Rep. Barney Frank

Share this page	Birthdate: b. 03/31/1940 Birthplace: Bayonne, NJ District: represents MA-04 Political Party: Democratic Religion: Jewish Education: JD, Harvard Law School, 1977 Graduate Studies, Harvard University, 1962-1967 BA, Government, Harvard University, 1962. Last elected in 2006, unopposed. Official website
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Money Raised $1,246,475 (#122) Spent 102% (#123) From self 0% (#34) From individuals 55% (#231) From PACs 44% (#260) PAC = Political Action Committees. Money data from the FECfor the 200X cycle.	Earmarks Requested 23 (#263) Total cost $28,537,000 (#308) Received 21 (#272) Total cost $20,088,000 (#322) Data for fiscal year 2008 from Taxpayers for Common Sense.
Voting Analysis Ideology 65% left-wing (#439) Predictable 97% (#95) Data and terminology from VoteView. Unpredictable measures how often members vote against their party. Speeches Spoke 14 times (#92) Avg. length 2,897 words (#12) Data for 110th Congress from GovTrack.	Bills Co-sponsored 3,899 (#2) Introduced 257 (#31) Debated 31 (#66) 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 AFL-CIO 100% (13/13 votes) American Nurses Association 100% (5/5 votes) National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 100% (6/6 votes) National Association of Realtors 100% (8/8 votes) NAACP 100% (7/7 votes) Mortgage Bankers Association 83% (5/6 votes) American Civil Liberties Union 80% (4/5 votes) Friends Committee on National Legislation 80% (4/5 votes) Public Citizen 80% (8/10 votes) International Brotherhood of Teamsters 71% (5/7 votes) National Association of Home Builders 71% (5/7 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) More interest groups → Data from Maplight.org , for the 11Xth Congress.
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 William Kargman $10,400 from June 1, 2001 to May 22, 2007 2 Paul Funk $10,200 from May 9, 2001 to June 9, 2006 3 Eugene A Ludwig $6,300 from June 30, 2005 to June 25, 2007 4 Phillip Martin $6,000 from June 19, 2001 to April 14, 2004 5 Paul Nelson $6,000 from March 22, 2002 to June 20, 2005 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 $274,255 2 Brown Brothers Harriman $19,900 3 State St $17,000 4 Harvard Univ $13,000 5 Mit $10,200 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 Mr. Steve Judge - Private Equity Council $15,000 2 Mr. Joseph M. Stanton - National Association Of Home Builders $11,082 3 Meghan O'Reilly - American Health Care Association $5,000 4 Mr. Jack A. Macdonald - Golden Horizons (Formally Beverly Enterprises) $5,000 5 George Nichols - New York Life Insurance Company $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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