Rep. Patrick J. Murphy

Share this page	Birthdate: b. 10/19/1973 Birthplace: Philadelphia, PA District: represents PA-08 Political Party: Democratic Education: BA, King's College, 1996 Attended, Bucks County Community College, 1991 JD, Widener University School of Law. Last elected in 2006 receiving 125,656 (50.0%) votes. Official website
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Money Raised $2,199,933 (#53) Spent 25% (#587) From self 0% (#34) From individuals 65% (#122) From PACs 33% (#375) PAC = Political Action Committees. Money data from the FECfor the 200X cycle.	Earmarks Requested 34 (#155) Total cost $34,040,000 (#281) Received 33 (#154) Total cost $30,423,400 (#247) Data for fiscal year 2008 from Taxpayers for Common Sense.
Voting Analysis Ideology 23% left-wing (#228) Predictable 89% (#389) Data and terminology from VoteView. Unpredictable measures how often members vote against their party. Speeches Spoke 9 times (#156) Avg. length 724 words (#333) Data for 110th Congress from GovTrack.	Bills Co-sponsored 303 (#486) Introduced 16 (#471) Debated 1 (#493) 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 National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 100% (6/6 votes) AFL-CIO 100% (11/11 votes) International Brotherhood of Teamsters 100% (5/5 votes) American Nurses Association 100% (5/5 votes) NAACP 100% (7/7 votes) National Association of Realtors 87% (7/8 votes) Public Citizen 87% (7/8 votes) Mortgage Bankers Association 83% (5/6 votes) National Association of Home Builders 66% (4/6 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 Spd Electrical Systems $250 $1600000 2008 Humanistic Robotics $250 $400000 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 Ann Frick $13,400 from March 19, 2006 to March 21, 2008 2 Glenn A Bergenfield $10,900 from June 30, 2005 to April 1, 2008 3 Daniel H Stern $8,800 from March 31, 2007 to June 30, 2007 4 Kevin E Kruse $8,800 from December 21, 2005 to March 30, 2007 5 Gregory Kirk $8,800 from December 12, 2005 to May 7, 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 $330,979 2 Retired $71,718 3 Cozen Oconnor $26,945 4 Na $20,750 5 Kenexa $19,500 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 Registrant Poc - Contribution System Training $5,000 2 Registrant Poc - Contribution System Training $5,000 3 Mr. Daniel R. Elliott Iii - United Transportation Union $5,000 4 Donna Crane - Naral Pro-Choice America $5,000 5 Ms. Patricia Ann Kmieciak - United Steel, Paper & Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy... $5,000 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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