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Lamar S. Smith

Headshot b. 1947-11-19 , San Antonio, TX
represents TX-21
Republican, Christian Scientist
Official website

Education: JD, Southern Methodist University School of Law, 1975 BA, American Studies, Yale University, 1969.

Last elected in 2006 receiving 122,486 (60.0%) votes.

Money

Raised $820,785 (#225)
Spent 81% (#163)
From self 0% (#26)
From individuals 61% (#154)
From PACs 37% (#316)

Earmarks

Requested 157 (#28)
Total cost $518,612,000 (#48)
Received 144 (#24)
Total cost $301,222,060 (#46)
Data for fiscal year 2008

Bills

Co-sponsored 1,066 (#241)
Introduced 123 (#113)
Debated 47 (#36)
Enacted 18 (#17)

Speeches

Spoke 6 times (#218)
Avg. length 772 words (#300)
Data for 110th Congress

Voting Analysis

Ideology 51% right-wing (#117)
Predictable 93% (#265)
Unpredictable equals maverick

Interest Group Alignment

GroupAgreement
US Chamber of Commerce 100% (6/6 votes)
National Retail Federation 80% (4/5 votes)
National Association of Home Builders 71% (5/7 votes)
National Association of Realtors 62% (5/8 votes)
Public Citizen 50% (5/10 votes)
U.S. Chamber of Commerce 50% (7/14 votes)
Mortgage Bankers Association 50% (3/6 votes)
International Brotherhood of Teamsters 42% (3/7 votes)
American Civil Liberties Union 40% (2/5 votes)
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 33% (2/6 votes)
NAACP 28% (2/7 votes)
American Nurses Association 20% (1/5 votes)
AFL-CIO 7% (1/13 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: 400381 (GovTrack), N00001811 (OpenSecrets), S000583 (Congressional Bio), 15445 (ICPSR), 27097 (Vote Smart), H6TX21012 (FEC)