Rep. Tim Holden

Share this page	Birthdate: b. 03/05/1957 Birthplace: Pottsville, PA District: represents PA-17 Political Party: Democratic Religion: Roman Catholic Education: BA, Sociology, Bloomsburg University, 1980 Attended, University of Richmond, 1976-1977 Attended, Fork Union Military Academy, 1975-1976. Last elected in 2006 receiving 137,253 (65.0%) votes. Official website
Capitol Word Frequency →  conservation (17) friend (17) farm (17) investment (12) energy (12)
Biographical information from Project Vote Smart, Wikipedia. Photo from Congressional Biographical Directory.

Money Raised $526,430 (#382) Spent 53% (#407) From self 0% (#34) From individuals 23% (#518) From PACs 70% (#37) PAC = Political Action Committees. Money data from the FECfor the 200X cycle.	Earmarks Requested 23 (#263) Total cost $67,323,000 (#183) Received 21 (#272) Total cost $34,223,500 (#227) Data for fiscal year 2008 from Taxpayers for Common Sense.
Voting Analysis Ideology 23% left-wing (#223) Predictable 95% (#201) Data and terminology from VoteView. Unpredictable measures how often members vote against their party. Speeches Spoke 1 times (#477) Avg. length 748 words (#319) Data for 110th Congress from GovTrack.	Bills Co-sponsored 2,121 (#66) Introduced 77 (#214) 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 NAACP 100% (7/7 votes) American Nurses Association 100% (5/5 votes) National Association of Realtors 100% (8/8 votes) AFL-CIO 100% (13/13 votes) Public Citizen 90% (9/10 votes) International Brotherhood of Teamsters 85% (6/7 votes) Mortgage Bankers Association 83% (5/6 votes) National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 83% (5/6 votes) National Association of Home Builders 71% (5/7 votes) American Civil Liberties Union 40% (2/5 votes) National Retail Federation 20% (1/5 votes) Friends Committee on National Legislation 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 Fidelity Technologies $3,500 $3200000 2008 Valley Technologies $1,000 $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 Frederick J. Giorgi $14,300 from June 8, 2001 to June 18, 2007 2 John W. Rich Sr. $12,100 from May 16, 2002 to March 17, 2008 3 Michael Clark $10,300 from March 30, 2001 to April 21, 2008 4 Michael A. Setley $8,500 from August 27, 2003 to June 18, 2007 5 Richard C. Reidler $7,750 from May 20, 2002 to August 3, 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 $197,722 2 Pma Group $39,500 3 Reading Anthracite Co $25,753 4 Giorgio Foods $18,500 5 Stevens Lee $14,025 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. David L. Kolbe - Int'L. Association Of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental & Reinforcing Iron Workers $5,000 2 Mr. Nathaniel H. Lacour - American Federation Of Teachers $5,000 3 Nick Kirkhorn - Honeywell International $5,000 4 Mr. Monte Byers - United Brotherhood Of Carpenters And Joiners Of America $5,000 5 Mr. John Gay - National Restaurant 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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