Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse

Share this page	Birthdate: b. 10/20/1955 Birthplace: New York City, NY District: represents RI Political Party: Democrat Religion: Episcopalian Education: JD, University of Virginia Law School, 1982 Architecture, Yale University, 1978. Last elected in 2006 receiving 206,043 (54.0%) votes. Official website
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Money Raised $369,180 (#456) Spent 129% (#82) From self 0% (#34) From individuals 25% (#510) From PACs 43% (#267) PAC = Political Action Committees. Money data from the FECfor the 200X cycle.	Earmarks Requested 59 (#97) Total cost $194,063,000 (#88) Received 54 (#100) Total cost $157,207,050 (#78) Data for fiscal year 2008 from Taxpayers for Common Sense.
Voting Analysis Ideology 64% left-wing (#436) Predictable 97% (#109) Data and terminology from VoteView. Unpredictable measures how often members vote against their party. Speeches Spoke 8 times (#175) Avg. length 1,267 words (#117) Data for 110th Congress from GovTrack.	Bills Co-sponsored 298 (#488) Introduced 13 (#493) Debated 1 (#493) 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 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 Joshua Bekenstein $14,700 from September 6, 2006 to November 2, 2006 2 Peter Morton $14,200 from March 13, 2006 to November 6, 2006 3 John L Drew $10,500 from October 22, 2006 to November 1, 2006 4 Fred Eychaner $10,500 on November 6, 2006 5 Jeffrey T Leeds $10,500 from October 25, 2006 to November 1, 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 $648,001 2 Homemaker $336,125 3 Retired $314,725 4 Bickel Brewer $31,300 5 Baron Budd $27,300 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 Sam Wai - American Crystal Sugar Company $5,000 2 Daniel Cohen - American Association For Justice $2,500 3 Frank J. Purcell - American Association Of Nurse Anesthetists $2,500 4 Frank J. Purcell - American Association Of Nurse Anesthetists $2,500 5 Government Affairs Department - Air Line Pilots 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: 412247 (GovTrack), N00027533 (OpenSecrets), W000802 (Congressional Bio), 40704 (ICPSR), (Vote Smart), S6RI00221 (FEC)