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Elijah Eugene Cummings

Headshot b. 1951-01-18 , Baltimore, MD
represents MD-07
Democrat, Baptist
Official website

Education: JD, University of Maryland School of Law, 1976 BA, Political Science, Howard University, 1973.

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

Money

Raised $598,113 (#333)
Spent 59% (#299)
From self 0% (#26)
From individuals 40% (#373)
From PACs 52% (#160)

Earmarks

Requested 41 (#134)
Total cost $94,677,250 (#147)
Received 37 (#142)
Total cost $49,213,850 (#168)
Data for fiscal year 2008

Bills

Co-sponsored 2,323 (#46)
Introduced 65 (#243)
Debated 15 (#129)
Enacted 10 (#58)

Speeches

Spoke 11 times (#119)
Avg. length 603 words (#420)
Data for 110th Congress

Voting Analysis

Ideology 46% left-wing (#419)
Predictable 98% (#19)
Unpredictable equals maverick

Interest Group Alignment

GroupAgreement
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 100% (6/6 votes)
National Association of Realtors 100% (8/8 votes)
American Nurses Association 100% (5/5 votes)
AFL-CIO 100% (13/13 votes)
NAACP 100% (7/7 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: 400090 (GovTrack), N00001971 (OpenSecrets), C000984 (Congressional Bio), 29587 (ICPSR), 345 (Vote Smart), H6MD07160 (FEC)