Rep. Christopher Van Hollen

Share this page	Nickname: known as "Chris" Birthdate: b. 01/10/1959 Birthplace: Karachi, Pakistan District: represents MD-08 Political Party: Democratic Religion: Episcopalian Education: JD, Georgetown University Law Center, 1990 MPP, Public Policy, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 1985 BA, Philosophy, Swarthmore College, 1982. Last elected: Former member of congress. Official website
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Biographical information from Project Vote Smart, Wikipedia. Photo from Congressional Biographical Directory.

Money Raised $1,534,861 (#93) Spent 51% (#429) From self 0% (#34) From individuals 52% (#270) From PACs 39% (#308) PAC = Political Action Committees. Money data from the FECfor the 200X cycle.	Earmarks Requested 29 (#190) Total cost $66,217,000 (#185) Received 27 (#197) Total cost $34,704,060 (#224) Data for fiscal year 2008 from Taxpayers for Common Sense.
Voting Analysis Ideology 44% left-wing (#340) Predictable 98% (#22) Data and terminology from VoteView. Unpredictable measures how often members vote against their party. Speeches Spoke 3 times (#357) Avg. length 503 words (#490) Data for 110th Congress from GovTrack.	Bills Co-sponsored 1,343 (#184) Introduced 39 (#349) Debated 4 (#360) 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 National Association of Realtors 100% (8/8 votes) 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) NAACP 100% (7/7 votes) Mortgage Bankers Association 83% (5/6 votes) Public Citizen 80% (8/10 votes) Friends Committee on National Legislation 80% (4/5 votes) International Brotherhood of Teamsters 71% (5/7 votes) National Association of Home Builders 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.
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 Esthy Adler $14,600 from May 15, 2002 to January 30, 2008 2 Morton Funger $12,800 from April 23, 2003 to April 9, 2007 3 Richard Creighton $12,500 from October 14, 2002 to September 20, 2007 4 David B. Mcgrath $12,300 from December 24, 2001 to February 7, 2008 5 Kenneth R. Feinberg $12,000 from March 29, 2003 to April 23, 2003 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 $657,647 2 Retired $621,599 3 Arent Fox $105,548 4 Aepco $35,050 5 Nih $34,400 More contributors → Source: FEC data from the 1980 to 2000 election cycles.

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