Gene Taylor

b. 1953-09-17 , New Orleans, LA
represents MS-04
Democrat, Roman Catholic
Official website

Education: Graduate Studies, Business/Economics, University of Southern Mississippi, 1978-1980 BS, Political Science/History, Tulane University, 1974.

Last elected in 2006 receiving 110,996 (80.0%) votes.

Money

Raised	$239,039	^(#494)
Spent	88%	^(#122)
From self	0%	^(#26)
From individuals	19%	^(#506)
From PACs	76%	^(#16)

Earmarks

Data for fiscal year 2008
Requested	20	^(#303)
Total cost	$49,926,000	^(#214)
Received	19	^(#309)
Total cost	$53,024,000	^(#160)

Bills

Co-sponsored	955	^(#274)
Introduced	26	^(#391)
Debated	9	^(#203)
Enacted	4	^(#160)

Speeches

Data for 110th Congress
Spoke	2 times		^(#400)
Avg. length	977 words		^(#194)

Voting Analysis

Unpredictable equals maverick
Ideology	20% left-wing		^(#265)
Predictable	85%		^(#493)

Interest Group Alignment

Group	Agreement
International Brotherhood of Teamsters	100% (7/7 votes)
Public Citizen	90% (9/10 votes)
National Association of Realtors	87% (7/8 votes)
Mortgage Bankers Association	83% (5/6 votes)
National Association of Home Builders	71% (5/7 votes)
NAACP	71% (5/7 votes)
AFL-CIO	69% (9/13 votes)
American Nurses Association	60% (3/5 votes)
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People	50% (3/6 votes)
American Civil Liberties Union	40% (2/5 votes)
National Retail Federation	40% (2/5 votes)
U.S. Chamber of Commerce	28% (4/14 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: 400399 (GovTrack), N00003350 (OpenSecrets), T000074 (Congressional Bio), 15637 (ICPSR), 26932 (Vote Smart), H8MS05047 (FEC)