Rep. Clifford B. Stearns

Share this page	Nickname: known as "Cliff" Birthdate: b. 04/16/1941 Birthplace: Washington, DC District: represents FL-06 Political Party: Republican Religion: Presbyterian Education: Graduate Work, University of California - Los Angeles, 1965 BS, Electrical Engineering, George Washington University, 1963. Last elected in 2006 receiving 136,601 (60.0%) votes. Official website
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Money Raised $482,283 (#400) Spent 92% (#157) From self 0% (#34) From individuals 25% (#507) From PACs 42% (#279) PAC = Political Action Committees. Money data from the FECfor the 200X cycle.	Earmarks Requested 16 (#373) Total cost $37,446,600 (#267) Received 16 (#365) Total cost $34,884,100 (#223) Data for fiscal year 2008 from Taxpayers for Common Sense.
Voting Analysis Ideology 74% right-wing (#30) Predictable 91% (#340) Data and terminology from VoteView. Unpredictable measures how often members vote against their party. Speeches Spoke 13 times (#100) Avg. length 822 words (#274) Data for 110th Congress from GovTrack.	Bills Co-sponsored 1,354 (#182) Introduced 165 (#69) Debated 19 (#106) Enacted 4 (#177) 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) U.S. Chamber of Commerce 64% (9/14 votes) Public Citizen 60% (6/10 votes) National Association of Realtors 50% (4/8 votes) International Brotherhood of Teamsters 42% (3/7 votes) National Association of Home Builders 42% (3/7 votes) National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 33% (2/6 votes) NAACP 28% (2/7 votes) American Nurses Association 20% (1/5 votes) American Civil Liberties Union 20% (1/5 votes) Mortgage Bankers Association 16% (1/6 votes) AFL-CIO 7% (1/13 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 University Of Florida $5,450 $5949000 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 George Shuman $9,150 from March 15, 2004 to April 30, 2008 2 S. Clark Butler $5,200 from March 9, 2005 to June 16, 2008 3 James Claudia M. $5,000 from April 9, 2001 to December 29, 2003 4 James V. Agonis $4,400 from October 18, 2006 to February 20, 2008 5 William W. Canfield $4,200 on July 27, 2005 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 $86,750 2 Retired $10,150 3 Us Oncology $7,100 4 Butler Enterprises $6,950 5 Dist Elec Components $6,700 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 Carolyn Lee - Telecommunications Industry Association $8,500 2 Carolyn Lee - Telecommunications Industry Association $4,456 3 Mr. Victor W. Tkacs - Verizon & Its Affiliates, Except Verizon Wireless $3,000 4 Mr. Howard E Woolley - Verizon Wireless $3,000 5 Mr. Jerry Giovaniello - National Association Of Realtors $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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