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F. James Sensenbrenner

Headshot known as "Jim"
b. 1943-06-14 , Chicago, IL
represents WI-05
Republican, Episcopalian
Official website

Education: JD, University of Wisconsin Law School, 1968 BA, Political Science, Stanford University, 1965.

Last elected in 2006 receiving 194,669 (62.0%) votes.

Money

Raised $235,812 (#496)
Spent 76% (#190)
From self 0% (#26)
From individuals 55% (#216)
From PACs 44% (#252)

Earmarks

Requested 2 (#502)
Total cost $941,000 (#502)
Received 2 (#500)
Total cost $932,000 (#500)
Data for fiscal year 2008

Bills

Co-sponsored 1,257 (#194)
Introduced 179 (#62)
Debated 84 (#9)
Enacted 31 (#3)

Speeches

Spoke 3 times (#351)
Avg. length 439 words (#498)
Data for 110th Congress

Voting Analysis

Ideology 92% right-wing (#5)
Predictable 91% (#327)
Unpredictable equals maverick

Interest Group Alignment

GroupAgreement
US Chamber of Commerce 66% (4/6 votes)
National Retail Federation 60% (3/5 votes)
National Association of Home Builders 57% (4/7 votes)
U.S. Chamber of Commerce 57% (8/14 votes)
Public Citizen 50% (5/10 votes)
Mortgage Bankers Association 33% (2/6 votes)
National Association of Realtors 25% (2/8 votes)
American Civil Liberties Union 20% (1/5 votes)
American Nurses Association 20% (1/5 votes)
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 16% (1/6 votes)
International Brotherhood of Teamsters 14% (1/7 votes)
NAACP 14% (1/7 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: 400365 (GovTrack), N00004291 (OpenSecrets), S000244 (Congressional Bio), 14657 (ICPSR), 27142 (Vote Smart), H8WI09050 (FEC)