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David Vitter

Headshot b. 1961-05-03 , New Orleans, LA
represents LA
Republican, Catholic
Official website

Education: JD, Tulane University School of Law, 1988 MA, Economics/History, Oxford University, 1985 BA, Harvard University, 1983.

Money

Raised $1,099,129 (#148)
Spent 45% (#396)
From self 0% (#26)
From individuals 87% (#14)
From PACs 11% (#503)

Earmarks

Requested 112 (#46)
Total cost $522,716,000 (#47)
Received 102 (#45)
Total cost $282,623,610 (#50)
Data for fiscal year 2008

Bills

Co-sponsored 818 (#305)
Introduced 168 (#67)
Debated 12 (#164)
Enacted 3 (#202)

Speeches

Spoke 11 times (#119)
Avg. length 1,248 words (#123)
Data for 110th Congress

Voting Analysis

Ideology 62% right-wing (#67)
Predictable 88% (#432)
Unpredictable equals maverick

Interest Group Alignment

GroupAgreement
U.S. Chamber of Commerce 80% (4/5 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: 400418 (GovTrack), N00009659 (OpenSecrets), V000127 (Congressional Bio), 29918 (ICPSR), 4615 (Vote Smart), S4LA00057 (FEC)