Rep. Rodney P. Frelinghuysen

Share this page	Birthdate: b. 04/29/1946 Birthplace: New York City, NY District: represents NJ-11 Political Party: Republican Religion: Episcopalian Education: Attended, American History, Trinity College, 1971 BA, Hobart College, 1969. Last elected in 2006 receiving 126,085 (62.0%) votes. Official website
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Money Raised $684,493 (#295) Spent 70% (#291) From self 0% (#34) From individuals 71% (#81) From PACs 27% (#438) PAC = Political Action Committees. Money data from the FECfor the 200X cycle.	Earmarks Requested 47 (#114) Total cost $188,840,000 (#91) Received 44 (#117) Total cost $88,780,960 (#120) Data for fiscal year 2008 from Taxpayers for Common Sense.
Voting Analysis Ideology 43% right-wing (#142) Predictable 89% (#388) Data and terminology from VoteView. Unpredictable measures how often members vote against their party. Speeches Spoke 2 times (#407) Avg. length 675 words (#370) Data for 110th Congress from GovTrack.	Bills Co-sponsored 649 (#369) Introduced 93 (#171) Debated 8 (#240) 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 Mortgage Bankers Association 100% (6/6 votes) US Chamber of Commerce 100% (6/6 votes) National Association of Home Builders 100% (7/7 votes) National Retail Federation 80% (4/5 votes) National Association of Realtors 75% (6/8 votes) U.S. Chamber of Commerce 64% (9/14 votes) Public Citizen 60% (6/10 votes) NAACP 57% (4/7 votes) National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 50% (3/6 votes) International Brotherhood of Teamsters 42% (3/7 votes) American Nurses Association 40% (2/5 votes) American Civil Liberties Union 40% (2/5 votes) AFL-CIO 23% (3/13 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 Drs Technologies $2,300 $2400000 2008 Impact Instrumentation $2,000 $2400000 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 L. B. Doggett $15,200 from September 29, 2004 to February 11, 2008 2 Elizabeth Raveche $14,450 from May 9, 2002 to March 31, 2008 3 Jonathan S. Linen $12,800 from March 28, 2002 to February 14, 2008 4 Leanna Brown $11,550 from June 18, 2001 to March 31, 2008 5 Marilyn Thompson $11,500 from May 14, 2001 to June 30, 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 $287,295 2 Retired $41,200 3 Stevens Inst Of Technology $32,700 4 Atlantic Health Systems $24,700 5 Dewey Electronics $19,700 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 Laurie Michel - Merck & Co, Inc $5,000 2 Mr. Joseph M. Stanton - National Association Of Home Builders $5,000 3 Mr. James Elkin - Novartis $5,000 4 Mr. David A. Lovett - American Association Of Orthopaedic Surgeons $4,000 5 Mr. Gregory R. Dahlberg - Lockheed Martin Corporation $4,000 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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