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Spencer Thomas Bachus

Headshot b. 1947-12-28 , Birmingham, AL
represents AL-06
Republican, Baptist
Official website

Education: JD, University of Alabama School of Law, 1972 BA, Auburn University, 1969.

Last elected in 2006 receiving 0 (0.0%) votes.

Money

Raised $1,128,252 (#140)
Spent 68% (#238)
From self 0% (#26)
From individuals 33% (#434)
From PACs 51% (#176)

Earmarks

Requested 13 (#414)
Total cost $11,169,000 (#427)
Received 13 (#404)
Total cost $11,090,500 (#410)
Data for fiscal year 2008

Bills

Co-sponsored 1,694 (#107)
Introduced 71 (#224)
Debated 20 (#95)
Enacted 7 (#88)

Speeches

Spoke 7 times (#196)
Avg. length 1,127 words (#147)
Data for 110th Congress

Voting Analysis

Ideology 53% right-wing (#111)
Predictable 90% (#387)
Unpredictable equals maverick

Interest Group Alignment

GroupAgreement
US Chamber of Commerce 100% (6/6 votes)
National Retail Federation 80% (4/5 votes)
NAACP 71% (5/7 votes)
National Association of Realtors 62% (5/8 votes)
Public Citizen 60% (6/10 votes)
U.S. Chamber of Commerce 57% (8/14 votes)
National Association of Home Builders 57% (4/7 votes)
International Brotherhood of Teamsters 42% (3/7 votes)
American Civil Liberties Union 40% (2/5 votes)
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 33% (2/6 votes)
American Nurses Association 20% (1/5 votes)
Mortgage Bankers Association 16% (1/6 votes)
AFL-CIO 15% (2/13 votes)

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Money data from the FEC. Politician information from Project Vote Smart, Wikipedia, and GovTrack. Earmark information from Taxpayers for Common Sense. Interest group alignment from MAPLight.org. Ideology and predictability from VoteView. Photo from Congressional Biographical Directory. Some campaign finance information from Open Secrets.

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Also known as: 400010 (GovTrack), N00008091 (OpenSecrets), B000013 (Congressional Bio), 29301 (ICPSR), 26715 (Vote Smart), H2AL06035 (FEC)