Rep. William J. Pascrell

Share this page	Nickname: known as "Bill" Birthdate: b. 01/25/1937 Birthplace: Paterson, NJ District: represents NJ-08 Political Party: Democratic Religion: Catholic Education: MA, Philosophy, Fordham University, 1961 BA, Journalism, Fordham University, 1959. Last elected in 2006 receiving 97,568 (71.0%) votes. Official website
Biographical information from Project Vote Smart, Wikipedia. Photo from Congressional Biographical Directory.

Money Raised $968,731 (#175) Spent 64% (#329) From self 0% (#34) From individuals 56% (#222) From PACs 41% (#293) PAC = Political Action Committees. Money data from the FECfor the 200X cycle.	Earmarks Requested 25 (#234) Total cost $38,014,400 (#263) Received 25 (#226) Total cost $33,825,400 (#229) Data for fiscal year 2008 from Taxpayers for Common Sense.
Voting Analysis Ideology 44% left-wing (#344) Predictable 97% (#137) Data and terminology from VoteView. Unpredictable measures how often members vote against their party. Speeches Spoke 6 times (#221) Avg. length 687 words (#358) Data for 110th Congress from GovTrack.	Bills Co-sponsored 1,694 (#115) Introduced 98 (#162) Debated 5 (#328) Enacted 2 (#283) 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 of Realtors 100% (8/8 votes) NAACP 100% (7/7 votes) National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 100% (6/6 votes) Mortgage Bankers Association 83% (5/6 votes) Public Citizen 80% (8/10 votes) Friends Committee on National Legislation 80% (4/5 votes) National Association of Home Builders 71% (5/7 votes) International Brotherhood of Teamsters 71% (5/7 votes) American Civil Liberties Union 60% (3/5 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.
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 Dewey Electronics $300 $2400000 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 Slavco Madzarov $18,680 from March 12, 2001 to December 28, 2007 2 Robert Ciasulli $17,000 from March 3, 2001 to June 4, 2007 3 Steven Coppa $16,700 from March 12, 2001 to December 10, 2007 4 Joseph Sanzari $15,900 from March 10, 2001 to March 12, 2008 5 James Luke $15,800 from December 6, 2001 to March 17, 2008 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 $478,694 2 Seeking Information $97,600 3 Lowenstein Sandler $42,900 4 Bob Ciasulli Auto Group $35,600 5 Pma Group $25,400 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 Kimberly Brisky - American Association Of Oral And Maxillofacial Surgeons $5,500 2 Rodney Page - Bryan Cave Llp $5,000 3 Mr. Broderick Johnson - Bryan Cave Strategies Llc $5,000 4 Broderick Johnson - Bryan Cave Strategies Llc $5,000 5 Mrs. Shannon C. Steward - F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd And Its Affiliates $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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