Rep. Peter J. Roskam

Share this page	Birthdate: b. 09/13/1961 Birthplace: Hinsdale, IL District: represents IL-06 Political Party: Republican Religion: Protestant Education: JD, Illinois Institute of Technology BA, University of Illinois. Last elected in 2006 receiving 91,382 (51.0%) votes. Official website
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Money Raised $1,388,640 (#103) Spent 37% (#526) From self 0% (#34) From individuals 52% (#268) From PACs 46% (#240) PAC = Political Action Committees. Money data from the FECfor the 200X cycle.	Earmarks Requested 13 (#415) Total cost $51,587,500 (#213) Received 9 (#461) Total cost $4,799,500 (#482) Data for fiscal year 2008 from Taxpayers for Common Sense.
Voting Analysis Ideology 54% right-wing (#93) Predictable 92% (#321) Data and terminology from VoteView. Unpredictable measures how often members vote against their party. Speeches Spoke 4 times (#303) Avg. length 1,300 words (#112) Data for 110th Congress from GovTrack.	Bills Co-sponsored 179 (#528) Introduced 12 (#500) Debated 1 (#493) Enacted 0 (#469) 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 100% (6/6 votes) Public Citizen 87% (7/8 votes) National Retail Federation 80% (4/5 votes) U.S. Chamber of Commerce 64% (9/14 votes) National Association of Home Builders 50% (3/6 votes) National Association of Realtors 50% (4/8 votes) NAACP 42% (3/7 votes) International Brotherhood of Teamsters 40% (2/5 votes) National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 33% (2/6 votes) Mortgage Bankers Association 33% (2/6 votes) American Nurses Association 20% (1/5 votes) AFL-CIO 18% (2/11 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 Michael W Jr. Ferro $23,000 on October 18, 2006 2 Allan J Hamilton $15,000 on October 18, 2006 3 Craig Duchossois $14,400 from June 30, 2006 to June 30, 2007 4 Kay Krehbiel $14,200 on October 18, 2006 5 C. William Pollard $13,700 from August 30, 2006 to October 11, 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 $198,700 2 Retired $167,024 3 Homemaker $146,375 4 United Recycling $28,700 5 Camcraft $24,800 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. Douglas P. Crew - Caterpillar Inc. $5,000 2 Anthony L. Hadley - Experian North America $5,000 3 Mr. Michael J. Lynch - Illinois Tool Works Inc. $5,000 4 Mr. Joshua Heit - National Automobile Dealers Association $5,000 5 Robert F. Ryan - Trans Union Llc $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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