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Sen. Robert F. Bennett

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Nickname: known as "Bob"
Birthdate: b. 09/18/1933
Birthplace: Salt Lake City, UT
District: represents UT
Political Party: Republican
Religion: Mormon
Education: BA, University of Utah, 1957.
Last elected in 2004 receiving 626,640 (69.0%) votes.
Capitol Word Frequency →  oil (60) percent (55) social (39) security (39) spending (39)

Money

Raised $370,063 (#455)
Spent 61% (#359)
From self 0% (#34)
From individuals 31% (#471)
From PACs 65% (#69)
PAC = Political Action Committees. Money data from the FECfor the 200X cycle.

Earmarks

Requested 104 (#53)
Total cost $330,365,000 (#70)
Received 100 (#46)
Total cost $282,209,300 (#51)
Data for fiscal year 2008 from Taxpayers for Common Sense.

Voting Analysis

Ideology 39% right-wing (#156)
Predictable 88% (#402)
Data and terminology from VoteView. Unpredictable measures how often members vote against their party.

Speeches

Spoke 11 times (#121)
Avg. length 1,392 words (#91)
Data for 110th Congress from GovTrack.

Bills

Co-sponsored 713 (#354)
Introduced 91 (#175)
Debated 34 (#57)
Enacted 14 (#40)
Data from GovTrack.

Interest Group Alignment

Interest Group Alignment compares a politician’s votes to positions taken by interest groups. [ more ]
GroupAgreement
U.S. Chamber of Commerce 60% (3/5 votes)
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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 Daniel Asher $4,000 on May 29, 2003
2 David M Knott $3,000 on November 18, 2005
3 Robert J Roriston $3,000 on November 18, 2005
4 George R Sutton $3,000 from April 10, 2006 to June 5, 2007
5 J Ezra Merkin $3,000 on November 18, 2005
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 Citigroup $18,200
2 Jpmorgan Chase Bank $17,000
3 Headwaters $11,750
4 Merit Medical Systems $9,500
5 Es Engineering Systems $9,000
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 Mrs. Sara Chang - Lupus Foundation Of America $12,550
2 Brian Clymer - Prudential Financial Inc. $7,500
3 Joann Piccolo - Tyco Electronics Corporation $7,500
4 Mrs. Elizabeth Reicherts - Bp America, Inc $7,500
5 Ms. Cynthia L. Albert - Daimler/Mercedes-Benz Usa $7,500
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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Also known as: 300007 (GovTrack), N00006347 (OpenSecrets), B000382 (Congressional Bio), 49307 (ICPSR), (Vote Smart), S2UT00104 (FEC)

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