Barack H. Obama

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Birthdate: b. 08/04/1961
Birthplace: Honolulu, HI
Political Party: Democrat
Religion: United Church of Christ
Education: JD, Harvard Law School, 1991
BA, Columbia University, 1983
Attended, Occidental College.
Last elected: Former member of congress.
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Money
| Raised |
$109,107 |
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(#549) |
| Spent |
449% |
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(#30) |
| From self |
0% |
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(#34) |
| From individuals |
43% |
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(#363) |
| From PACs |
1% |
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(#555) |
| PAC = Political Action Committees. Money data from the FECfor the 200X cycle. |
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Earmarks
| Requested |
66 |
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(#88) |
| Total cost |
$466,031,522 |
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(#53) |
| Received |
56 |
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(#95) |
| Total cost |
$258,800,720 |
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(#58) |
| Data for fiscal year 2008 from Taxpayers for Common Sense. |
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Voting Analysis
| No information available. |
Speeches
| Spoke |
27 times |
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(#24) |
| Avg. length |
1,050 words |
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(#172) |
| Data for 110th Congress from GovTrack. |
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Bills
| Co-sponsored |
505 |
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(#418) |
| Introduced |
121 |
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(#120) |
| Debated |
6 |
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(#284) |
| Enacted |
3 |
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(#220) |
| Data from GovTrack. |
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Interest Group Alignment
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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 |
| Chicago State University |
$2,150 |
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$2400000 |
2008 |
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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 Monir Edwan |
$24,313 |
from October 27, 2007 to November 11, 2007 |
| 2 Martin Dies |
$18,400 |
on June 30, 2007 |
| 3 Rafael Vinoly |
$10,450 |
from December 19, 2007 to May 28, 2008 |
| 4 Jeff Chiacchieri |
$10,168 |
from April 3, 2007 to May 5, 2007 |
| 5 Robert Jr Blackwell |
$9,600 |
from June 8, 2007 to June 21, 2007 |
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More contributors → |
| Source: FEC data from the 1980 to 2000 election cycles. |
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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 |
$23,798,300 |
| 2 Goldman Sachs |
$315,700 |
| 3 Google |
$291,183 |
| 4 Jones Day |
$246,700 |
| 5 Morgan Stanley |
$244,937 |
| More contributors → |
| Source: FEC data from the 1980 to 2000 election cycles. |
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