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Sen. Richard J. Durbin

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Nickname: known as "Dick"
Birthdate: b. 11/21/1944
Birthplace: East Saint Louis, IL
Political Party: Democratic
Religion: Roman Catholic
Education: JD, Georgetown University, 1969
BS, Foreign Services and Economics, Georgetown University, 1966.
Last elected in 2002 receiving 2,103,766 (60.0%) votes.
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Money
| Raised |
$6,250,611 |
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(#10) |
| Spent |
26% |
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(#586) |
| From self |
0% |
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(#34) |
| From individuals |
74% |
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(#60) |
| From PACs |
20% |
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(#486) |
| PAC = Political Action Committees. Money data from the FECfor the 200X cycle. |
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Earmarks
| Requested |
168 |
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(#23) |
| Total cost |
$966,742,852 |
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(#9) |
| Received |
147 |
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(#22) |
| Total cost |
$499,624,700 |
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(#12) |
| Data for fiscal year 2008 from Taxpayers for Common Sense. |
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Voting Analysis
| Ideology |
58% left-wing |
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(#420) |
| Predictable |
97% |
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(#112) |
| Data and terminology from VoteView. Unpredictable measures how often members vote against their party. |
Speeches
| Spoke |
63 times |
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(#3) |
| Avg. length |
1,609 words |
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(#65) |
| Data for 110th Congress from GovTrack. |
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Bills
| Co-sponsored |
2,302 |
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(#54) |
| Introduced |
367 |
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(#11) |
| Debated |
49 |
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(#35) |
| Enacted |
17 |
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(#24) |
| Data from GovTrack. |
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Interest Group Alignment
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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 Eric Cooper |
$33,100 |
from April 25, 2007 to December 18, 2007 |
| 2 Christopher Cooper |
$28,500 |
on December 18, 2007 |
| 3 Saira Cooper |
$25,800 |
on December 18, 2007 |
| 4 Samuel M Mencoff |
$15,000 |
on September 20, 2007 |
| 5 Paul Finnegan |
$15,000 |
on September 20, 2007 |
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More contributors → |
| Source: FEC data from the 1980 to 2000 election cycles. |
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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 |
$954,316 |
| 2 Homemaker |
$128,000 |
| 3 Retired |
$81,800 |
| 4 Cooperfund |
$64,100 |
| 5 Simmons Cooper |
$56,035 |
| More contributors → |
| Source: FEC data from the 1980 to 2000 election cycles. |
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Top Lobby Contributors
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| Some campaign finance information from Open Secrets. |
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