Joseph I. Lieberman

b. 1942-02-24 , Stamford, CT
represents CT
Independent, Jewish
Official website

Education: LLB, Yale Law School, 1967 BA, Politics/Economics, Yale University, 1964.

Last elected in 2006 receiving 564,095 (50.0%) votes.

Money

Raised	$454,147	^(#403)
Spent	152%	^(#29)
From self	0%	^(#26)
From individuals	2%	^(#533)
From PACs	1%	^(#526)

Earmarks

Data for fiscal year 2008
Requested	121	^(#40)
Total cost	$464,275,500	^(#55)
Received	115	^(#36)
Total cost	$257,147,024	^(#60)

Bills

Co-sponsored	1,667	^(#116)
Introduced	186	^(#58)
Debated	32	^(#58)
Enacted	7	^(#88)

Speeches

Data for 110th Congress
Spoke	30 times		^(#18)
Avg. length	1,764 words		^(#53)

Voting Analysis

Unpredictable equals maverick
Ideology	34% left-wing		^(#328)
Predictable	87%		^(#472)

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: 300067 (GovTrack), N00000616 (OpenSecrets), L000304 (Congressional Bio), 15704 (ICPSR), 53278 (Vote Smart), P00004754 S8CT00022 (FEC)