Rep. Charles W. Boustany

Share this page	Birthdate: b. 02/21/1956 Birthplace: Lafayette, LA District: represents LA-07 Political Party: Republican Education: MD, Louisiana State University School of Medicine, New Orleans, 1982 Bachelors, University of Louisiana, Lafayette, 1978. Last elected in 2004 receiving 75,039 (55.0%) votes. Official website
Capitol Word Frequency →  energy (115) louisiana (87) policy (55) care (50) oil (47)
Biographical information from Project Vote Smart, Wikipedia. Photo from Congressional Biographical Directory.

Money Raised $702,376 (#286) Spent 60% (#365) From self 0% (#34) From individuals 59% (#184) From PACs 38% (#318) PAC = Political Action Committees. Money data from the FECfor the 200X cycle.	Earmarks Requested 15 (#387) Total cost $25,018,700 (#323) Received 14 (#389) Total cost $8,317,700 (#447) Data for fiscal year 2008 from Taxpayers for Common Sense.
Voting Analysis Ideology 43% right-wing (#140) Predictable 90% (#365) Data and terminology from VoteView. Unpredictable measures how often members vote against their party. Speeches Spoke 5 times (#259) Avg. length 649 words (#396) Data for 110th Congress from GovTrack.	Bills Co-sponsored 429 (#446) Introduced 19 (#446) Debated 3 (#400) 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 US Chamber of Commerce 83% (5/6 votes) National Retail Federation 80% (4/5 votes) National Association of Realtors 75% (6/8 votes) U.S. Chamber of Commerce 71% (10/14 votes) Public Citizen 70% (7/10 votes) National Association of Home Builders 57% (4/7 votes) Mortgage Bankers Association 50% (3/6 votes) International Brotherhood of Teamsters 42% (3/7 votes) NAACP 42% (3/7 votes) American Civil Liberties Union 40% (2/5 votes) National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 33% (2/6 votes) American Nurses Association 20% (1/5 votes) AFL-CIO 15% (2/13 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 Kenneth G. Langone $29,400 on December 5, 2005 2 Martin J. Geller $25,000 on December 9, 2005 3 Alan D Mr Hebert $17,000 from February 28, 2004 to May 3, 2005 4 Thomas S Chance $12,300 from March 22, 2004 to May 16, 2007 5 Kenneth D Dr. Md Futch $12,000 from March 1, 2004 to June 29, 2006 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 $466,553 2 Retired $79,250 3 Homemaker $63,100 4 Invamede Assoc $29,400 5 Geller Co $25,000 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 Brooke Frankenfield - Associated Builders & Contractors, Inc $5,000 2 John Scott - College Of American Pathologists $5,000 3 Christian Shalgian - American College Of Surgeons Professional Association $5,000 4 A. Kirsi Mendoza - The Society Of Thoracic Surgeons $5,000 5 Bruce R. Byrd - At&T Services, Inc. And Its Affiliates $3,000 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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