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Joseph R. Biden

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Birthdate: b. 1942-11-20
Political Party: Democrat
Religion: Roman Catholic
Last elected: Former member of congress.

Money

Raised $833,543 (#225)
Spent 287% (#40)
From self 0% (#34)
From individuals 12% (#552)
From PACs 1% (#558)
PAC = Political Action Committees. Money data from the FECfor the 200X cycle.

Earmarks

Requested 81 (#74)
Total cost $423,309,500 (#63)
Received 69 (#76)
Total cost $191,855,205 (#72)
Data for fiscal year 2008 from Taxpayers for Common Sense.

Voting Analysis

No information available.

Speeches

Spoke 17 times (#65)
Avg. length 1,470 words (#81)
Data for 110th Congress from GovTrack.

Bills

Co-sponsored 828 (#314)
Introduced 190 (#56)
Debated 59 (#23)
Enacted 13 (#47)
Data from GovTrack.

Interest Group Alignment

Interest Group Alignment compares a politician’s votes to positions taken by interest groups. [ more ]
GroupAgreement
U.S. Chamber of Commerce 20% (1/5 votes)
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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
University Of Delaware $0 $1600000 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 Shane F Hampton $9,100 on January 10, 2006
2 Neil T Leifer $8,400 from March 27, 2006 to March 24, 2008
3 Robert Berman $8,400 on March 24, 2006
4 Max Schutzman $8,400 from March 31, 2006 to March 24, 2008
5 Bernard Schwartz $8,400 on March 8, 2006
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 $1,390,340
2 Homemaker $221,125
3 Retired $143,200
4 Law Offices Of Peter G Angelos $90,300
5 Weitz Luxenberg $60,850
More contributors →
Source: FEC data from the 1980 to 2000 election cycles.


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