Rep. Todd Russell Platts

Share this page	Birthdate: b. 03/05/1962 Birthplace: York, PA District: represents PA-19 Political Party: Republican Religion: Episcopalian Education: JD, Pepperdine University, 1991 BS, Public Administration, Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania, 1984. Last elected in 2006 receiving 142,512 (64.0%) votes. Official website
Capitol Word Frequency →  programs (52) service (46) consume (24) education (23) day (21)
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Money Raised $126,896 (#546) Spent 64% (#326) From self 0% (#34) From individuals 98% (#5) From PACs 0% (#565) PAC = Political Action Committees. Money data from the FECfor the 200X cycle.	Earmarks Requested 16 (#373) Total cost $9,198,000 (#445) Received 16 (#365) Total cost $9,370,900 (#434) Data for fiscal year 2008 from Taxpayers for Common Sense.
Voting Analysis Ideology 32% right-wing (#174) Predictable 85% (#441) Data and terminology from VoteView. Unpredictable measures how often members vote against their party. Speeches Spoke 5 times (#259) Avg. length 890 words (#231) Data for 110th Congress from GovTrack.	Bills Co-sponsored 1,435 (#164) Introduced 56 (#287) Debated 7 (#263) Enacted 1 (#358) Data from GovTrack.
Interest Group Alignment Interest Group Alignment compares a politician’s votes to positions taken by interest groups. [ more ] Group Agreement Mortgage Bankers Association 100% (6/6 votes) American Nurses Association 100% (5/5 votes) National Association of Home Builders 100% (7/7 votes) Public Citizen 80% (8/10 votes) National Association of Realtors 75% (6/8 votes) US Chamber of Commerce 66% (4/6 votes) National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 66% (4/6 votes) National Retail Federation 60% (3/5 votes) International Brotherhood of Teamsters 42% (3/7 votes) NAACP 42% (3/7 votes) American Civil Liberties Union 40% (2/5 votes) AFL-CIO 38% (5/13 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 John D. Brown $16,500 from September 22, 2000 to December 19, 2007 2 William S. Mr. Iii Shipley $12,947 from March 13, 2002 to January 7, 2008 3 Max Thomas Mr. Grumbacher $12,100 from August 4, 2000 to December 17, 2007 4 Louis J. Jr. Appell $11,000 from April 21, 2002 to December 17, 2007 5 Edward M. Garner $9,150 from February 26, 2002 to February 29, 2008 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 $80,580 2 York Container $16,750 3 Blockhouse $16,500 4 Shipley Energy $13,147 5 Bonton $12,100 More contributors → Source: FEC data from the 1980 to 2000 election cycles.

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