Sen. Arlen Specter

Share this page	Birthdate: b. 02/12/1930 Birthplace: Wichita, KS District: represents PA Political Party: Republican Religion: Jewish Education: LLB, Yale Law School, 1956 BA, International Relations, University of Pennsylvania, 1951. Last elected in 2004 receiving 2,925,080 (53.0%) votes. Official website
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Money Raised $5,278,753 (#15) Spent 25% (#588) From self 0% (#34) From individuals 82% (#31) From PACs 18% (#498) PAC = Political Action Committees. Money data from the FECfor the 200X cycle.	Earmarks Requested 317 (#3) Total cost $680,222,500 (#28) Received 311 (#2) Total cost $395,284,900 (#21) Data for fiscal year 2008 from Taxpayers for Common Sense.
Voting Analysis Ideology 9% right-wing (#193) Predictable 88% (#410) Data and terminology from VoteView. Unpredictable measures how often members vote against their party. Speeches Spoke 39 times (#9) Avg. length 1,808 words (#46) Data for 110th Congress from GovTrack.	Bills Co-sponsored 917 (#295) Introduced 329 (#19) Debated 84 (#10) Enacted 16 (#28) Data from GovTrack.
Interest Group Alignment Interest Group Alignment compares a politician’s votes to positions taken by interest groups. [ more ] Group Agreement U.S. Chamber of Commerce 20% (1/5 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 Kennametal $1,250 $1600000 2008 Unisys $3,500 $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 Joseph Hardy $13,800 from March 27, 2007 to June 19, 2007 2 Frederick Piasecki $11,900 from March 31, 2007 to March 31, 2008 3 David Field $7,600 from February 8, 2007 to November 14, 2007 4 Todd Albert $7,600 from February 9, 2007 to November 14, 2007 5 John Rowe $6,900 from May 31, 2007 to March 31, 2008 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 $209,550 2 Blank Rome $48,950 3 Goldman Sachs $32,900 4 Pride Mobility $26,400 5 Amgen $22,350 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 Vincent Torregiano - International Longshoremen'S Association, Afl-Cio $5,000 2 Karen Head - Amalgamated Transit Union $5,000 3 Karen Head - Amalgamated Transit Union $5,000 4 Vincent Torregiano - International Longshoremen'S Association, Afl-Cio $5,000 5 Mr. Christopher Sloan - International Union Of Painters And Allied Trades $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: 300092 (GovTrack), N00001604 (OpenSecrets), S000709 (Congressional Bio), 14910 (ICPSR), 53340 (Vote Smart), P60003233 S6PA00100 (FEC)