Joseph R. Biden

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

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

Bills

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

Speeches

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

Voting Analysis

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

Interest Group Alignment

Group	Agreement
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)