Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski

Share this page	Birthdate: b. 07/20/1936 Birthplace: Baltimore, MD District: represents MD Political Party: Democratic Religion: Roman Catholic Education: MSW, University of Maryland, 1965 BA, Mount Saint Agnes College, 1958. Last elected in 2004 receiving 1,504,691 (65.0%) votes. Official website
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Money Raised $523,787 (#384) Spent 54% (#401) From self 0% (#34) From individuals 67% (#106) From PACs 29% (#415) PAC = Political Action Committees. Money data from the FECfor the 200X cycle.	Earmarks Requested 211 (#12) Total cost $839,130,400 (#20) Received 179 (#13) Total cost $279,407,815 (#52) Data for fiscal year 2008 from Taxpayers for Common Sense.
Voting Analysis Ideology 48% left-wing (#370) Predictable 94% (#229) Data and terminology from VoteView. Unpredictable measures how often members vote against their party. Speeches Spoke 11 times (#121) Avg. length 1,231 words (#129) Data for 110th Congress from GovTrack.	Bills Co-sponsored 1,595 (#132) Introduced 114 (#129) Debated 18 (#112) Enacted 4 (#177) 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 University Of Maryland $200 $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 Robert Marshall $4,600 from May 22, 2006 to May 10, 2007 2 Mark K Joseph $4,600 on August 15, 2007 3 John Iii Langford $4,600 on April 23, 2007 4 Harold S Stinger $4,600 on April 23, 2007 5 Lorraine Marshall $4,600 on April 26, 2007 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 $61,650 2 Van Scoyoc Associates $12,350 3 Northrop Grumman $9,600 4 Sgi $6,900 5 S Llc $6,548 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 Peter D. Prowitt - General Electric Company (Including Subsidiaries) $5,000 2 John Scott - College Of American Pathologists $5,000 3 Mr. Gordon Thomas - Textron, Inc $5,000 4 Mr. William Johnson - Alliant Techsystems, Inc $4,500 5 Mr. James M. Carroll - Accenture, Llp $4,000 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: 300073 (GovTrack), N00001945 (OpenSecrets), M000702 (Congressional Bio), 14440 (ICPSR), 53304 (Vote Smart), S6MD00140 (FEC)