Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman

Share this page	Birthdate: b. 02/24/1942 Birthplace: Stamford, CT District: represents CT Political Party: Independent Religion: Jewish Education: LLB, Yale Law School, 1967 BA, Politics/Economics, Yale University, 1964. Last elected in 2006 receiving 564,095 (50.0%) votes. Official website
Capitol Word Frequency →  security (164) country (87) iraq (72) health (70) homeland (62)

Money Raised $454,147 (#419) Spent 153% (#69) From self 0% (#34) From individuals 2% (#567) From PACs 2% (#548) PAC = Political Action Committees. Money data from the FECfor the 200X cycle.	Earmarks Requested 121 (#38) Total cost $464,275,500 (#54) Received 115 (#34) Total cost $257,147,024 (#60) Data for fiscal year 2008 from Taxpayers for Common Sense.
Voting Analysis Ideology 34% left-wing (#275) Predictable 87% (#421) Data and terminology from VoteView. Unpredictable measures how often members vote against their party. Speeches Spoke 30 times (#18) Avg. length 1,764 words (#52) Data for 110th Congress from GovTrack.	Bills Co-sponsored 1,685 (#120) Introduced 190 (#56) Debated 35 (#53) Enacted 8 (#84) Data from GovTrack.
Interest Group Alignment Interest Group Alignment compares a politician’s votes to positions taken by interest groups. [ more ] Group Agreement U.S. Chamber of Commerce 20% (1/5 votes) More interest groups → Data from Maplight.org , for the 11Xth Congress.
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 Barbara Weinberg $25,000 from December 14, 2005 to September 26, 2006 2 Alan Lazowski $24,400 from October 14, 1999 to October 12, 2006 3 Steven Cohen $24,200 from June 29, 2006 to September 20, 2006 4 Larry J Weinberg $21,000 from July 27, 2006 to September 26, 2006 5 Peter Lowy $21,000 from December 19, 2005 to October 15, 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 $3,724,310 2 Sempra Energy $77,950 3 Retired $71,060 4 Lehman Brothers $49,750 5 Purdue Pharma $47,500 More contributors → Source: FEC data from the 1980 to 2000 election cycles.
Top Lobby Contributors New rules require lobbyists to disclose their giving, and giving by the PACs they control. Use with caution: This data compiled from raw filings 1 Mr. William Cahill - Triwest Healthcare Alliance $50,000 2 George Nichols - New York Life Insurance Company $5,000 3 Mr. Howard E Woolley - Verizon Wireless $5,000 4 Mr. Victor W. Tkacs - Verizon & Its Affiliates, Except Verizon Wireless $5,000 5 Bruce R. Byrd - At&T Services, Inc. And Its Affiliates $5,000 More lobby contributors → Source: Senate Office of Public Records LD-203 disclosure database; data from 2008.
Some campaign finance information from Open Secrets.

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Also known as: 300067 (GovTrack), N00000616 (OpenSecrets), L000304 (Congressional Bio), 15704 (ICPSR), (Vote Smart), P00004754 S8CT00022 (FEC)