Sen. David B. Vitter

Share this page	Birthdate: b. 05/03/1960 Birthplace: New Orleans, LA District: represents LA Political Party: Republican Religion: Roman Catholic Education: JD, Tulane University School of Law, 1988 MA, Economics/History, Oxford University, 1985 BA, Harvard University, 1983. Last elected: Former member of congress. Official website
Capitol Word Frequency →  energy (194) debate (104) prices (100) health (91) companies (91)

Money Raised $1,099,129 (#153) Spent 45% (#469) From self 0% (#34) From individuals 87% (#16) From PACs 12% (#523) PAC = Political Action Committees. Money data from the FECfor the 200X cycle.	Earmarks Requested 112 (#45) Total cost $522,716,000 (#46) Received 102 (#44) Total cost $282,623,610 (#50) Data for fiscal year 2008 from Taxpayers for Common Sense.
Voting Analysis Ideology 63% right-wing (#59) Predictable 89% (#392) Data and terminology from VoteView. Unpredictable measures how often members vote against their party. Speeches Spoke 11 times (#121) Avg. length 1,248 words (#123) Data for 110th Congress from GovTrack.	Bills Co-sponsored 827 (#316) Introduced 171 (#66) Debated 12 (#176) Enacted 3 (#220) Data from GovTrack.
Interest Group Alignment Interest Group Alignment compares a politician’s votes to positions taken by interest groups. [ more ] Group Agreement U.S. Chamber of Commerce 80% (4/5 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 Gary Mockler $34,600 from June 21, 2007 to October 11, 2007 2 J. Cleo Jr. Thompson $12,000 on August 10, 2004 3 Meredith J. Long $12,000 on August 20, 2004 4 Lee Posey $12,000 on August 24, 2004 5 Ralph B. Thomas $10,000 on August 24, 2004 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 $273,422 2 Retired $58,875 3 Homemaker $57,000 4 Mockler Beverage Company $33,100 5 Trt Holdings $16,000 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 Mr. Fraser Verrusio - Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc. $5,000 2 Ms. Adria Hertwig - Adams And Reese, Llp $5,000 3 Mr. William Walters - Altha, Inc. (Acute Long Term Hospital Association) $5,000 4 Ms. Adria Hertwig - Adams And Reese, Llp $5,000 5 Bruce R. Byrd - At&T Services, Inc. And Its Affiliates $5,000 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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Also known as: 400418 (GovTrack), N00009659 (OpenSecrets), V000127 (Congressional Bio), 29918 (ICPSR), (Vote Smart), S4LA00057 (FEC)