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Joseph K. Knollenberg

Headshot known as "Joe"
b. 1933-11-28 , Mattoon, IL
represents MI-09
Republican, Roman Catholic
Official website

Education: B.S., Eastern Illinois University, 1955.

Last elected in 2006 receiving 142,390 (52.0%) votes.

Money

Raised $1,847,146 (#63)
Spent 34% (#464)
From self 0% (#26)
From individuals 63% (#131)
From PACs 35% (#337)

Earmarks

Requested 35 (#152)
Total cost $35,060,250 (#276)
Received 33 (#154)
Total cost $31,628,990 (#239)
Data for fiscal year 2008

Bills

Co-sponsored 920 (#281)
Introduced 71 (#224)
Debated 8 (#223)
Enacted 6 (#111)

Speeches

Spoke 2 times (#400)
Avg. length 549 words (#456)
Data for 110th Congress

Voting Analysis

Ideology 42% right-wing (#168)
Predictable 91% (#336)
Unpredictable equals maverick

Interest Group Alignment

GroupAgreement
National Association of Home Builders 85% (6/7 votes)
US Chamber of Commerce 83% (5/6 votes)
National Retail Federation 80% (4/5 votes)
National Association of Realtors 75% (6/8 votes)
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 66% (4/6 votes)
Mortgage Bankers Association 66% (4/6 votes)
Public Citizen 60% (6/10 votes)
NAACP 57% (4/7 votes)
International Brotherhood of Teamsters 57% (4/7 votes)
U.S. Chamber of Commerce 57% (8/14 votes)
AFL-CIO 46% (6/13 votes)
American Civil Liberties Union 40% (2/5 votes)
American Nurses Association 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: 400225 (GovTrack), N00004045 (OpenSecrets), K000288 (Congressional Bio), 29365 (ICPSR), 26919 (Vote Smart), H2MI11042 (FEC)