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Washington, DC - The vote tallies that follow are for 165 representatives and 37 senators currently serving in Congress who received the National Parks Conservation Association's (NPCA) "Friend of the National Parks" award for their support of legislation in the 106th Congress (1999-2000) that upheld the standards and integrity of the National Park System.

To receive the award, senators had to vote correctly at least four out of five times (80%). Representatives received the award if they voted to protect the parks on at least seven of the eight votes cast (87%).

State Score (out of 100)

Alabama
Rep. Robert Cramer (D-5th) 87%
Rep. Earl Hilliard (D-7th) 87%

Arizona
Rep. Ed Pastor (D-2nd) 87%

Arkansas
Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D) 80%
Rep. Vic Snyder (D-2nd) 100%

California
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D) 100%
Sen. Barbara Boxer (D) 100%
Rep. Mike Thompson (D-1st) 87%
Rep. Bob Matsui (D-5th) 87%
Rep. Lynn Woolsey (D-6th) 87%
Rep. George Miller (D-7th) 87%
Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-8th) 87%
Rep. Barbara Lee (D-9th) 87%
Rep. Ellen Tauscher (D-10th) 87%
Rep. Pete Stark (D-13th) 87%
Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-14th) 87%
Rep. Sam Farr (D-17th) 87%
Rep. Gary Condit (D-18th) 87%
Rep. Lois Capps (D-22nd) 87%
Rep. Bradley Sherman (D-24th) 87%
Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-33rd) 87%
Rep. Grace Napolitano (D-34th) 87%
Rep. Maxine Waters (D-35th) 87%
Rep. Loretta Sanchez (D-46th) 87%
Rep. Bob Filner (D-50th) 87%

Colorado
Rep. Mark Udall (D-2nd) 87%

Connecticut
Sen. Christopher Dodd (D) 80%
Sen. Joseph Lieberman (D) 100%
Rep. John Larson (D-1st) 87%
Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-3rd) 87%
Rep. Christopher Shays (R-4th) 100%
Rep. James Maloney (D-5th) 87%
Rep. Nancy Johnson (R-6th) 87%

Delaware
Sen. Joseph Biden (D) 100%
Rep. Michael Castle (R-At Large) 100%

Florida
Sen. Bob Graham (D) 100%
Rep. Joe Scarborough (R-1st) 87%
Rep. Corrine Brown (D-3rd) 87%
Rep. Karen Thurman (D-5th) 87%
Rep. Jim Davis (D-11th) 87%
Rep. Mark Foley (R-16th) 87%
Rep. Robert Wexler (D-19th) 87%
Rep. Peter Deutsch (D-20th) 87%

Georgia
Sen. Max Cleland (D) 100%
Rep. Sanford Bishop (D-2nd) 87%
Rep. Cynthia McKinney (D-4th) 87%
Rep. John Lewis (D-5th) 87%

Hawaii
Rep. Patsy Mink (D-2nd) 87%

Illinois
Sen. Richard Durbin (D) 100%
Rep. Jesse Jackson (D-2nd) 87%
Rep. William Lipinski (D-3rd) 87%
Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-4th) 87%
Rep. Rod Blagojevich (D-5th) 87%
Rep. Danny Davis (D-7th) 87%
Rep. Janice Schakowsky (D-9th) 87%
Rep. Jerry Weller (R-11th) 87%
Rep. Jerry Costello (D-12th) 87%
Rep. Judy Biggert (R-13th) 87%
Rep. Lane Evans (D-17th) 87%
Rep. Ray LaHood (R-18th) 87%
Rep. David Phelps (D-19th) 87%

Indiana
Sen. Richard Lugar (R) 80%
Sen. Evan Bayh (D) 80%

Iowa
Sen. Tom Harkin (D) 100%
Rep. James Leach (R-1st) 100%
Rep. Leonard Boswell (D-3rd) 87%

Kansas
Rep. Dennis Moore (D-3rd) 87%

Maine
Rep. Thomas Allen (D-1st) 87%
Rep. John Baldacci (D-2nd) 87%

Maryland
Sen. Paul Sarbanes (D) 100%
Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D) 100%
Rep. Wayne Gilchrest (R-1st) 100%
Rep. Benjamin Cardin (D-3rd) 87%
Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-7th) 87%
Rep. Constance Morella (R-8th) 100%

Massachusetts
Sen. Edward Kennedy (D) 100%
Sen. John Kerry (D) 100%
Rep. John Olver (D-1st) 87%
Rep. Richard Neal (D-2nd) 87%
Rep. Marty Meehan (D-5th) 87%
Rep. John Tierney (D-6th) 87%
Rep. Edward Markey (D-7th) 87%
Rep. Michael Capuano (D-8th) 87%
Rep. Joseph Moakley (D-9th) 87%

Michigan
Sen. Carl Levin (D) 100%
Rep. Vernon Ehlers (R-3rd) 100%
Rep. Fred Upton (R-6th) 87%
Rep. Debbie Stabenow (D-8th) 87% (Now a Senator)
Rep. Dale Kildee (D-9th) 87%
Rep. David Bonior (D-10th) 87%
Rep. Sander Levin (D-12th) 87%
Rep. Lynn Rivers (D-13th) 87%
Rep. Carolyn Kilpatrick (D-15th) 87%
Rep. John Dingell (D-16th) 87%

Minnesota
Sen. Paul Wellstone (D) 100%
Rep. Jim Ramstad (R-3rd) 87%
Rep. Bill Luther (D-6th) 87%
Rep. James Oberstar (D-8th) 87%

Montana
Sen. Max Baucus (D) 100%

Nebraska
Rep. Douglas Bereuter (R-1st) 87%

Nevada
Sen. Harry Reid (D) 100%
Rep. Shelley Berkley (D-1st) 87%

New Hampshire
Rep. Charles Bass (R-2nd) 87%

New Jersey
Sen. Robert Torricelli (D) 100%
Rep. Robert Andrews (D-1st) 87%
Rep. Frank LoBiondo (R-2nd) 87%
Rep. Jim Saxton (R-3rd) 100%
Rep. Marge Roukema (R-5th) 100%
Rep. Frank Pallone (D-6th) 87%
Rep. William Pascrell (D-8th) 87%
Rep. Steven Rothman (D-9th) 87%
Rep. Donald Payne (D-10th) 87%
Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-11th) 100%
Rep. Rush Holt (D-12th) 87%

New Mexico
Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D) 100%
Rep. Tom Udall (D-3rd) 87%

New York
Sen. Charles Schumer (D) 100%
Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-4th) 87%
Rep. Joseph Crowley (D-7th) 87%
Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-8th) 87%
Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-9th) 87%
Rep. Nydia Velazquez (D-12th) 87%
Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-14th) 87%
Rep. Charles Rangel (D-15th) 87%
Rep. Jose Serrano (D-16th) 87%
Rep. Nita Lowey (D-18th) 87%
Rep. Sherwood Boehlert (R-23rd) 87%
Rep. James Walsh (R-25th) 87%
Rep. Maurice Hinchey (D-26th) 87%
Rep. John LaFalce (D-29th) 87%
Rep. Jack Quinn (R-30th) 87%

North Carolina
Sen. John Edwards (D) 100%
Rep. Eva Clayton (D-1st) 87%
Rep. Bob Etheridge (D-2nd) 87%
Rep. David Price (D-4th) 87%
Rep. Melvin Watt (D-12th) 87%

North Dakota
Sen. Byron Dorgan (D) 80%
Rep. Earl Pomeroy (D-At Large) 87%

Ohio
Rep. Tony P. Hall (D-3rd) 87%
Rep. Ted Strickland (D-6th) 87%
Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-9th) 87%
Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-10th) 87%
Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones (D-11th) 87%
Rep. Thomas Sawyer (D-14th) 87%

Oregon
Sen. Ron Wyden (D) 100%
Rep. David Wu (D-1st) 87%
Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-3rd) 87%
Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-4th) 87%
Rep. Darlene Hooley (D-5th) 87%

Pennsylvania
Rep. Robert Brady (D-1st) 87%
Rep. Chaka Fattah (D-2nd) 87%
Rep. Robert Borski (D-3rd) 87%
Rep. Tim Holden (D-6th) 87%
Rep. Curt Weldon (R-7th) 87%
Rep. Jim Greenwood (R-8th) 87%
Rep. Paul Kanjorski (D-11th) 87%
Rep. Joe Hoeffel (D-13th) 87%
Rep. William Coyne (D-14th) 87%
Rep. Mike Doyle (D-18th) 87%
Rep. Frank Mascara (D-20th) 87%
Rep. Phil English (R-21st) 100%

Rhode Island
Sen. Jack Reed (D) 100%
Sen. Lincoln/Chafee (R) 80%
(Combines votes of Lincoln and late John Chafee)
Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-1st) 87%

South Carolina
Sen. Ernest Hollings (D) 80%
Rep. John Spratt (D-5th) 87%
Rep. James Clyburn (D-6th) 87%

South Dakota
Sen. Thomas Daschle (D) 100%
Sen. Tim Johnson (D) 100%

Tennessee
Rep. Bob Clement (D-5th) 87%
Rep. Bart Gordon (D-6th) 87%

Texas
Rep. Jim Turner (D-2nd) 87%
Rep. Nick Lampson (D-9th) 87%
Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-10th) 87%
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-18th) 87%
Rep. Charles Gonzalez (D-20th) 87%
Rep. Martin Frost (D-24th) 87%
Rep. Ken Bentsen (D-25th) 87%
Rep. Solomon Ortiz (D-27th) 87%
Rep. Ciro Rodriguez (D-28th) 87%
Rep. Gene Green (D-29th) 87%
Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-30th) 87%

Vermont
Sen. Patrick Leahy (D) 100%
Sen. James Jeffords (R) 80%
Rep. Bernard Sanders (I-At Large) 87%

Virginia
Rep Robert Scott (D-3rd) 87%
Rep. James Moran (D-8th) 87%
Rep. Rick Boucher (D-9th) 87%
Rep. Thomas Davis (R-11th) 87%

Washington
Sen. Patty Murray (D) 100%
Rep. Jay Inslee (D-1st) 87%
Rep. Brian Baird (D-3rd) 87%
Rep. Norman Dicks (D-6th) 87%

West Virginia
Sen. John Rockefeller (D) 100%
Rep. Nick Rahall (D-3rd) 87%

Wisconsin
Sen. Herbert Kohl (D) 100%
Sen. Russell Feingold (D) 100%
Rep. Tammy Baldwin (D-2nd) 87%
Rep. Ron Kind (D-3rd) 87%
Rep. Gerald Kleczka (D-4th) 87%
Rep. Thomas Barrett (D-5th) 87%