Rep. Steny H. Hoyer

Share this page	Birthdate: b. 06/14/1939 Birthplace: New York, NY District: represents MD-05 Political Party: Democratic Religion: Baptist Education: JD, Georgetown University Law Center, 1966 BS, Political Science, University of Maryland, 1963. Last elected in 2006 receiving 168,114 (83.0%) votes. Official website
Capitol Word Frequency →  energy (164) oil (154) administration (150) believe (142) country (138)
Biographical information from Project Vote Smart, Wikipedia. Photo from Congressional Biographical Directory.

Money Raised $2,782,802 (#43) Spent 56% (#391) From self 0% (#34) From individuals 37% (#422) From PACs 62% (#90) PAC = Political Action Committees. Money data from the FECfor the 200X cycle.	Earmarks Requested 105 (#51) Total cost $269,051,147 (#75) Received 92 (#55) Total cost $95,463,759 (#116) Data for fiscal year 2008 from Taxpayers for Common Sense.
Voting Analysis Ideology 36% left-wing (#281) Predictable 97% (#124) Data and terminology from VoteView. Unpredictable measures how often members vote against their party. Speeches Spoke 37 times (#10) Avg. length 1,115 words (#152) Data for 110th Congress from GovTrack.	Bills Co-sponsored 921 (#293) Introduced 64 (#261) Debated 7 (#263) 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 American Nurses Association 100% (5/5 votes) NAACP 100% (7/7 votes) National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 100% (6/6 votes) AFL-CIO 100% (13/13 votes) National Association of Realtors 100% (8/8 votes) Mortgage Bankers Association 83% (5/6 votes) Public Citizen 80% (8/10 votes) National Association of Home Builders 71% (5/7 votes) International Brotherhood of Teamsters 71% (5/7 votes) American Civil Liberties Union 60% (3/5 votes) Friends Committee on National Legislation 60% (3/5 votes) National Retail Federation 20% (1/5 votes) US Chamber of Commerce 16% (1/6 votes) U.S. Chamber of Commerce 14% (2/14 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 Herschel Mr. Blumberg $9,200 from September 11, 2006 to June 19, 2007 2 John W Lyon $8,000 from March 27, 2001 to January 23, 2008 3 Henry T Mr. Waring $7,500 from August 8, 2003 to May 4, 2006 4 William V Esq. Meyers $7,000 from March 15, 2001 to February 2, 2006 5 Irene R Ms. Kaplan $6,200 from March 1, 2004 to June 7, 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 $296,708 2 Retired $55,800 3 Homemaker $30,750 4 Shah Associates $23,450 5 Cassidy Associates $17,450 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 Ms. Linda Mccumber - American Fed Of Government Employees, Afl-Cio $15,000 2 Ms. Linda Mccumber - American Fed Of Government Employees, Afl-Cio $15,000 3 Mrs. Elizabeth Reicherts - Bp America, Inc $7,500 4 Ms. Ann L Pride - Entergy Services $5,000 5 Kristina L. Byrne - Entergy Services $5,000 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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