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Joseph R. Biden

Headshot b. 1942-11-20 , Scranton, PA
represents DE
Democrat, Roman Catholic
Official website

Education: JD, Syracuse University College of Law, 1968 BA, History/Political Science, University of Delaware, 1965.

Last elected in 2002 receiving 135,253 (58.0%) votes.

Money

Raised $833,543 (#220)
Spent 287% (#12)
From self 0% (#26)
From individuals 11% (#524)
From PACs 0% (#533)

Earmarks

Requested 81 (#74)
Total cost $423,309,500 (#64)
Received 69 (#77)
Total cost $191,855,205 (#72)
Data for fiscal year 2008

Bills

Co-sponsored 811 (#309)
Introduced 188 (#56)
Debated 55 (#25)
Enacted 11 (#47)

Speeches

Spoke 17 times (#65)
Avg. length 1,470 words (#82)
Data for 110th Congress

Voting Analysis

Ideology 33% left-wing (#326)
Predictable 94% (#249)
Unpredictable equals maverick

Interest Group Alignment

GroupAgreement
U.S. Chamber of Commerce 20% (1/5 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: 300008 (GovTrack), N00001669 (OpenSecrets), B000444 (Congressional Bio), 14101 (ICPSR), 53279 (Vote Smart), P80000722 S8DE00012 (FEC)