Rep. Ronald Ernest Paul

Share this page	Nickname: known as "Ron" Birthdate: b. 08/20/1935 Birthplace: Pittsburgh, PA District: represents TX-14 Political Party: Write-In, Constitution Party of Montana, Louisiana Taxpayers Party Religion: Protestant Education: MD, Duke University, 1967 BS, Gettysburg College, 1957. Last elected in 2006 receiving 94,380 (60.0%) votes. Official website
Biographical information from Project Vote Smart, Wikipedia. Photo from Congressional Biographical Directory.

Money Raised $35,056,171 (#2) Spent 87% (#193) From self 0% (#34) From individuals 99% (#4) From PACs 0% (#564) PAC = Political Action Committees. Money data from the FECfor the 200X cycle.	Earmarks Requested 12 (#435) Total cost $47,920,000 (#223) Received 9 (#461) Total cost $10,993,000 (#410) Data for fiscal year 2008 from Taxpayers for Common Sense.
Voting Analysis Ideology 136% right-wing (#1) Predictable 78% (#458) Data and terminology from VoteView. Unpredictable measures how often members vote against their party. Speeches Spoke 13 times (#100) Avg. length 681 words (#364) Data for 110th Congress from GovTrack.	Bills Co-sponsored 1,829 (#95) Introduced 315 (#22) Debated 2 (#443) 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 83% (5/6 votes) National Retail Federation 80% (4/5 votes) U.S. Chamber of Commerce 64% (9/14 votes) Public Citizen 60% (6/10 votes) International Brotherhood of Teamsters 42% (3/7 votes) Friends Committee on National Legislation 40% (2/5 votes) AFL-CIO 30% (4/13 votes) National Association of Home Builders 28% (2/7 votes) American Civil Liberties Union 20% (1/5 votes) American Nurses Association 20% (1/5 votes) National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 16% (1/6 votes) National Association of Realtors 12% (1/8 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 Sarah P. Kraft $12,900 from September 20, 2002 to March 3, 2008 2 Carl A. Davis $12,700 from June 30, 2001 to December 18, 2007 3 Edgar Wrenn $12,300 from August 20, 2001 to May 2, 2007 4 Lois E. Davis $11,800 from August 26, 2002 to December 18, 2007 5 Everard Book $11,600 from June 1, 2001 to February 4, 2008 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 $2,602,640 2 Retired $1,266,600 3 Us Army $60,845 4 Google $58,551 5 Microsoft $49,933 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. Jerry Giovaniello - National Association Of Realtors $5,000 2 Mr. Daniel A. Mica - Credit Union National Association $2,500 3 David M. Richardson - Southwest Airlines $1,200 4 Mr. Aaron Houston - Marijuana Policy Project $1,000 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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Also known as: 400311 (GovTrack), N00005906 (OpenSecrets), P000583 (Congressional Bio), 14290 (ICPSR), 296 (Vote Smart), P80000748 H6TX22101 (FEC)