Rep. Louise McIntosh Slaughter

Share this page	Birthdate: b. 08/14/1929 Birthplace: Harlan County, KY District: represents NY-28 Political Party: Democratic, Independence, Working Families Religion: Episcopalian Education: MS, Public Health, University of Kentucky, 1953 BS, Microbiology, University of Kentucky, 1951. Last elected in 2006 receiving 111,386 (73.0%) votes. Official website
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Money Raised $454,053 (#420) Spent 54% (#403) From self 0% (#34) From individuals 29% (#485) From PACs 67% (#52) PAC = Political Action Committees. Money data from the FECfor the 200X cycle.	Earmarks Requested 29 (#190) Total cost $26,964,300 (#313) Received 28 (#187) Total cost $26,317,300 (#274) Data for fiscal year 2008 from Taxpayers for Common Sense.
Voting Analysis Ideology 64% left-wing (#434) Predictable 98% (#60) Data and terminology from VoteView. Unpredictable measures how often members vote against their party. Speeches Spoke 9 times (#156) Avg. length 1,751 words (#53) Data for 110th Congress from GovTrack.	Bills Co-sponsored 2,485 (#38) Introduced 126 (#112) Debated 4 (#360) 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 American Nurses Association 100% (5/5 votes) National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 100% (6/6 votes) AFL-CIO 92% (12/13 votes) Public Citizen 90% (9/10 votes) National Association of Realtors 87% (7/8 votes) International Brotherhood of Teamsters 85% (6/7 votes) NAACP 85% (6/7 votes) Mortgage Bankers Association 83% (5/6 votes) Friends Committee on National Legislation 80% (4/5 votes) National Association of Home Builders 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) More interest groups → Data from Maplight.org , for the 11Xth Congress.
Handshakes Handshakes are funds that are donated to a politician by a employees of a company, and flow back out to the same company. Earmark Recipient Donations Earmarks Cycle Cubrc $1,000 $1600000 2008
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 Robert Sands $6,600 from May 14, 2004 to November 14, 2007 2 George Dr. Md Abraham $4,750 from October 20, 2004 to April 24, 2006 3 Richard Sands $4,600 on September 28, 2007 4 Charles N Mr. Mills $4,500 from November 18, 2004 to October 13, 2006 5 Thomas Mr. Wilmot $4,000 on April 24, 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 $55,950 2 Retired $34,600 3 University Of Rochester $11,300 4 Constellation Brands $11,200 5 Rit $10,950 More contributors → Source: FEC data from the 1980 to 2000 election cycles.

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