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Susan A. Davis

Headshot b. 1944-04-13 , Cambridge, MA
represents CA-53
Democrat, Jewish
Official website

Education: MA, Social Work, University of North Carolina, 1968 BA, Sociology, University of California, Berkeley, 1964.

Last elected in 2006 receiving 97,541 (68.0%) votes.

Money

Raised $360,235 (#447)
Spent 85% (#140)
From self 0% (#26)
From individuals 65% (#109)
From PACs 32% (#366)

Earmarks

Requested 23 (#262)
Total cost $25,018,300 (#327)
Received 23 (#249)
Total cost $23,352,300 (#296)
Data for fiscal year 2008

Bills

Co-sponsored 1,169 (#216)
Introduced 68 (#235)
Debated 2 (#421)
Enacted 1 (#333)

Speeches

Spoke 6 times (#218)
Avg. length 668 words (#373)
Data for 110th Congress

Voting Analysis

Ideology 36% left-wing (#342)
Predictable 97% (#43)
Unpredictable equals maverick

Interest Group Alignment

GroupAgreement
American Nurses Association 100% (5/5 votes)
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 100% (6/6 votes)
NAACP 100% (7/7 votes)
National Association of Realtors 100% (8/8 votes)
AFL-CIO 92% (12/13 votes)
Mortgage Bankers Association 83% (5/6 votes)
Friends Committee on National Legislation 80% (4/5 votes)
National Association of Home Builders 71% (5/7 votes)
Public Citizen 70% (7/10 votes)
American Civil Liberties Union 60% (3/5 votes)
International Brotherhood of Teamsters 57% (4/7 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)

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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: 400097 (GovTrack), N00009604 (OpenSecrets), D000598 (Congressional Bio), 20108 (ICPSR), 8168 (Vote Smart), H0CA49055 (FEC)