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Rep. James P. Moran

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Nickname: known as "Jim"
Birthdate: b. 05/16/1945
Birthplace: Natick, MA
District: represents VA-08
Political Party: Democratic
Religion: Roman Catholic
Education: Attended, University of Southern California Graduate School, 1980 MPA, University of Pittsburgh, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, 1970 Attended, City University of New York, Bernard Baruch Graduate School of Finance, 1967-1968 BA, Economics, College of the Holy Cross, 1967.
Last elected in 2006 receiving 144,700 (66.0%) votes.
Capitol Word Frequency →  military (55) children (48) employees (43) leave (43) virginia (40)
Biographical information from Project Vote Smart, Wikipedia. Photo from Congressional Biographical Directory.

Money

Raised $871,927 (#211)
Spent 62% (#342)
From self 0% (#34)
From individuals 61% (#165)
From PACs 38% (#323)
PAC = Political Action Committees. Money data from the FECfor the 200X cycle.

Earmarks

Requested 70 (#81)
Total cost $141,411,500 (#116)
Received 67 (#81)
Total cost $80,950,500 (#123)
Data for fiscal year 2008 from Taxpayers for Common Sense.

Voting Analysis

Ideology 34% left-wing (#276)
Predictable 96% (#183)
Data and terminology from VoteView. Unpredictable measures how often members vote against their party.

Speeches

Spoke 5 times (#259)
Avg. length 617 words (#418)
Data for 110th Congress from GovTrack.

Bills

Co-sponsored 2,737 (#25)
Introduced 130 (#108)
Debated 11 (#188)
Enacted 7 (#100)
Data from GovTrack.

Interest Group Alignment

Interest Group Alignment compares a politician’s votes to positions taken by interest groups. [ more ]
GroupAgreement
NAACP 100% (7/7 votes)
National Association of Realtors 100% (8/8 votes)
American Nurses Association 100% (5/5 votes)
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 100% (6/6 votes)
AFL-CIO 92% (12/13 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)
More interest groups →
Data from Maplight.org , for the 11Xth Congress.

Handshakes

Handshakes are funds that are donated to a politician by a employees of a company, and flow back out to the same company.
Earmark Recipient Donations Earmarks Cycle
Mantech International $2,300 $2400000 2008
Progeny Systems $8,000 $1600000 2008
Briartek $1,600 $1600000 2008
Saic $300 $1600000 2008
Delex Systems $3,500 $1000000 2008
Mobilvox $1,000 $1000000 2008
Innovative Concepts $1,000 $800000 2008

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 Myron P. Erkiletian $11,600 from October 12, 2001 to May 19, 2008
2 Charlie Rose $11,000 from May 4, 2001 to May 24, 2006
3 Susan Samueli $10,600 from September 1, 2002 to June 26, 2007
4 Frank Pearl $9,700 from April 19, 2004 to March 30, 2007
5 Nicholas E. Karangelen $9,300 from October 30, 2001 to May 19, 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 $241,200
2 Pma Group $85,250
3 Planning Systems $57,500
4 Prologic $50,584
5 Progeny Systems $40,000
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 Mr. Edward Newberry - Patton Boggs Llp $2,300,000
2 Mr. Joseph M. Stanton - National Association Of Home Builders $5,000
3 Mrs. Kaylene Green - The Pma Group $5,000
4 Mr. William A. Syers - Itt Corporation (Formerly Itt Industries) $5,000
5 Mr. John Neumann - Usec, Inc $5,000
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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