Barbara Boxer

b. 1940-11-11 , Brooklyn, NY
represents CA
Democrat, Jewish
Official website

Education: BA, Economics, Brooklyn College, 1962.

Last elected in 2004 receiving 6,955,728 (58.0%) votes.

Money

Raised	$3,427,808	^(#30)
Spent	42%	^(#408)
From self	0%	^(#26)
From individuals	83%	^(#21)
From PACs	9%	^(#507)

Earmarks

Data for fiscal year 2008
Requested	115	^(#44)
Total cost	$677,394,880	^(#31)
Received	102	^(#45)
Total cost	$422,407,280	^(#18)

Bills

Co-sponsored	1,815	^(#90)
Introduced	373	^(#10)
Debated	57	^(#20)
Enacted	13	^(#40)

Speeches

Data for 110th Congress
Spoke	15 times		^(#79)
Avg. length	1,383 words		^(#93)

Voting Analysis

Unpredictable equals maverick
Ideology	66% left-wing		^(#501)
Predictable	96%		^(#166)

Interest Group Alignment

Group	Agreement
American Nurses Association	100% (3/3 votes)
Consumer Federation of America	100% (3/3 votes)
National Association of Social Workers	100% (3/3 votes)
American Academy of Pediatrics	100% (4/4 votes)
AFL-CIO	75% (3/4 votes)
Public Citizen	75% (3/4 votes)
National Retail Federation	33% (1/3 votes)
Sierra Club	33% (1/3 votes)

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Money data from the FEC. Politician information from Project Vote Smart, Wikipedia, and GovTrack. Earmark information from Taxpayers for Common Sense. Interest group alignment from MAPLight.org. Ideology and predictability from VoteView. Photo from Congressional Biographical Directory. Some campaign finance information from Open Secrets.

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Also known as: 300011 (GovTrack), N00006692 (OpenSecrets), B000711 (Congressional Bio), 15011 (ICPSR), 53274 (Vote Smart), P80003247 S2CA00286 (FEC)