Sen. Robert C. Byrd

Share this page	Birthdate: b. 11/20/1917 Birthplace: North Wilkesboro, NC District: represents WV Political Party: Democratic Religion: Baptist Education: BA, Marshall University, 1994 JD, American University, 1963. Last elected in 2006 receiving 296,276 (64.0%) votes. Official website
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Money Raised $48,305 (#573) Spent 376% (#33) From self 0% (#34) From individuals 2% (#566) From PACs 4% (#543) PAC = Political Action Committees. Money data from the FECfor the 200X cycle.	Earmarks Requested 125 (#36) Total cost $568,454,000 (#42) Received 111 (#37) Total cost $391,002,200 (#24) Data for fiscal year 2008 from Taxpayers for Common Sense.
Voting Analysis Ideology 23% left-wing (#224) Predictable 86% (#436) Data and terminology from VoteView. Unpredictable measures how often members vote against their party. Speeches Spoke 35 times (#12) Avg. length 1,116 words (#151) Data for 110th Congress from GovTrack.	Bills Co-sponsored 343 (#477) Introduced 43 (#333) Debated 19 (#106) Enacted 4 (#177) Data from GovTrack.
Interest Group Alignment Interest Group Alignment compares a politician’s votes to positions taken by interest groups. [ more ] Group Agreement U.S. Chamber of Commerce 20% (1/5 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 Milan Puskar $14,700 from November 30, 2005 to October 13, 2006 2 Robert L Jr Shell $8,400 from September 30, 2005 to September 7, 2006 3 Anita L Maroney $6,500 from September 29, 2005 to September 23, 2006 4 Philip T Shell $6,300 from September 29, 2005 to September 7, 2006 5 Robert L Iii Shell $6,300 from September 30, 2005 to September 15, 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 $136,105 2 West Virginia Paving $22,000 3 Azimuth $20,800 4 Mylan Laboratories $17,600 5 Guyan Machinery $16,800 More contributors → Source: FEC data from the 1980 to 2000 election cycles.

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