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Rep. Henry E. Brown

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Birthdate: b. 12/20/1935
Birthplace: Bishopville, SC
District: represents SC-01
Political Party: Republican
Religion: Baptist
Education: Attended, Real Estate School, 1979 Attended, The Citadel Attended, IBM Management and Technical School Attended, Baptist College Diploma, Berkeley High School.
Last elected in 2006 receiving 115,766 (60.0%) votes.
Capitol Word Frequency →  energy (38) charleston (22) south (19) carolina (18) million (17)
Biographical information from Project Vote Smart, Wikipedia. Photo from Congressional Biographical Directory.

Money

Raised $652,902 (#312)
Spent 20% (#606)
From self 0% (#34)
From individuals 64% (#127)
From PACs 23% (#468)
PAC = Political Action Committees. Money data from the FECfor the 200X cycle.

Earmarks

Requested 96 (#59)
Total cost $527,559,600 (#45)
Received 92 (#55)
Total cost $325,658,030 (#40)
Data for fiscal year 2008 from Taxpayers for Common Sense.

Voting Analysis

Ideology 47% right-wing (#123)
Predictable 91% (#336)
Data and terminology from VoteView. Unpredictable measures how often members vote against their party.

Speeches

Spoke 1 times (#477)
Avg. length 770 words (#306)
Data for 110th Congress from GovTrack.

Bills

Co-sponsored 764 (#331)
Introduced 102 (#154)
Debated 3 (#400)
Enacted 1 (#358)
Data from GovTrack.

Interest Group Alignment

Interest Group Alignment compares a politician’s votes to positions taken by interest groups. [ more ]
GroupAgreement
US Chamber of Commerce 100% (6/6 votes)
National Association of Realtors 87% (7/8 votes)
National Retail Federation 80% (4/5 votes)
National Association of Home Builders 71% (5/7 votes)
U.S. Chamber of Commerce 71% (10/14 votes)
Mortgage Bankers Association 66% (4/6 votes)
Public Citizen 50% (5/10 votes)
International Brotherhood of Teamsters 42% (3/7 votes)
NAACP 42% (3/7 votes)
American Civil Liberties Union 40% (2/5 votes)
American Nurses Association 20% (1/5 votes)
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 16% (1/6 votes)
AFL-CIO 15% (2/13 votes)
More interest groups →
Data from Maplight.org , for the 11Xth Congress.

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 Hugh D. Dr. Durrence $9,750 from August 25, 2000 to May 21, 2008
2 Benjy Hardee $9,550 from October 16, 2000 to March 31, 2008
3 Paul Jr. Booth $9,100 from January 21, 2004 to March 31, 2008
4 Darrell Doyle $8,800 from April 29, 2005 to March 31, 2008
5 R. Glen Lott $8,600 from May 20, 2003 to May 9, 2008
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 $156,820
2 Lpa Group $21,700
3 Waccamaw Wireless $17,400
4 Cdm Of Charleston Llc $11,996
5 Wetland Enviromental Svcs $11,100
More contributors →
Source: FEC data from the 1980 to 2000 election cycles.

Top Lobby Contributors

New rules require lobbyists to disclose their giving, and giving by the PACs they control. Use with caution: This data compiled from raw filings
1 Mrs. Pamela J. Williams - South Carolina Public Service Authority $5,000
2 Mr. Joshua Heit - National Automobile Dealers Association $5,000
3 Mr. Daniel A. Mica - Credit Union National Association $5,000
4 Mr. Joshua Heit - National Automobile Dealers Association $5,000
5 Mr. William H Lesslie Jr - Scana Corporation $4,000
More lobby contributors →
Source: Senate Office of Public Records LD-203 disclosure database; data from 2008.
Some campaign finance information from Open Secrets.


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