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Rep. Frank Rudolph Wolf

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Birthdate: b. 01/30/1939
Birthplace: Philadelphia, PA
District: represents VA-10
Political Party: Republican
Religion: Presbyterian
Education: JD, Georgetown University Law School, 1965 BA, Political Science, Pennsylvania State University, 1961.
Last elected in 2006 receiving 138,213 (57.0%) votes.
Capitol Word Frequency →  china (126) commission (122) rights (103) financial (100) bipartisan (99)
Biographical information from Project Vote Smart, Wikipedia. Photo from Congressional Biographical Directory.

Money

Raised $1,211,426 (#124)
Spent 40% (#506)
From self 0% (#34)
From individuals 80% (#36)
From PACs 19% (#491)
PAC = Political Action Committees. Money data from the FECfor the 200X cycle.

Earmarks

Requested 17 (#359)
Total cost $30,398,000 (#295)
Received 16 (#365)
Total cost $13,297,000 (#386)
Data for fiscal year 2008 from Taxpayers for Common Sense.

Voting Analysis

Ideology 37% right-wing (#165)
Predictable 88% (#414)
Data and terminology from VoteView. Unpredictable measures how often members vote against their party.

Speeches

Spoke 7 times (#199)
Avg. length 1,072 words (#164)
Data for 110th Congress from GovTrack.

Bills

Co-sponsored 1,598 (#130)
Introduced 87 (#187)
Debated 25 (#76)
Enacted 16 (#28)
Data from GovTrack.

Interest Group Alignment

Interest Group Alignment compares a politician’s votes to positions taken by interest groups. [ more ]
GroupAgreement
National Association of Home Builders 100% (7/7 votes)
Mortgage Bankers Association 83% (5/6 votes)
American Nurses Association 80% (4/5 votes)
National Association of Realtors 75% (6/8 votes)
Public Citizen 70% (7/10 votes)
US Chamber of Commerce 66% (4/6 votes)
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 66% (4/6 votes)
National Retail Federation 60% (3/5 votes)
NAACP 57% (4/7 votes)
U.S. Chamber of Commerce 50% (7/14 votes)
AFL-CIO 46% (6/13 votes)
International Brotherhood of Teamsters 42% (3/7 votes)
American Civil Liberties Union 40% (2/5 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 L. B. Doggett $14,400 from October 6, 2004 to November 26, 2007
2 Sidney Dewberry $13,100 from July 24, 2001 to October 24, 2007
3 John Singleton $12,800 from July 10, 2001 to October 30, 2007
4 Steven Peterson $12,600 from May 19, 2004 to March 6, 2007
5 Joseph Allen $11,851 from July 10, 2001 to March 6, 2008
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 $300,215
2 Peterson Companies $51,100
3 Livingston Group $26,148
4 Doggett Enterprises $25,000
5 Wiley Rein Fielding $24,500
More contributors →
Source: FEC data from the 1980 to 2000 election cycles.


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