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Gregory W. Meeks

Headshot b. 1953-09-25 , New York City
represents NY-06
Democrat, African Methodist Episcopal
Official website

Education: J.D., Howard University Law School, 1978 B.A., History/Political Science, Adelphi University, 1975.

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

Money

Raised $674,138 (#290)
Spent 103% (#62)
From self 0% (#26)
From individuals 20% (#502)
From PACs 63% (#74)

Earmarks

Requested 11 (#449)
Total cost $3,826,000 (#489)
Received 9 (#461)
Total cost $6,976,500 (#459)
Data for fiscal year 2008

Bills

Co-sponsored 1,514 (#142)
Introduced 29 (#378)
Debated 3 (#381)
Enacted 1 (#333)

Speeches

Spoke 2 times (#400)
Avg. length 707 words (#338)
Data for 110th Congress

Voting Analysis

Ideology 39% left-wing (#365)
Predictable 96% (#124)
Unpredictable equals maverick

Interest Group Alignment

GroupAgreement
American Nurses Association 100% (5/5 votes)
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 100% (6/6 votes)
NAACP 100% (7/7 votes)
National Association of Realtors 100% (8/8 votes)
AFL-CIO 92% (12/13 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)
International Brotherhood of Teamsters 57% (4/7 votes)
Public Citizen 50% (5/10 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)

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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: 400271 (GovTrack), N00001171 (OpenSecrets), M001137 (Congressional Bio), 29776 (ICPSR), 4360 (Vote Smart), H8NY06048 (FEC)