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Sen. John Sidney McCain

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Birthdate: b. 08/29/1936
Birthplace: Panama Canal Zone, Panama
District: represents AZ
Political Party: Republican, Conservative Party of New York , Independence Party of New York
Religion: Episcopalian
Education: National War College, 1973-1974 BS, United States Naval Academy, 1958.
Last elected in 2004 receiving 1,505,372 (77.0%) votes.
Capitol Word Frequency →  million (151) billion (147) spending (118) jobs (91) tax (88)
Biographical information from Project Vote Smart, Wikipedia. Photo from Congressional Biographical Directory.

Money

Raised $20,586 (#584)
Spent 125% (#89)
From self 0% (#34)
From individuals 0% (#572)
From PACs 2% (#546)
PAC = Political Action Committees. Money data from the FECfor the 200X cycle.

Earmarks

No information available.

Voting Analysis

Ideology 38% right-wing (#159)
Predictable 89% (#396)
Data and terminology from VoteView. Unpredictable measures how often members vote against their party.

Speeches

Spoke 18 times (#55)
Avg. length 1,487 words (#77)
Data for 110th Congress from GovTrack.

Bills

Co-sponsored 813 (#323)
Introduced 473 (#5)
Debated 173 (#2)
Enacted 30 (#5)
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.

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 Robert Edward Mr. Diamond $140,200 on June 18, 2008
2 Susanne Mrs. Rosenfeldt $140,000 from May 28, 2008 to June 3, 2008
3 Gerald J. Mr. Ford $127,100 from January 18, 2007 to June 13, 2008
4 Tommy Mr. Spinosa $100,000 on June 5, 2008
5 J. Terrence Mr. Lanni $98,600 from January 16, 2007 to June 13, 2008
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 $17,470,600
2 Homemaker $5,878,330
3 Retired $5,287,700
4 Merrill Lynch $395,250
5 Student $364,000
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. Edward Newberry - Patton Boggs Llp $2,300,000
2 Stephan Shriver - Wiley Rein Llp $30,000
3 Mr. Alfonse D'Amato - Park Strategies Washington Group, Llc $28,500
4 Mr. Robert Walker - Wexler & Walker Public Policy Associates $10,000
5 Mr. Rick Murphy - R.B. Murphy & Associates, Llc $10,000
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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