Lois Capps

b. 1938-01-10 , Ladysmith, WI
represents CA-23
Democrat, Lutheran
Official website

Education: MA, Education, University of California Santa Barbara, 1990 MA, Religion, Yale University, 1964 BS, Nursing, Pacific Lutheran University, 1959.

Last elected in 2006 receiving 114,661 (65.0%) votes.

Money

Raised	$674,077	^(#291)
Spent	82%	^(#160)
From self	0%	^(#26)
From individuals	55%	^(#212)
From PACs	43%	^(#257)

Earmarks

Data for fiscal year 2008
Requested	20	^(#303)
Total cost	$16,940,000	^(#383)
Received	19	^(#309)
Total cost	$14,286,000	^(#373)

Bills

Co-sponsored	1,824	^(#87)
Introduced	90	^(#172)
Debated	13	^(#153)
Enacted	1	^(#333)

Speeches

Data for 110th Congress
Spoke	10 times		^(#143)
Avg. length	533 words		^(#465)

Voting Analysis

Unpredictable equals maverick
Ideology	57% left-wing		^(#472)
Predictable	97%		^(#62)

Interest Group Alignment

Group	Agreement
National Association of Realtors	100% (8/8 votes)
NAACP	100% (7/7 votes)
American Nurses Association	100% (5/5 votes)
AFL-CIO	100% (13/13 votes)
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People	100% (6/6 votes)
Mortgage Bankers Association	83% (5/6 votes)
Public Citizen	80% (8/10 votes)
Friends Committee on National Legislation	80% (4/5 votes)
National Association of Home Builders	71% (5/7 votes)
International Brotherhood of Teamsters	71% (5/7 votes)
American Civil Liberties Union	60% (3/5 votes)
National Retail Federation	20% (1/5 votes)
US Chamber of Commerce	16% (1/6 votes)
U.S. Chamber of Commerce	14% (2/14 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: 400062 (GovTrack), N00007232 (OpenSecrets), C001036 (Congressional Bio), 29774 (ICPSR), 16886 (Vote Smart), H8CA22089 (FEC)