Rep. George Miller

Share this page	Birthdate: b. 05/15/1945 Birthplace: Richmond, CA District: represents CA-07 Political Party: Democratic Religion: Catholic Education: JD, University of California, Davis, 1972 BA, San Francisco State University, 1968 Diploma, Diablo Valley Community College. Last elected in 2006 receiving 118,000 (84.0%) votes. Official website
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Money Raised $912,225 (#190) Spent 79% (#244) From self 0% (#34) From individuals 47% (#315) From PACs 52% (#171) PAC = Political Action Committees. Money data from the FECfor the 200X cycle.	Earmarks Requested 27 (#215) Total cost $97,534,000 (#144) Received 25 (#226) Total cost $52,188,000 (#164) Data for fiscal year 2008 from Taxpayers for Common Sense.
Voting Analysis Ideology 74% left-wing (#449) Predictable 98% (#20) Data and terminology from VoteView. Unpredictable measures how often members vote against their party. Speeches Spoke 13 times (#100) Avg. length 1,926 words (#42) Data for 110th Congress from GovTrack.	Bills Co-sponsored 2,767 (#23) Introduced 207 (#46) Debated 53 (#32) Enacted 15 (#33) Data from GovTrack.
Interest Group Alignment Interest Group Alignment compares a politician’s votes to positions taken by interest groups. [ more ] Group Agreement NAACP 100% (7/7 votes) AFL-CIO 100% (13/13 votes) American Nurses Association 100% (5/5 votes) National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 100% (6/6 votes) Friends Committee on National Legislation 100% (5/5 votes) National Association of Realtors 87% (7/8 votes) International Brotherhood of Teamsters 85% (6/7 votes) National Association of Home Builders 71% (5/7 votes) Public Citizen 70% (7/10 votes) Mortgage Bankers Association 66% (4/6 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 7% (1/14 votes) More interest groups → Data from Maplight.org , for the 11Xth Congress.
Handshakes Handshakes are funds that are donated to a politician by a employees of a company, and flow back out to the same company. Earmark Recipient Donations Earmarks Cycle Securimetrics $270 $1600000 2008
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 Melody Howe Weintraub $9,300 from May 11, 2001 to April 23, 2008 2 James C Ghielmetti $7,400 from May 7, 2004 to May 31, 2007 3 Carl M Kawaja $7,375 from December 17, 2004 to April 25, 2008 4 Eli Broad $6,000 from May 1, 2006 to March 31, 2008 5 Vincent P Reusing $5,600 from June 20, 2006 to May 31, 2007 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 $72,490 2 Signature Properties $14,800 3 Winning Results $9,300 4 Apollo Group $9,000 5 Itt Educational Services $7,300 More contributors → Source: FEC data from the 1980 to 2000 election cycles.

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