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represents IL-10
Republican,
b. 1959-09-15 , Champaign-Urbana, IL
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Education: JD, Georgetown University, 1992 MS, London School of Economics, 1982 BA, Cornell University, 1981 Attended, Universidad National Autonoma de Mexico.

Money

Raised $2,946,345
Spent 26%
From self 0%
From individuals 75%
From PACs 22%

Earmarks

Requested 24
Total cost $67,845,000
Received 20
Total cost $24,861,000
Data for fiscal year 2008

Bills

Co-sponsored 1,043
Introduced 89
Debated 12
Enacted 0

Speeches

Spoke 8 times
Avg. length 963 words
Data for 110th Congress

Voting Analysis

Ideology 32.3% right-wing
Predictability 87%

Interest Group Alignment

ACLU ACU ADA AFS CFG COC FRC ITIC LCV NTU
2006 55 54 45 45 37 80 14 86 45 47
2005 36 30 30 49 81 31 30 51
GroupAgreement
National Association of Realtors 87% (7/8 votes)
National Association of Home Builders 85% (6/7 votes)
Mortgage Bankers Association 83% (5/6 votes)
American Nurses Association 80% (4/5 votes)
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 66% (4/6 votes)
National Retail Federation 60% (3/5 votes)
Public Citizen 60% (6/10 votes)
NAACP 57% (4/7 votes)
US Chamber of Commerce 50% (3/6 votes)
AFL-CIO 46% (6/13 votes)
International Brotherhood of Teamsters 42% (3/7 votes)
U.S. Chamber of Commerce 42% (6/14 votes)
American Civil Liberties Union 40% (2/5 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.

More: Campaign finance information from Open Secrets. Voting record from the Washington Post.

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Also known as: 400222 (GovTrack), N00012539 (OpenSecrets), K000360 (Congressional Bio), 20115 (ICPSR), 33502 (Vote Smart), H0IL10120 (FEC)