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Sen. Amy Klobuchar

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Birthdate: b. 05/25/1960
Birthplace: Plymouth, MN
District: represents MN
Political Party: Democrat
Religion: Congregationalist
Education: JD, University of Chicago Law School, 1985 BA, Political Science, Yale University, 1982.
Last elected in 2006 receiving 1,278,849 (58.0%) votes.
Capitol Word Frequency →  country (274) energy (253) oil (198) minnesota (187) bridge (134)

Money

Raised $1,045,352 (#158)
Spent 68% (#307)
From self 0% (#34)
From individuals 48% (#308)
From PACs 25% (#450)
PAC = Political Action Committees. Money data from the FECfor the 200X cycle.

Earmarks

Requested 109 (#47)
Total cost $483,507,600 (#52)
Received 104 (#42)
Total cost $259,100,250 (#57)
Data for fiscal year 2008 from Taxpayers for Common Sense.

Voting Analysis

Ideology 44% left-wing (#340)
Predictable 93% (#287)
Data and terminology from VoteView. Unpredictable measures how often members vote against their party.

Speeches

Spoke 9 times (#156)
Avg. length 1,350 words (#104)
Data for 110th Congress from GovTrack.

Bills

Co-sponsored 235 (#510)
Introduced 27 (#401)
Debated 3 (#400)
Enacted 1 (#358)
Data from GovTrack.

Interest Group Alignment

Interest Group Alignment compares a politician’s votes to positions taken by interest groups. [ more ]
GroupAgreement
U.S. Chamber of Commerce 20% (1/5 votes)
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Data from Maplight.org , for the 11Xth Congress.

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 Vance Opperman $30,900 on June 28, 2006
2 Bruce Dayton $26,700 on June 30, 2006
3 Thomas J Petters $10,000 on September 12, 2006
4 Kim Kieves $10,000 on August 29, 2006
5 Pat Denzer $10,000 on October 16, 2006
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 Retired $856,535
2 Self $775,873
3 Homemaker $277,050
4 University Of Minnesota $48,950
5 Dorsey Whitney $48,875
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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. Richard K Armey - Dla Piper Us Llp $5,000
2 Mr. Thomas Boyd - Dla Piper Us Llp $5,000
3 Bagwaina Tarrant - Medtronic, Inc $5,000
4 Mr. William H Minor - Dla Piper Us Llp $5,000
5 Mr. Charles Baker Iii - Dla Piper Us Llp $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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Also known as: 412242 (GovTrack), N00027500 (OpenSecrets), K000367 (Congressional Bio), 40700 (ICPSR), (Vote Smart), S6MN00267 (FEC)

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