way. Therefore, the number in the "Support Votes" column represent the number of times a member has voted with 2/3 of the Progressive Caucus (Liberal) or Conservative Action Team and Family Caucus (Conservative). {The Conservative position was defined as those votes where BOTH CATs and FC took the same position}. The number in the "Poss. Votes" column equals the number of possible votes that member could have voted in support. {There were 325 votes where 2/3 of the Progressive Caucus voted opposite 2/3 of the Conservative Action Team AND the Family Caucus. Missing a vote reduced the number of possible votes for that member. Voting "Present" was counted as a vote that was not in support}. "Percent Support" is the percentage of the time the member voted with 2/3 of the appropriate group (or Support Votes divided by Possible votes expressed as a percent).

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Name                     Party          State         District  Liberal  Poss.  Percent
                                                         No.    Support  Votes  Liberal
                                                                 Votes          Support
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Abercrombie, Neil        Democrat       Hawaii           01       275     321   85.67%
Ackerman, Gary           Democrat       New York         05       271     289   93.77%
Aderholt, Robert         Republican     Alabama          04         6     325    1.85%
Allen, Tom               Democrat       Maine            01       295     324   91.05%
Andrews, Robert          Democrat       New Jersey       01       243     280   86.79%
Archer, Bill             Republican     Texas            07        12     313    3.83%
Armey, Richard           Republican     Texas            26        12     321    3.74%
Bachus, Spencer          Republican     Alabama          06        18     323    5.57%
Baesler, Scotty          Democrat       Kentucky         06       195     322   60.56%
Baker, Richard           Republican     Louisiana        06        14     305    4.59%
Baldacci, John           Democrat       Maine            02       279     321   86.92%
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Name                     Party          State         District  Conserv  Poss.  Percent
                                                         No.    Support  Votes  Conserv
                                                                 Votes          Support
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Abercrombie, Neil        Democrat       Hawaii           01        46     321   14.33%
Ackerman, Gary           Democrat       New York         05        18     289    6.23%
Aderholt, Robert         Republican     Alabama          04       319     325   98.15%
Allen, Tom               Democrat       Maine            01        29     324    8.95%
Andrews, Robert          Democrat       New Jersey       01        37     280   13.21%
Archer, Bill             Republican     Texas            07       301     313   96.17%
Armey, Richard           Republican     Texas            26       309     321   96.26%
Bachus, Spencer          Republican     Alabama          06       305     323   94.43%
Baesler, Scotty          Democrat       Kentucky         06       127     322   39.44%
Baker, Richard           Republican     Louisiana        06       291     305   95.41%
Baldacci, John           Democrat       Maine            02        42     321   13.08%
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