Rep. Bruce Braley

Share this page	Birthdate: b. 1957 Birthplace: Grinnell, IA District: represents IA-01 Political Party: Democratic Education: JD, University of Iowa, 1983 BA, Iowa State University, 1980. Last elected in 2006 receiving 114,322 (55.0%) votes. Official website
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Biographical information from Project Vote Smart, Wikipedia. Photo from Congressional Biographical Directory.

Money Raised $642,606 (#322) Spent 66% (#322) From self 0% (#34) From individuals 50% (#286) From PACs 50% (#205) PAC = Political Action Committees. Money data from the FECfor the 200X cycle.	Earmarks Requested 27 (#215) Total cost $29,306,020 (#301) Received 26 (#212) Total cost $22,942,480 (#300) Data for fiscal year 2008 from Taxpayers for Common Sense.
Voting Analysis Ideology 33% left-wing (#266) Predictable 96% (#149) Data and terminology from VoteView. Unpredictable measures how often members vote against their party. Speeches Spoke 4 times (#303) Avg. length 1,576 words (#67) Data for 110th Congress from GovTrack.	Bills Co-sponsored 379 (#463) Introduced 17 (#461) Debated 3 (#400) Enacted 0 (#469) Data from GovTrack.
Interest Group Alignment Interest Group Alignment compares a politician’s votes to positions taken by interest groups. [ more ] Group Agreement NAACP 100% (7/7 votes) American Nurses Association 100% (5/5 votes) National Association of Realtors 100% (8/8 votes) AFL-CIO 90% (10/11 votes) National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 83% (5/6 votes) Mortgage Bankers Association 83% (5/6 votes) National Association of Home Builders 66% (4/6 votes) Public Citizen 62% (5/8 votes) International Brotherhood of Teamsters 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.
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 Tom Fay $8,700 from April 7, 2006 to January 23, 2008 2 John L Riccolo $7,400 from June 1, 2005 to November 6, 2007 3 Michael Perik $6,700 from October 20, 2006 to February 28, 2007 4 E. Drew Britcher $6,500 from April 19, 2005 to January 30, 2008 5 Martin Diaz $6,400 from March 25, 2005 to October 23, 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 $393,025 2 Retired $34,790 3 Bailey Perrin Bailey Llp $18,400 4 Princeton Review $8,800 5 Thomas Fortune Fay Pa $8,700 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. Monte Byers - United Brotherhood Of Carpenters And Joiners Of America $5,000 2 Daniel Cohen - American Association For Justice $5,000 3 Mr. Hasan R. Solomon - International Association Of Machinists And Aerospace Workers $5,000 4 Mr. Jose Ceballos - National Air Traffic Controllers Association $5,000 5 Alan Reuther - United Automobile, Aerospace & Agricultural Implement Worker $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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Also known as: 412208 (GovTrack), N00027464 (OpenSecrets), B001259 (Congressional Bio), 20719 (ICPSR), 57382 (Vote Smart), H6IA01098 (FEC)