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Edward J. Markey

Headshot known as "Ed"
b. 1946-07-11 , Malden, MA
represents MA-07
Democrat, Roman Catholic
Official website

Education: JD, Boston College Law School, 1972 BA, Boston College, 1968.

Last elected in 2006 receiving 0 (0.0%) votes.

Money

Raised $673,969 (#292)
Spent 94% (#89)
From self 0% (#26)
From individuals 41% (#355)
From PACs 41% (#279)

Earmarks

Requested 28 (#203)
Total cost $26,048,250 (#320)
Received 26 (#211)
Total cost $26,096,250 (#275)
Data for fiscal year 2008

Bills

Co-sponsored 1,870 (#81)
Introduced 186 (#58)
Debated 14 (#140)
Enacted 2 (#258)

Speeches

Spoke 7 times (#196)
Avg. length 1,034 words (#176)
Data for 110th Congress

Voting Analysis

Ideology 64% left-wing (#498)
Predictable 98% (#25)
Unpredictable equals maverick

Interest Group Alignment

GroupAgreement
American Nurses Association 100% (5/5 votes)
National Association of Realtors 100% (8/8 votes)
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 100% (6/6 votes)
NAACP 100% (7/7 votes)
AFL-CIO 100% (13/13 votes)
Public Citizen 90% (9/10 votes)
International Brotherhood of Teamsters 85% (6/7 votes)
Mortgage Bankers Association 83% (5/6 votes)
Friends Committee on National Legislation 80% (4/5 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)

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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: 400253 (GovTrack), N00000270 (OpenSecrets), M000133 (Congressional Bio), 14435 (ICPSR), 26900 (Vote Smart), H6MA07101 (FEC)