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James Gresham Barrett

Headshot b. 1961-02-14 , Seneca, SC
represents SC-03
Republican, Protestant
Official website

Education: BS, Business Administration, The Citadel, 1983.

Last elected in 2006 receiving 111,882 (63.0%) votes.

Money

Raised $738,131 (#258)
Spent 64% (#255)
From self 0% (#26)
From individuals 45% (#318)
From PACs 52% (#158)

Earmarks

Requested 10 (#459)
Total cost $7,525,000 (#463)
Received 10 (#452)
Total cost $8,599,500 (#439)
Data for fiscal year 2008

Bills

Co-sponsored 570 (#382)
Introduced 32 (#369)
Debated 1 (#472)
Enacted 1 (#333)

Speeches

Spoke 4 times (#300)
Avg. length 628 words (#403)
Data for 110th Congress

Voting Analysis

Ideology 80% right-wing (#18)
Predictable 96% (#175)
Unpredictable equals maverick

Interest Group Alignment

GroupAgreement
US Chamber of Commerce 100% (6/6 votes)
National Retail Federation 80% (4/5 votes)
U.S. Chamber of Commerce 71% (10/14 votes)
International Brotherhood of Teamsters 42% (3/7 votes)
National Association of Home Builders 42% (3/7 votes)
Public Citizen 40% (4/10 votes)
National Association of Realtors 25% (2/8 votes)
American Nurses Association 20% (1/5 votes)
American Civil Liberties Union 20% (1/5 votes)
Mortgage Bankers Association 16% (1/6 votes)
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 16% (1/6 votes)
AFL-CIO 15% (2/13 votes)
NAACP 14% (1/7 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: 400016 (GovTrack), N00013837 (OpenSecrets), B001239 (Congressional Bio), 20347 (ICPSR), 14577 (Vote Smart), H2SC03057 (FEC)