Rep. Steven C. LaTourette

Share this page	Birthdate: b. 07/22/1954 Birthplace: Cleveland, OH District: represents OH-14 Political Party: Republican Religion: Methodist Education: JD, Cleveland State University, Cleveland Marshall College of Law, 1980 BA, History, University of Michigan, 1976. Last elected in 2006 receiving 144,069 (58.0%) votes. Official website
Capitol Word Frequency →  coast (48) oberstar (38) ohio (36) guard (36) billion (33)
Biographical information from Project Vote Smart, Wikipedia. Photo from Congressional Biographical Directory.

Money Raised $826,947 (#229) Spent 37% (#524) From self 0% (#34) From individuals 38% (#409) From PACs 61% (#92) PAC = Political Action Committees. Money data from the FECfor the 200X cycle.	Earmarks Requested 16 (#373) Total cost $12,975,000 (#414) Received 16 (#365) Total cost $12,796,500 (#389) Data for fiscal year 2008 from Taxpayers for Common Sense.
Voting Analysis Ideology 30% right-wing (#179) Predictable 89% (#391) Data and terminology from VoteView. Unpredictable measures how often members vote against their party. Speeches Spoke 4 times (#303) Avg. length 660 words (#387) Data for 110th Congress from GovTrack.	Bills Co-sponsored 1,578 (#135) Introduced 81 (#198) Debated 30 (#67) Enacted 14 (#40) 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) International Brotherhood of Teamsters 100% (7/7 votes) National Association of Home Builders 85% (6/7 votes) Mortgage Bankers Association 83% (5/6 votes) Public Citizen 80% (8/10 votes) National Association of Realtors 75% (6/8 votes) NAACP 71% (5/7 votes) National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 66% (4/6 votes) US Chamber of Commerce 66% (4/6 votes) AFL-CIO 61% (8/13 votes) National Retail Federation 60% (3/5 votes) American Civil Liberties Union 40% (2/5 votes) U.S. Chamber of Commerce 35% (5/14 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 Dominic Mr. Visconsi $13,400 from August 25, 2003 to June 5, 2007 2 Albert Mr. Ratner $13,100 from September 11, 2003 to June 5, 2007 3 Michael Mr. Horvitz $12,500 from June 25, 2004 to May 6, 2007 4 Charles Mr. Ratner $12,100 from June 25, 2004 to June 5, 2007 5 Deborah Salzberg $11,300 from September 11, 2003 to December 19, 2007 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 $283,202 2 Forest City Enterprises $93,200 3 Gross Builders $38,400 4 Forest City Ent $31,400 5 University Hospitals $27,750 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. Hasan R. Solomon - International Association Of Machinists And Aerospace Workers $25,000 2 Mr. Thomas D. Simpson - Railway Supply Institute, Inc. $5,395 3 Mr. David L. Kolbe - Int'L. Association Of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental & Reinforcing Iron Workers $5,000 4 Nick Kirkhorn - Honeywell International $5,000 5 Mr. Joshua Heit - National Automobile Dealers Association $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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