Rep. John Tanner

Share this page	Birthdate: b. 09/22/1944 Birthplace: Halls, TN District: represents TN-08 Political Party: Democratic Religion: Disciples of Christ Education: JD, University of Tennessee-Knoxville, 1968 BS, Business Administration, University of Tennessee-Knoxville, 1966. Last elected in 2006 receiving 129,610 (73.0%) votes. Official website
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Money Raised $867,515 (#214) Spent 50% (#434) From self 0% (#34) From individuals 11% (#553) From PACs 84% (#5) PAC = Political Action Committees. Money data from the FECfor the 200X cycle.	Earmarks Requested 10 (#458) Total cost $8,895,000 (#449) Received 8 (#470) Total cost $5,022,000 (#479) Data for fiscal year 2008 from Taxpayers for Common Sense.
Voting Analysis Ideology 23% left-wing (#225) Predictable 91% (#331) Data and terminology from VoteView. Unpredictable measures how often members vote against their party. Speeches Spoke 3 times (#357) Avg. length 611 words (#421) Data for 110th Congress from GovTrack.	Bills Co-sponsored 824 (#318) Introduced 36 (#365) Debated 3 (#400) Enacted 1 (#358) Data from GovTrack.
Interest Group Alignment Interest Group Alignment compares a politician’s votes to positions taken by interest groups. [ more ] Group Agreement NAACP 100% (7/7 votes) American Nurses Association 100% (5/5 votes) National Association of Realtors 87% (7/8 votes) National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 83% (5/6 votes) AFL-CIO 69% (9/13 votes) Mortgage Bankers Association 66% (4/6 votes) National Association of Home Builders 57% (4/7 votes) International Brotherhood of Teamsters 57% (4/7 votes) American Civil Liberties Union 40% (2/5 votes) Friends Committee on National Legislation 40% (2/5 votes) US Chamber of Commerce 33% (2/6 votes) Public Citizen 30% (3/10 votes) National Retail Federation 20% (1/5 votes) U.S. Chamber of Commerce 14% (2/14 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 J. E. Boland $6,300 from April 15, 2005 to April 18, 2007 2 Jay Mr. Grinney $4,000 on October 10, 2007 3 Robert Leonard $3,500 from June 23, 2005 to February 13, 2007 4 John Orourke $3,500 from October 31, 2006 to July 6, 2007 5 Mr. Robert J. Leonard $3,000 from November 14, 2001 to March 25, 2003 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 $53,851 2 Sallie Mae $9,250 3 Healthsouth $7,000 4 Retired $6,750 5 Clark Consulting $6,750 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. Timothy Alan Cook - Alion Science And Technology $10,000 2 Mr. Daniel J. Ekstein - J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. $5,000 3 Mr. Daniel J. Ekstein - J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. $5,000 4 Mr. Paul A. Markowski, Cae - American Academy Of Otolaryngology-Head And Neck Surgery $5,000 5 Mr. David L. Pringle - Aflac Incorporated $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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