Virginia Brown-Waite

known as "Ginny"
b. 1943-10-05 , Albany, NY
represents FL-05
Republican, Catholic
Official website

Education: MPA, Russell Sage College, 1984 Labor Studies Program Certificate, Cornell University, 1980 BS, State University of New York at Albany, 1976.

Last elected in 2006 receiving 162,421 (60.0%) votes.

Money

Raised	$384,065	^(#431)
Spent	55%	^(#322)
From self	0%	^(#24)
From individuals	46%	^(#302)
From PACs	52%	^(#157)

Earmarks

Data for fiscal year 2008
Requested	6	^(#486)
Total cost	$6,944,000	^(#468)
Received	6	^(#485)
Total cost	$6,479,000	^(#465)

Bills

Co-sponsored	818	^(#305)
Introduced	59	^(#265)
Debated	12	^(#164)
Enacted	8	^(#75)

Speeches

Data for 110th Congress
Spoke	5 times		^(#256)
Avg. length	830 words		^(#264)

Voting Analysis

Unpredictable equals maverick
Ideology	45% right-wing		^(#153)
Predictable	86%		^(#481)

Interest Group Alignment

Group	Agreement
National Association of Realtors	87% (7/8 votes)
National Retail Federation	80% (4/5 votes)
National Association of Home Builders	71% (5/7 votes)
Mortgage Bankers Association	66% (4/6 votes)
Public Citizen	60% (6/10 votes)
U.S. Chamber of Commerce	50% (7/14 votes)
International Brotherhood of Teamsters	42% (3/7 votes)
American Civil Liberties Union	40% (2/5 votes)
American Nurses Association	40% (2/5 votes)
US Chamber of Commerce	33% (2/6 votes)
NAACP	28% (2/7 votes)
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People	16% (1/6 votes)
AFL-CIO	15% (2/13 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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