1980 |
Representative Jack Brooks (D – TX)
Senator Abraham Ribicoff (D – CT) |
1981 |
Representative Carl Perkins (D – KY) |
1982 |
Representative Paul Simon (D – IL) |
1983 |
Representative William Ford (D – MI)
Senator Lowell P. Weicker, Jr. (R – CT) |
1984 |
Representative Jim Wright (D – TX)
Senator Robert T. Stafford (R – VT) |
1985 |
Representative Silvio O. Conte (R – MA)
Senator Thomas F. Eagleton (D – MO) |
1986 |
Representative Augustus F. Hawkins (D – CA)
Senator Daniel P. Moyniham (D – NY) |
1988 |
Representative William Gray (D – PA)
Senator Nancy Landon Kassebaum (R – KS) |
1989 |
Representative Patricia Schroeder (D – CO)
Senator Terry Sanford (D – NC) |
1990 |
Representative William Natcher (D – KY)
Senator Jim Sasser (D – TN)
Special awards given to
Representative Augustus Hawkins (D – CA)
Senator Daniel P. Moynihan (D – NY)
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1991 |
Representative Pat Williams (D – MT) |
1992 |
Representative Howard Wolpe (D – MI)
Senator David Boren (D – OK) |
1993 |
Special award given to Senator Terry Sanford (D-NC) |
1994 |
Representative Robert Kastenmeier (D–WI, retired) |
1995 |
Representative John Lewis (D – GA)
Senator James Jeffords (R – VT) |
1996 |
Representative George Brown (D – CA)
Senator Olympia Snowe (R – ME) |
1997 |
Representative John Edward Porter (R – IL)
Senator Paul Wellstone (D – MN) |
1998 |
Representative Nita Lowey (D – NY)
Senator Pete Domenciri (R – NM) |
1999 |
Representative William Clay (D – MO) |
2000 |
Representative Rush Holt (D – NJ) |
2001 |
Representative David Obey (D – WI)
Senator Zell Miller (D – GA) |
2002 |
Representative Patsy Mink (D – HI) |
2003 |
Representative Sherwood Boehlert (R - NY) |
2004 |
Representative Bernie Sanders (I - VT) |
2005
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Senator Susan Collins (R - ME)
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2006 |
Representative Betty McCollum (D-MN) |
2007
2010
2011
2014
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Senator Jack Reed (D-RI)
Representative Donald Payne (D-NJ)
Representative Joe Courtney (D-CT)
Representative Peter Welch ( D-VT)
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