Rep. Allyson Y. Schwartz

Share this page	Birthdate: b. 10/03/1948 Birthplace: Queens, NY District: represents PA-13 Political Party: Democratic Religion: Jewish Education: MSS, Bryn Mawr College of Social Work and Social Research, 1972 BA, Sociology, Simmons College, 1970. Last elected in 2006 receiving 147,368 (66.0%) votes. Official website
Capitol Word Frequency →  energy (49) philadelphia (43) community (42) families (30) health (28)
Biographical information from Project Vote Smart, Wikipedia. Photo from Congressional Biographical Directory.

Money Raised $1,941,575 (#60) Spent 33% (#558) From self 0% (#34) From individuals 66% (#110) From PACs 31% (#394) PAC = Political Action Committees. Money data from the FECfor the 200X cycle.	Earmarks Requested 21 (#283) Total cost $18,696,000 (#367) Received 19 (#309) Total cost $15,399,600 (#363) Data for fiscal year 2008 from Taxpayers for Common Sense.
Voting Analysis Ideology 36% left-wing (#284) Predictable 97% (#121) Data and terminology from VoteView. Unpredictable measures how often members vote against their party. Speeches Spoke 5 times (#259) Avg. length 677 words (#368) Data for 110th Congress from GovTrack.	Bills Co-sponsored 538 (#408) Introduced 20 (#440) Debated 0 (#529) Enacted 0 (#469) Data from GovTrack.
Interest Group Alignment Interest Group Alignment compares a politician’s votes to positions taken by interest groups. [ more ] Group Agreement National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 100% (6/6 votes) American Nurses Association 100% (5/5 votes) AFL-CIO 100% (13/13 votes) NAACP 100% (7/7 votes) National Association of Realtors 87% (7/8 votes) Mortgage Bankers Association 83% (5/6 votes) Public Citizen 80% (8/10 votes) International Brotherhood of Teamsters 71% (5/7 votes) National Association of Home Builders 71% (5/7 votes) American Civil Liberties Union 60% (3/5 votes) Friends Committee on National Legislation 60% (3/5 votes) National Retail Federation 20% (1/5 votes) US Chamber of Commerce 16% (1/6 votes) U.S. Chamber of Commerce 14% (2/14 votes) More interest groups → Data from Maplight.org , for the 11Xth Congress.
Handshakes Handshakes are funds that are donated to a politician by a employees of a company, and flow back out to the same company. Earmark Recipient Donations Earmarks Cycle Maxpower $2,300 $1000000 2008
Top Contributors Individuals reporting the same zip code who have donated to a lawmaker's political campaign. Use with caution: based on raw FEC data. 1 Arnold M Mr. Katz $10,600 from August 13, 2004 to May 25, 2007 2 Suzanne Ms. Walker $10,500 from December 20, 2004 to June 19, 2007 3 Morton Mr. Funger $9,400 from September 7, 2004 to August 10, 2007 4 Daniel Nir $9,000 from September 17, 2004 to December 26, 2007 5 Mark Hankin $8,700 from October 5, 2004 to July 25, 2007 More contributors → Source: FEC data from the 1980 to 2000 election cycles.
Top Contributor Employers Campaigns disclose the employers of their contributors; this list aggregates them. Use with caution: this list is based on raw FEC data 1 Self $824,627 2 Na $82,925 3 Retired $62,800 4 University Of Pennsylvania $53,150 5 Commonwealth Of Pa $23,700 More contributors → Source: FEC data from the 1980 to 2000 election cycles.
Top Lobby Contributors New rules require lobbyists to disclose their giving, and giving by the PACs they control. Use with caution: This data compiled from raw filings 1 Mr. Tom Dilenge - Biotechnology Industry Organization $35,500 2 Mr. Nathaniel H. Lacour - American Federation Of Teachers $5,000 3 Allison King - Duane Morris Government Affairs $5,000 4 Ms. Patricia Ann Kmieciak - United Steel, Paper & Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy... $5,000 5 Ms. Alma Henderson - Service Employees International Union Ctw, Clc $5,000 More lobby contributors → Source: Senate Office of Public Records LD-203 disclosure database; data from 2008.
Some campaign finance information from Open Secrets.

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