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Jane Harman

Headshot b. 1945-06-28 , New York, NY
represents CA-36
Democrat, Jewish
Official website

Education: JD, Harvard University Law School, 1968 BA, Government, Smith College, 1966.

Last elected in 2006 receiving 105,323 (63.0%) votes.

Money

Raised $302,108 (#469)
Spent 85% (#138)
From self 0% (#26)
From individuals 37% (#399)
From PACs 60% (#93)

Earmarks

Requested 24 (#250)
Total cost $22,550,000 (#340)
Received 24 (#236)
Total cost $23,179,000 (#299)
Data for fiscal year 2008

Bills

Co-sponsored 881 (#289)
Introduced 39 (#339)
Debated 4 (#343)
Enacted 0 (#435)

Speeches

Spoke 2 times (#400)
Avg. length 511 words (#476)
Data for 110th Congress

Voting Analysis

Ideology 33% left-wing (#323)
Predictable 94% (#219)
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)
NAACP 85% (6/7 votes)
AFL-CIO 84% (11/13 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)
Public Citizen 70% (7/10 votes)
American Civil Liberties Union 60% (3/5 votes)
International Brotherhood of Teamsters 57% (4/7 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: 400166 (GovTrack), N00006750 (OpenSecrets), H000213 (Congressional Bio), 29318 (ICPSR), 26768 (Vote Smart), H2CA27107 (FEC)