rowid,sponsor_name,sponsor_party,sponsor_state,sponsor_bioguide_id,bill_count 1,"Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI]",D,HI,I000025,1745 2,"Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]",R,UT,H000338,1400 3,"Rep. Roe, Robert A. [D-NJ-8]",D,NJ,R000383,1391 4,"Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]",R,IA,G000386,1374 5,"Rep. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY-10]",D,NY,S000148,1325 6,"Rep. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ-13]",D,NJ,M000639,1229 7,"Rep. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA-7]",D,MA,M000133,1196 8,"Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]",D,CA,F000062,1174 9,"Rep. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL-20]",D,IL,D000563,1173 10,"Rep. Pepper, Claude [D-FL-18]",D,FL,P000218,1150 11,"Sen. Dole, Robert J. [R-KS]",R,KS,D000401,1147 12,"Rep. Wyden, Ron [D-OR-3]",D,OR,W000779,1144 13,"Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA]",D,MA,K000105,1134 14,"Sen. Thurmond, Strom [R-SC]",R,SC,T000254,1078 15,"Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]",R,AK,Y000033,1058 16,"Sen. Moynihan, Daniel Patrick [D-NY]",D,NY,M001054,1056 17,"Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]",D,DC,N000147,1047 18,"Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]",D,PA,C001070,1020 19,"Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]",D,MN,K000367,973 20,"Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-16]",D,NY,R000053,962 21,"Sen. Cranston, Alan [D-CA]",D,CA,C000877,942 22,"Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA]",R,PA,S000709,893 23,"Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5]",R,AZ,B001302,889 24,"Rep. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH-13]",D,OH,B000944,882 25,"Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-9]",D,CA,S000810,878 26,"Sen. Heinz, John [R-PA]",R,PA,H000456,863 27,"Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ]",R,AZ,M000303,863 28,"Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]",R,FL,R000595,849 29,"Rep. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME-2]",R,ME,S000663,834 30,"Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM]",R,NM,D000407,826 31,"Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT]",D,MT,B000243,817 32,"Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14]",D,NY,M000087,816 33,"Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]",R,TX,C001056,803 34,"Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4]",R,NJ,S000522,789 35,"Sen. Mathias, Charles McC., Jr. [R-MD]",R,MD,M000241,786 36,"Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ]",D,NJ,L000123,785 37,"Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT]",D,CT,D000388,782 38,"Rep. Moakley, John Joseph [D-MA-9]",D,MA,M000834,773 39,"Rep. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD-3]",D,MD,C000141,769 40,"Rep. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA-6]",D,CA,B000711,767 41,"Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT]",D,VT,L000174,763 42,"Sen. Matsunaga, Spark M. [D-HI]",D,HI,M000250,763 43,"Sen. Helms, Jesse [R-NC]",R,NC,H000463,754 44,"Rep. Montgomery, G. V. (Sonny) [D-MS-3]",D,MS,M000865,754 45,"Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV]",D,NV,R000146,749 46,"Rep. Biaggi, Mario [D-NY-19]",D,NY,B000432,739 47,"Rep. Solomon, Gerald B. H. [R-NY-24]",R,NY,S000675,737 48,"Rep. Crane, Philip M. [R-IL-12]",R,IL,C000873,732 49,"Sen. Byrd, Robert C. [D-WV]",D,WV,B001210,725 50,"Rep. Murphy, John M. [D-NY-17]",D,NY,M001098,725 51,"Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA]",D,MA,K000148,721 52,"Rep. Bennett, Charles E. [D-FL-3]",D,FL,B000371,715 53,"Rep. Roybal, Edward R. [D-CA-25]",D,CA,R000485,693 54,"Sen. Stevens, Ted [R-AK]",R,AK,S000888,688 55,"Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-1]",D,MI,C000714,686 56,"Sen. Bentsen, Lloyd M. [D-TX]",D,TX,B000401,683 57,"Rep. Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]",D,TX,J000032,682 58,"Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM]",D,NM,B000468,679 59,"Sen. Roth Jr., William V. [R-DE]",R,DE,R000460,676 60,"Rep. Oberstar, James L. [D-MN-8]",D,MN,O000006,674 61,"Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI]",D,MI,L000261,672 62,"Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]",D,CT,B001277,665 63,"Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4]",D,MA,F000339,663 64,"Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA]",D,IA,H000206,652 65,"Rep. Jacobs, Andrew, Jr. [D-IN-10]",D,IN,J000033,649 66,"Rep. Koch, Edward I. [D-NY-18]",D,NY,K000302,649 67,"Sen. DeConcini, Dennis [D-AZ]",D,AZ,D000185,638 68,"Rep. Rodino, Peter W., Jr. [D-NJ-10]",D,NJ,R000374,634 69,"Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME]",R,ME,C001035,632 70,"Sen. Pell, Claiborne [D-RI]",D,RI,P000193,628 71,"Rep. Dingell, John D. [D-MI-16]",D,MI,D000355,622 72,"Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]",D,NJ,B001288,621 73,"Sen. D'Amato, Alfonse [R-NY]",R,NY,D000018,619 74,"Rep. Michel, Robert H. [R-IL-18]",R,IL,M000692,619 75,"Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR]",D,OR,M001176,617 76,"Rep. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY-20]",D,NY,G000555,612 77,"Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA]",D,WA,M001111,605 78,"Rep. Hammerschmidt, John P. [R-AR-3]",R,AR,H000124,599 79,"Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]",R,AK,M001153,599 80,"Rep. Vitter, David [R-LA-1]",R,LA,V000127,598 81,"Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]",D,NH,S001181,592 82,"Sen. Jackson, Henry M. [D-WA]",D,WA,J000013,590 83,"Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-9]",D,CA,L000551,584 84,"Rep. Gilman, Benjamin A. [R-NY-22]",R,NY,G000212,578 85,"Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT]",R,UT,L000577,578 86,"Rep. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI-2]",D,HI,A000069,575 87,"Sen. Mitchell, George J. [D-ME]",D,ME,M000811,570 88,"Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX]",R,TX,C001098,568 89,"Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3]",D,CT,D000216,566 90,"Rep. Price, Melvin [D-IL-21]",D,IL,P000522,566 91,"Rep. Conte, Silvio O. [R-MA-1]",R,MA,C000709,565 92,"Sen. Riegle, Donald W., Jr. [D-MI]",D,MI,R000249,565 93,"Rep. Paul, Ron [R-TX-14]",R,TX,P000583,562 94,"Sen. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD]",D,SD,D000064,556 95,"Rep. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI-9]",D,MI,P000595,555 96,"Rep. Reed, Jack [D-RI-2]",D,RI,R000122,552 97,"Rep. Quillen, James H. (Jimmy) [R-TN-1]",R,TN,Q000013,546 98,"Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT]",D,MT,T000464,543 99,"Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1]",D,NJ,A000210,539 100,"Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV]",D,WV,R000361,536