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Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson

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Birthdate: b. 12/03/1934
Birthplace: Waco, TX
District: represents TX-30
Political Party: Democratic
Religion: Baptist
Education: MPA, Public Administration, Southern Methodist University, 1976 BS, Nursing, Texas Christian University, 1967 Attended, Nursing, Saint Mary's College/University of Notre Dame, 1967.
Last elected in 2006 receiving 81,348 (80.0%) votes.
Capitol Word Frequency →  dallas (112) texas (98) water (68) education (62) infrastructure (61)
Biographical information from Project Vote Smart, Wikipedia. Photo from Congressional Biographical Directory.

Money

Raised $291,084 (#492)
Spent 60% (#369)
From self 0% (#34)
From individuals 37% (#425)
From PACs 63% (#76)
PAC = Political Action Committees. Money data from the FECfor the 200X cycle.

Earmarks

Requested 116 (#41)
Total cost $575,409,000 (#41)
Received 110 (#38)
Total cost $372,689,585 (#30)
Data for fiscal year 2008 from Taxpayers for Common Sense.

Voting Analysis

Ideology 50% left-wing (#383)
Predictable 96% (#176)
Data and terminology from VoteView. Unpredictable measures how often members vote against their party.

Speeches

Spoke 10 times (#145)
Avg. length 743 words (#320)
Data for 110th Congress from GovTrack.

Bills

Co-sponsored 2,211 (#61)
Introduced 75 (#218)
Debated 6 (#284)
Enacted 3 (#220)
Data from GovTrack.

Interest Group Alignment

Interest Group Alignment compares a politician’s votes to positions taken by interest groups. [ more ]
GroupAgreement
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 100% (6/6 votes)
National Association of Realtors 87% (7/8 votes)
AFL-CIO 84% (11/13 votes)
American Nurses Association 80% (4/5 votes)
Friends Committee on National Legislation 80% (4/5 votes)
Mortgage Bankers Association 66% (4/6 votes)
Public Citizen 60% (6/10 votes)
National Association of Home Builders 57% (4/7 votes)
NAACP 57% (4/7 votes)
International Brotherhood of Teamsters 42% (3/7 votes)
American Civil Liberties Union 40% (2/5 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)
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 David Dean $8,200 from June 10, 2002 to June 29, 2007
2 Paoling Chen $7,300 from August 21, 2001 to November 15, 2007
3 Gary Hasty $7,250 from August 15, 2002 to December 3, 2007
4 Richard Allen $6,400 from October 27, 2005 to November 15, 2007
5 Les Weisbrod $6,000 from August 21, 2001 to December 19, 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 Retired $16,500
2 Hrc $14,350
3 Txu $14,000
4 Dfw Technology $12,300
5 Trammel Crow Company $12,000
More contributors →
Source: FEC data from the 1980 to 2000 election cycles.


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