Rep. Louis Gohmert

Share this page	Nickname: known as "Louie" Birthdate: b. 08/18/1953 District: represents TX-01 Political Party: Republican Education: JD, Baylor School of Law BS, Texas Agricultural and Mechanical University. Last elected in 2006 receiving 104,099 (68.0%) votes. Official website
Capitol Word Frequency →  money (244) tax (168) help (112) economy (99) country (94)
Biographical information from Project Vote Smart, Wikipedia. Photo from Project Vote Smart.

Money Raised $504,833 (#390) Spent 89% (#184) From self 0% (#34) From individuals 83% (#23) From PACs 16% (#505) PAC = Political Action Committees. Money data from the FECfor the 200X cycle.	Earmarks Requested 13 (#415) Total cost $6,969,600 (#470) Received 13 (#404) Total cost $6,656,700 (#465) Data for fiscal year 2008 from Taxpayers for Common Sense.
Voting Analysis Ideology 61% right-wing (#66) Predictable 92% (#315) Data and terminology from VoteView. Unpredictable measures how often members vote against their party. Speeches Spoke 12 times (#113) Avg. length 619 words (#416) Data for 110th Congress from GovTrack.	Bills Co-sponsored 382 (#461) Introduced 38 (#357) Debated 3 (#400) Enacted 0 (#469) Data from GovTrack.
Interest Group Alignment Interest Group Alignment compares a politician’s votes to positions taken by interest groups. [ more ] Group Agreement U.S. Chamber of Commerce 71% (10/14 votes) National Association of Home Builders 71% (5/7 votes) US Chamber of Commerce 66% (4/6 votes) National Retail Federation 60% (3/5 votes) National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 50% (3/6 votes) Mortgage Bankers Association 50% (3/6 votes) Public Citizen 50% (5/10 votes) International Brotherhood of Teamsters 42% (3/7 votes) American Civil Liberties Union 40% (2/5 votes) National Association of Realtors 37% (3/8 votes) NAACP 28% (2/7 votes) American Nurses Association 20% (1/5 votes) AFL-CIO 15% (2/13 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 Louise H. Mrs. Ornelas $13,950 from June 16, 2003 to October 25, 2007 2 Thomas W. Dr. Lyles $12,400 from November 19, 2003 to February 19, 2007 3 Lawrence L. Dr. Anderson $12,400 from May 22, 2003 to February 19, 2007 4 B. G. Hartley $12,300 from December 12, 2003 to August 7, 2007 5 T. L. Whaley $12,250 from December 5, 2003 to October 22, 2007 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 $590,031 2 Retired $25,800 3 Citizens St Bank $18,000 4 Southside Bank $15,800 5 Haynes Boone Llp $13,950 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. Kenneth E. Auer - Farm Credit Council $5,000 2 Tom Harwell - Koch Industries $5,000 3 Mr. Joshua Heit - National Automobile Dealers Association $2,500 4 Craig A. Purser - National Beer Wholesalers Association $2,500 5 Craig A. Purser - National Beer Wholesalers Association $2,500 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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