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James A. McDermott

Headshot known as "Jim"
b. 1936-12-28 , Chicago, IL
represents WA-07
Democrat, Episcopalian
Official website

Education: MD, University of Illinois Medical School, Chicago, 1963 BS, Wheaton College, 1958.

Last elected in 2006 receiving 195,462 (79.0%) votes.

Money

Raised $322,782 (#460)
Spent 35% (#460)
From self 0% (#26)
From individuals 42% (#351)
From PACs 48% (#207)

Earmarks

Requested 29 (#189)
Total cost $52,700,000 (#211)
Received 27 (#197)
Total cost $53,084,000 (#159)
Data for fiscal year 2008

Bills

Co-sponsored 3,291 (#6)
Introduced 137 (#95)
Debated 5 (#307)
Enacted 1 (#333)

Speeches

Spoke 14 times (#91)
Avg. length 1,665 words (#61)
Data for 110th Congress

Voting Analysis

Ideology 92% left-wing (#518)
Predictable 96% (#137)
Unpredictable equals maverick

Interest Group Alignment

GroupAgreement
AFL-CIO 100% (13/13 votes)
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 100% (6/6 votes)
NAACP 100% (7/7 votes)
American Nurses Association 100% (5/5 votes)
Friends Committee on National Legislation 100% (5/5 votes)
National Association of Realtors 100% (8/8 votes)
Mortgage Bankers Association 83% (5/6 votes)
International Brotherhood of Teamsters 71% (5/7 votes)
National Association of Home Builders 71% (5/7 votes)
Public Citizen 70% (7/10 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: 400262 (GovTrack), N00009829 (OpenSecrets), M000404 (Congressional Bio), 15613 (ICPSR), 27128 (Vote Smart), H8WA07132 (FEC)