Rep. Paul D. Ryan

Share this page	Birthdate: b. 01/29/1970 Birthplace: Janesville, WI District: represents WI-01 Political Party: Republican Religion: Roman Catholic Education: BA, Economics/Political Science, Miami University, Ohio, 1992. Last elected in 2006 receiving 161,320 (63.0%) votes. Official website
Capitol Word Frequency →  budget (379) tax (242) taxes (180) spending (141) increase (134)
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Money Raised $946,653 (#181) Spent 61% (#347) From self 0% (#34) From individuals 45% (#341) From PACs 45% (#246) PAC = Political Action Committees. Money data from the FECfor the 200X cycle.	Earmarks Requested 3 (#496) Total cost $5,411,000 (#485) Received 3 (#495) Total cost $5,396,000 (#476) Data for fiscal year 2008 from Taxpayers for Common Sense.
Voting Analysis Ideology 70% right-wing (#38) Predictable 93% (#263) Data and terminology from VoteView. Unpredictable measures how often members vote against their party. Speeches Spoke 7 times (#199) Avg. length 2,207 words (#26) Data for 110th Congress from GovTrack.	Bills Co-sponsored 608 (#385) Introduced 56 (#287) Debated 6 (#284) Enacted 2 (#283) Data from GovTrack.
Interest Group Alignment Interest Group Alignment compares a politician’s votes to positions taken by interest groups. [ more ] Group Agreement US Chamber of Commerce 83% (5/6 votes) National Retail Federation 80% (4/5 votes) Public Citizen 70% (7/10 votes) U.S. Chamber of Commerce 64% (9/14 votes) National Association of Home Builders 57% (4/7 votes) National Association of Realtors 50% (4/8 votes) National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 50% (3/6 votes) International Brotherhood of Teamsters 42% (3/7 votes) American Civil Liberties Union 40% (2/5 votes) Mortgage Bankers Association 33% (2/6 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 William Ryan $12,800 from August 13, 2001 to June 10, 2008 2 Edward Emma $10,900 from June 16, 2002 to June 23, 2008 3 Michael Borden $10,000 from June 25, 2001 to May 5, 2008 4 James Schloemer $8,500 from January 23, 2001 to April 8, 2008 5 James Fitzgerald $8,250 from September 7, 2001 to June 3, 2008 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 Retired $181,440 2 Self $101,180 3 Homemaker $65,751 4 Housewife $23,134 5 Virchow Krause $18,700 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 Ms. Adrienne B. Morrell - Health Net, Inc. $5,000 2 Mary Beth Donahue - America'S Health Insurance Plans, Inc. (Ahip) $5,000 3 Tom Harwell - Koch Industries $5,000 4 Mr. Scott Defife - Securities Industry And Financial Markets Association $5,000 5 Mr. Scott Defife - Securities Industry And Financial Markets Association $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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