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Darrell Issa

Headshot b. 1954-01-01 , Cleveland, OH
represents CA-49
Republican,
Official website

Education: BA, Business, Siena Heights University 1976 AA, General Studies, Kent State University 1976.

Last elected in 2006 receiving 98,831 (63.0%) votes.

Money

Raised $666,141 (#298)
Spent 89% (#121)
From self 0% (#26)
From individuals 57% (#192)
From PACs 40% (#291)

Earmarks

Requested 12 (#434)
Total cost $15,025,000 (#398)
Received 12 (#422)
Total cost $12,179,500 (#400)
Data for fiscal year 2008

Bills

Co-sponsored 727 (#333)
Introduced 68 (#235)
Debated 17 (#111)
Enacted 4 (#160)

Speeches

Spoke 6 times (#218)
Avg. length 775 words (#296)
Data for 110th Congress

Voting Analysis

Ideology 55% right-wing (#93)
Predictable 89% (#415)
Unpredictable equals maverick

Interest Group Alignment

GroupAgreement
US Chamber of Commerce 83% (5/6 votes)
National Retail Federation 80% (4/5 votes)
U.S. Chamber of Commerce 71% (10/14 votes)
Public Citizen 70% (7/10 votes)
International Brotherhood of Teamsters 42% (3/7 votes)
American Nurses Association 40% (2/5 votes)
American Civil Liberties Union 40% (2/5 votes)
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 33% (2/6 votes)
NAACP 28% (2/7 votes)
National Association of Home Builders 28% (2/7 votes)
Mortgage Bankers Association 16% (1/6 votes)
National Association of Realtors 12% (1/8 votes)
AFL-CIO 7% (1/13 votes)

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Money data from the FEC. Politician information from Project Vote Smart, Wikipedia, and GovTrack. Earmark information from Taxpayers for Common Sense. Interest group alignment from MAPLight.org. Ideology and predictability from VoteView. Photo from Congressional Biographical Directory. Some campaign finance information from Open Secrets.

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Also known as: 400196 (GovTrack), N00007017 (OpenSecrets), I000056 (Congressional Bio), 20107 (ICPSR), 16553 (Vote Smart), H0CA48024 (FEC)