We do not accept the existence of permanent tyranny because we do not accept the possibility of permanent slavery. Liberty will come to those who love it.
President George W. Bush
Secondary Mode Bin: 10-20
Majority Line Leader: Salazar (CO) - 80.06
Opposition Leader: DeMint (SC) - (-22.22)
Best Network: Salazar (CO) - 69%
Worst Network: Clinton (NY) - 47%
Locked Step Leader Pair: Durbin (IL)/Cardin (MD), Reed (RI)/Whitehouse (RI) - 96%
Out Of Step Leader Pair: McCain (AZ)/Sanders (VT) - 13%
Profile of Historically Significant Member
Name: Robert Byrd, Longest Serving United States Senator (as of early 2013)
Majority Index: 59.67
VIA Index: 60%
Locked Step Colleagues
Akaka (HI) - 82%
Dorgan (ND) - 81%
Sanders (VT) - 81%
Bingaman (NM) - 80%
Stabenow (MI) - 80%
Out Of Step Colleagues
McCain (AZ) - 20%
DeMint (SC) - 26%
Coburn (OK) - 27%
Inhofe (OK) - 31%
Kyl (AZ) - 31%
Majority
Salazar (CO)[657, 80.06, 69%], Pryor (AR)[657, 79.91, 68%], Carper (DE)[657, 76.71, 67%], Lincoln (AR)[657, 75.8, 66%], Mikulski (MD)[657, 75.8, 68%], Baucus (MT)[657, 74.43, 68%], Nelson (NE)[657, 74.43, 67%], Akaka (HI)[657, 73.52, 68%], Feinstein (CA)[657, 73.52, 66%], Kohl (WI)[657, 73.52, 68%], Webb (VA)[657, 73.36, 67%], Conrad (ND)[657, 72.91, 66%], Casey (PA)[657, 72.91, 68%], Rockefeller (WV)[657, 72.75, 65%], Cardin (MD)[657, 72.45, 67%], Landrieu (LA)[657, 72.3, 67%], Nelson (FL)[657, 72.15, 66%], Klobuchar (MN)[657, 71.84, 66%], Dorgan (ND)[657, 71.39, 66%], Murray (WA)[657, 71.39, 65%], Levin (MI)[657, 71.08, 66%], Lieberman (CT)[657, 70.93, 65%], Cantwell (WA)[657, 70.32, 66%], Bingaman (NM)[657, 70.17, 66%], Wyden (OR)[657, 70.02, 65%], Tester (MT)[657, 69.71, 67%], Durbin (IL)[657, 68.95, 66%], Inouye (HI)[657, 68.65, 62%], Reed (RI)[657, 68.49, 65%], Whitehouse (RI)[657, 68.49, 66%], Stabenow (MI)[657, 68.34, 66%], Schumer (NY)[657, 68.19, 65%], Brown (OH)[657, 68.04, 66%], Bayh (IN)[657, 67.88, 66%], Snowe (ME)[657, 67.88, 68%], Leahy (VT)[657, 67.28, 66%], Harkin (IA)[657, 66.82, 64%], Kerry (MA)[657, 66.82, 65%], Menéndez (NJ)[657, 66.36, 65%], Reid (NV)[657, 65.45, 66%], Sanders (VT)[657, 65.45, 64%], Lautenberg (NJ)[657, 65.3, 65%], Boxer (CA)[657, 63.32, 62%], McCaskill (MO)[657, 62.1, 64%], Byrd (WV)[657, 59.67, 60%], Collins (ME)[657, 59.51, 67%], Smith (OR)[657, 55.1, 67%], Kennedy (MA)[657, 53.73, 54%], Feingold (WI)[657, 53.42, 62%], Specter (PA)[657, 52.51, 66%], Dodd (CT)[657, 50.23, 50%]
Minority
Coleman (MN)[657, 48.71, 65%], Clinton (NY)[657, 46.42, 47%], Biden (DE)[657, 46.27, 47%], Johnson (SD)[657, 43.99, 40%], Stevens (AK)[657, 41.25, 64%], Murkowski (AK)[657, 38.36, 66%], Obama (IL)[655, 33.89, 38%], Lugar (IN)[657, 32.72, 64%], Domenici (NM)[657, 32.57, 63%], Warner (VA)[657, 32.12, 61%], Voinovich (OH)[657, 31.2, 61%], Roberts (KS)[657, 22.83, 63%], Hatch (UT)[657, 22.53, 64%], Cochran (MS)[657, 21.31, 63%], Grassley (IA)[657, 20.55, 63%], Bond (MO)[657, 20.09, 62%], Alexander (TN)[657, 20.09, 61%], Martinez (FL)[657, 19.94, 63%], Bennett (UT)[657, 19.79, 63%], Hagel (NE)[657, 19.48, 57%], Corker (TN)[657, 17.5, 62%], Wicker (MS)[215, 17.21, 59%], Sununu (NH)[657, 16.59, 62%], Dole (NC)[657, 16.44, 60%], Hutchison (TX)[657, 15.22, 62%], Craig (ID)[657, 12.79, 60%], Thune (SD)[657, 12.33, 63%], Shelby (AL)[657, 11.57, 62%], Brownback (KS)[657, 10.05, 53%], Isakson (GA)[657, 9.59, 62%], Crapo (ID)[657, 8.83, 59%], McConnell (KY)[657, 8.52, 62%], Chambliss (GA)[657, 6.54, 61%], Thomas (WY)[181, 6.08, 57%], Lott (MS)[442, 5.2, 57%], Graham (SC)[657, 3.04, 57%], Gregg (NH)[657, 2.59, 56%], Sessions (AL)[657, 1.37, 59%], McCain (AZ)[657, 0.76, 26%]
Opposition
Cornyn (TX)[657, -0.15, 59%], Bunning (KY)[657, -3.04, 57%], Burr (NC)[657, -4.72, 56%], Vitter (LA)[657, -5.33, 56%], Enzi (WY)[657, -6.09, 56%], Ensign (NV)[657, -6.24, 55%], Barrasso (WY)[431, -6.5, 56%], Allard (CO)[657, -7.61, 56%], Kyl (AZ)[657, -10.65, 55%] , Inhofe (OK)[657, -12.79, 53%], Coburn (OK)[657, -19.33, 48%], DeMint (SC)[657, -22.22, 51%]
Raw data source: Govtrack.us