Rep. Lamar S. Smith

Share this page	Birthdate: b. 11/19/1947 Birthplace: San Antonio, TX District: represents TX-21 Political Party: Republican Religion: Christian Scientist 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. Official website
Capitol Word Frequency →  intelligence (85) americans (57) foreign (55) media (51) judiciary (51)
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Money Raised $820,785 (#231) Spent 82% (#228) From self 0% (#34) From individuals 61% (#164) From PACs 37% (#326) PAC = Political Action Committees. Money data from the FECfor the 200X cycle.	Earmarks Requested 157 (#27) Total cost $518,612,000 (#47) Received 144 (#24) Total cost $301,222,060 (#46) Data for fiscal year 2008 from Taxpayers for Common Sense.
Voting Analysis Ideology 51% right-wing (#100) Predictable 94% (#248) Data and terminology from VoteView. Unpredictable measures how often members vote against their party. Speeches Spoke 6 times (#221) Avg. length 772 words (#304) Data for 110th Congress from GovTrack.	Bills Co-sponsored 1,073 (#250) Introduced 123 (#116) Debated 48 (#38) Enacted 18 (#20) Data from GovTrack.
Interest Group Alignment Interest Group Alignment compares a politician’s votes to positions taken by interest groups. [ more ] Group Agreement 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) 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 Alan W. Dreeben $14,200 from September 5, 2000 to August 4, 2006 2 John Barger $11,700 from June 8, 2001 to February 18, 2008 3 W. Marvin Rush $11,700 from May 24, 2001 to February 5, 2007 4 Peter M. Holt $10,400 from March 31, 2003 to February 18, 2008 5 Lon S. Smith M.D. $10,100 from April 6, 2001 to August 16, 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 $573,490 2 Retired $79,850 3 Homemaker $62,800 4 Phoenix Management $30,100 5 Dell Computer $27,450 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. John E. Collingwood - Bank Of America, N.A. $5,000 2 Mr. Bruce Carnes - National Cable And Telecommunications Association $5,000 3 Mr. Bruce Carnes - National Cable And Telecommunications Association $5,000 4 Ms. Karin Gess - Microsoft Corporation $4,000 5 Becca Gould - Dell, Inc. $4,000 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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