Rep. Steve J. Israel

Share this page	Birthdate: b. 05/30/1958 Birthplace: Brooklyn, NY District: represents NY-02 Political Party: Democratic, Independence, Working Families Religion: Jewish Education: B.A., Political Science, George Washington University, 1983 Attended, Syracuse University, 1978-1979 A.A., Liberal Arts, Nassau Community College, 1978. Last elected in 2006 receiving 105,276 (70.0%) votes. Official website
Biographical information from Project Vote Smart, Wikipedia. Photo from Congressional Biographical Directory.

Money Raised $972,475 (#172) Spent 83% (#219) From self 0% (#19) From individuals 74% (#58) From PACs 25% (#449) PAC = Political Action Committees. Money data from the FECfor the 200X cycle.	Earmarks Requested 29 (#190) Total cost $43,341,550 (#239) Received 28 (#187) Total cost $36,725,550 (#214) Data for fiscal year 2008 from Taxpayers for Common Sense.
Voting Analysis Ideology 33% left-wing (#266) Predictable 97% (#93) Data and terminology from VoteView. Unpredictable measures how often members vote against their party. Speeches Spoke 4 times (#303) Avg. length 849 words (#255) Data for 110th Congress from GovTrack.	Bills Co-sponsored 1,294 (#198) Introduced 84 (#193) Debated 2 (#443) Enacted 2 (#283) Data from GovTrack.
Interest Group Alignment Interest Group Alignment compares a politician’s votes to positions taken by interest groups. [ more ] Group Agreement AFL-CIO 100% (13/13 votes) National Association of Realtors 100% (8/8 votes) American Nurses Association 100% (5/5 votes) NAACP 85% (6/7 votes) Mortgage Bankers Association 83% (5/6 votes) National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 83% (5/6 votes) Public Citizen 80% (8/10 votes) Friends Committee on National Legislation 80% (4/5 votes) International Brotherhood of Teamsters 71% (5/7 votes) National Association of Home Builders 71% (5/7 votes) American Civil Liberties Union 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.
Handshakes Handshakes are funds that are donated to a politician by a employees of a company, and flow back out to the same company. Earmark Recipient Donations Earmarks Cycle L Communications $3,250 $1600000 2008
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 Daniel Mr. Nir $10,200 from May 21, 2001 to May 17, 2005 2 Edward Mr. Gersh $10,000 from February 6, 2001 to February 28, 2006 3 Roger Mr. Tilles $10,000 from January 29, 2001 to March 8, 2006 4 Michael Mr. Bender $10,000 from June 28, 2001 to October 13, 2006 5 Jack Mr. Kulka $10,000 from January 29, 2001 to March 31, 2005 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 $301,360 2 Nbty $34,800 3 Kleinknecht Electric $27,950 4 Reckson Associates $26,950 5 Bana Electric $26,500 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. Frederick Wahl - L-3 Communications $5,000 2 Mr. Frederick P. Mcluckie - International Brotherhood Of Teamsters $5,000 3 Mr. James R. Meltsner - Northrop Grumman Corporation $5,000 4 Mr. David J. Manning - National Grid, Usa $5,000 5 George Nichols - New York Life Insurance Company $4,000 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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