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Henry A. Waxman

Headshot b. 1939-09-12 , Los Angeles, CA
represents CA-30
Democrat, Jewish
Official website

Education: JD, University of California, Los Angeles, School of Law, 1964 BA, Political Science, University of California, Los Angeles, 1961.

Last elected in 2006 receiving 151,284 (71.0%) votes.

Money

Raised $537,915 (#358)
Spent 77% (#183)
From self 0% (#26)
From individuals 31% (#446)
From PACs 66% (#55)

Earmarks

Requested 19 (#325)
Total cost $14,429,000 (#401)
Received 18 (#326)
Total cost $13,060,000 (#386)
Data for fiscal year 2008

Bills

Co-sponsored 2,847 (#16)
Introduced 138 (#94)
Debated 35 (#50)
Enacted 5 (#125)

Speeches

Spoke 8 times (#172)
Avg. length 1,445 words (#85)
Data for 110th Congress

Voting Analysis

Ideology 53% left-wing (#459)
Predictable 97% (#57)
Unpredictable equals maverick

Interest Group Alignment

GroupAgreement
National Association of Realtors 100% (8/8 votes)
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 100% (6/6 votes)
American Nurses Association 100% (5/5 votes)
AFL-CIO 92% (12/13 votes)
NAACP 85% (6/7 votes)
Mortgage Bankers Association 83% (5/6 votes)
Public Citizen 80% (8/10 votes)
Friends Committee on National Legislation 80% (4/5 votes)
National Association of Home Builders 71% (5/7 votes)
International Brotherhood of Teamsters 71% (5/7 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 14% (2/14 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: 400425 (GovTrack), N00001861 (OpenSecrets), W000215 (Congressional Bio), 14280 (ICPSR), 26753 (Vote Smart), H6CA24048 (FEC)