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Barbara Lee

Headshot b. 1946-07-16 , El Paso, TX
represents CA-09
Democrat, Baptist
Official website

Education: MSW, University of California, Berkeley, 1975 BA, Mills College, 1973.

Last elected in 2006 receiving 167,245 (86.0%) votes.

Money

Raised $672,561 (#294)
Spent 96% (#82)
From self 0% (#26)
From individuals 74% (#46)
From PACs 24% (#435)

Earmarks

Requested 28 (#203)
Total cost $63,200,000 (#189)
Received 26 (#211)
Total cost $62,693,000 (#144)
Data for fiscal year 2008

Bills

Co-sponsored 2,841 (#17)
Introduced 96 (#159)
Debated 6 (#269)
Enacted 1 (#333)

Speeches

Spoke 0 times (#504)
Avg. length 0 words (#504)
Data for 110th Congress

Voting Analysis

Ideology 75% left-wing (#514)
Predictable 96% (#140)
Unpredictable equals maverick

Interest Group Alignment

GroupAgreement
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 100% (6/6 votes)
AFL-CIO 100% (13/13 votes)
Friends Committee on National Legislation 100% (5/5 votes)
American Nurses Association 100% (5/5 votes)
NAACP 100% (7/7 votes)
Public Citizen 90% (9/10 votes)
National Association of Realtors 87% (7/8 votes)
International Brotherhood of Teamsters 85% (6/7 votes)
Mortgage Bankers Association 66% (4/6 votes)
American Civil Liberties Union 60% (3/5 votes)
National Association of Home Builders 57% (4/7 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)

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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: 400237 (GovTrack), N00008046 (OpenSecrets), L000551 (Congressional Bio), 29778 (ICPSR), 8315 (Vote Smart), H8CA09060 (FEC)