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I pulled the list, researched party affiliation, and then resorted the list by rank in who stole the most in taxpayer salary dollars. Interestingly, the top 6 offenders are democrat; 8 of the top 10 are democrat; 18 of the top 25 are democrat.

Rank	Congress Member *Denotes a Congress Member who ran for higher office	Party Affiliation	Days Missed 2003	Days Missed 2004	Final Total
1	Kerry, John*	D	76	70	$90,932.68
2	Gephardt, Richard*	D	85	46	$81,362.53
3	Edwards, John*	D	52	50	$63,543.16
4	Lieberman, Joseph*	D	63		$38,828.79
5	Gutierrez, Luis	D	19	23	$26,197.51
6	Graham, Bob*	D	41		$25,269.53
7	DeMint, James*	R		37	$23,305.56
8	Kucinich, Dennis*	D		28	$17,636.64
9	Fletcher, Ernie*	R	27		$16,640.91
10	Deutsch, Pete*	D		23	$14,487.24
11	Majette, Denise*	D		22	$13,857.36
12	Carson, Brad*	D		19	$11,967.72
13	Toomey, Patrick*	R		19	$11,967.72
14	Collins, Mac*	R		18	$11,337.84
15	John, Chris*	D		18	$11,337.84
16	Lipinski, William	D		18	$11,337.84
17	Conyers, John	D	17		$10,477.61
18	Isakson, Johnny*	R		15	$9,448.20
19	Meeks, Gregory	D		15	$9,448.20
20	Mollohan, Alan	D		15	$9,448.20
21	Greenwood, Jim	R		14	$8,818.32
22	Hoeffel, Joseph*	D		14	$8,818.32
23	Bell, Chris	D		13	$8,188.44
24	Nethercutt, George*	D		13	$8,188.44
25	Campbell, Ben Nighthorse	R		11	$6,928.68