Sen. Samuel D. Brownback

Share this page	Nickname: known as "Sam" Birthdate: b. 09/12/1956 Birthplace: Parker, KS District: represents KS Political Party: Republican Religion: Roman Catholic Education: JD, University of Kansas, 1982 BS, Agricultural Economics, Kansas State University, 1979. Last elected in 2004 receiving 780,863 (69.0%) votes. Official website
Capitol Word Frequency →  percent (127) tax (102) economy (100) north (98) spending (91)
Biographical information from Project Vote Smart, Wikipedia. Photo from Congressional Biographical Directory.

Money Raised $36,578 (#576) Spent 70% (#290) From self 0% (#34) From individuals 0% (#578) From PACs 11% (#524) PAC = Political Action Committees. Money data from the FECfor the 200X cycle.	Earmarks Requested 91 (#64) Total cost $369,423,000 (#67) Received 86 (#61) Total cost $227,089,151 (#63) Data for fiscal year 2008 from Taxpayers for Common Sense.
Voting Analysis Ideology 44% right-wing (#138) Predictable 86% (#437) Data and terminology from VoteView. Unpredictable measures how often members vote against their party. Speeches Spoke 13 times (#100) Avg. length 2,181 words (#27) Data for 110th Congress from GovTrack.	Bills Co-sponsored 829 (#312) Introduced 198 (#51) Debated 20 (#100) Enacted 5 (#142) 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 60% (3/5 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 Dorothy Boreman $10,150 from January 22, 2007 to June 25, 2007 2 Mark C Follett $6,900 from February 5, 2007 to July 19, 2007 3 Peter S. Wareing $4,700 from April 30, 2007 to May 21, 2007 4 Chuck Truan $4,200 on September 7, 2006 5 Howard Morrison $4,200 on October 23, 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 $252,426 2 Homemaker $100,399 3 Ret $91,436 4 Na $26,250 5 Retired $14,877 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. Tom Dilenge - Biotechnology Industry Organization $8,976 2 Tom Harwell - Koch Industries $5,000 3 Ms. Mary Mcgrane - Genzyme Corporation $3,000 4 Ms. Barbara Benham - Huntington Bancshares Incorporated $2,500 5 Floyd Stoner - American Bankers Association $2,500 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: 300013 (GovTrack), N00005244 (OpenSecrets), B000953 (Congressional Bio), 29523 (ICPSR), 21952 (Vote Smart), P80003288 S6KS00122 (FEC)