Rep. Peter J. Visclosky

Share this page	Nickname: known as "Pete" Birthdate: b. 08/13/1949 Birthplace: Gary, IN District: represents IN-01 Political Party: Democratic Religion: Roman Catholic Education: Masters, International/Comparative Law, Georgetown University, 1982 JD, University of Notre Dame Law School, 1973 BS, Accounting, Indiana University Northwest, Gary, 1970. Last elected in 2006 receiving 104,195 (70.0%) votes. Official website
Biographical information from Project Vote Smart, Wikipedia. Photo from Congressional Biographical Directory.

Money Raised $1,383,349 (#105) Spent 37% (#521) From self 0% (#34) From individuals 67% (#105) From PACs 31% (#392) PAC = Political Action Committees. Money data from the FECfor the 200X cycle.	Earmarks Requested 71 (#79) Total cost $146,674,000 (#111) Received 69 (#76) Total cost $129,905,000 (#89) Data for fiscal year 2008 from Taxpayers for Common Sense.
Voting Analysis Ideology 47% left-wing (#368) Predictable 97% (#129) Data and terminology from VoteView. Unpredictable measures how often members vote against their party. Speeches Spoke 2 times (#407) Avg. length 497 words (#494) Data for 110th Congress from GovTrack.	Bills Co-sponsored 684 (#359) Introduced 72 (#233) Debated 13 (#164) Enacted 3 (#220) 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) NAACP 100% (7/7 votes) National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 100% (6/6 votes) AFL-CIO 100% (13/13 votes) Public Citizen 90% (9/10 votes) National Association of Realtors 87% (7/8 votes) International Brotherhood of Teamsters 85% (6/7 votes) Friends Committee on National Legislation 80% (4/5 votes) Mortgage Bankers Association 66% (4/6 votes) American Civil Liberties Union 60% (3/5 votes) National Association of Home Builders 57% (4/7 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 St Century Systems $9,500 $2000000 2008 General Atomics $1,000 $800000 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 Harold Rafuse $6,500 from March 23, 2004 to March 26, 2007 2 Charles Collins $6,300 from April 29, 2003 to April 24, 2007 3 David Mr. Gross $6,100 from May 22, 2001 to March 30, 2006 4 James Barker $6,000 from May 7, 2003 to March 24, 2008 5 Alan J Friedman $6,000 from March 23, 2004 to March 28, 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 $242,300 2 Pma Group $126,700 3 Psi $72,000 4 Prologic $59,750 5 Ptc $44,500 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 Mr. Richard M Gold - Holland & Knight Llp $5,000 2 Mr. David Lynch - Energy Future Holdings (Formerly Txu Electric Delivery) $5,000 3 Vincent Torregiano - International Longshoremen'S Association, Afl-Cio $5,000 4 Ms. Kathryn H. Lehman - Holland & Knight Llp $5,000 5 Mr. William James Jonas Iii - Holland & Knight Llp $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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