Rep. Christopher H. Smith

Share this page	Nickname: known as "Chris" Birthdate: b. 03/04/1953 Birthplace: Rahway, NJ District: represents NJ-04 Political Party: Republican Religion: Roman Catholic Education: BA, Business, Trenton State College/The College of New Jersey, 1975 Attended, Worcester College, England, 1974. Last elected in 2006 receiving 124,482 (66.0%) votes. Official website
Capitol Word Frequency →  human (108) rights (92) lyme (86) disease (77) health (74)
Biographical information from Project Vote Smart, Wikipedia. Photo from Congressional Biographical Directory.

Money Raised $452,603 (#421) Spent 51% (#431) From self 0% (#34) From individuals 70% (#86) From PACs 27% (#432) PAC = Political Action Committees. Money data from the FECfor the 200X cycle.	Earmarks Requested 20 (#304) Total cost $15,039,482 (#399) Received 19 (#309) Total cost $14,017,982 (#376) Data for fiscal year 2008 from Taxpayers for Common Sense.
Voting Analysis Ideology 25% right-wing (#188) Predictable 89% (#393) Data and terminology from VoteView. Unpredictable measures how often members vote against their party. Speeches Spoke 4 times (#303) Avg. length 728 words (#330) Data for 110th Congress from GovTrack.	Bills Co-sponsored 2,149 (#64) Introduced 249 (#35) Debated 65 (#18) Enacted 30 (#5) Data from GovTrack.
Interest Group Alignment Interest Group Alignment compares a politician’s votes to positions taken by interest groups. [ more ] Group Agreement National Association of Realtors 100% (8/8 votes) Public Citizen 90% (9/10 votes) National Association of Home Builders 85% (6/7 votes) International Brotherhood of Teamsters 85% (6/7 votes) Mortgage Bankers Association 83% (5/6 votes) American Nurses Association 80% (4/5 votes) NAACP 71% (5/7 votes) AFL-CIO 69% (9/13 votes) National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 66% (4/6 votes) National Retail Federation 60% (3/5 votes) U.S. Chamber of Commerce 42% (6/14 votes) American Civil Liberties Union 40% (2/5 votes) US Chamber of Commerce 16% (1/6 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 Joseph Fink $8,600 from October 22, 2004 to December 6, 2007 2 Sundar Srinivasan $8,600 from October 22, 2004 to December 6, 2007 3 Charles K. Macdonald $8,600 from October 22, 2004 to December 6, 2007 4 Eva Fink $8,600 from October 22, 2004 to December 6, 2007 5 Moses Marx $8,600 from October 22, 2004 to December 7, 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 $119,237 2 Retired $36,200 3 Elliott Assoc $21,200 4 Mutual Pharmaceutical $8,600 5 United Equities $8,600 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 Alexa Verveer - Discovery Communications $12,500 2 Mrs. Bevin Albertani - Laborers' International Union Of North America $5,000 3 Ms. Alma Henderson - Service Employees International Union Ctw, Clc $5,000 4 Mr. Jose Ceballos - National Air Traffic Controllers Association $4,000 5 Mr. Ian Houston - American Foreign Service Association $2,000 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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