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Rep. Zach Wamp

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Birthdate: b. 10/28/1957
Birthplace: Fort Benning, GA
District: represents TN-03
Political Party: Republican
Religion: Baptist
Education: Attended, Industrial Relations, The McCallie School University of North Carolina, 1977-1978, 1979-1980 Attended, Political Science, University of Tennessee, 1978-1979.
Last elected in 2006 receiving 130,791 (66.0%) votes.
Capitol Word Frequency →  energy (147) world (61) country (60) tell (46) tennessee (39)
Biographical information from Project Vote Smart, Wikipedia. Photo from Congressional Biographical Directory.

Money

Raised $744,918 (#258)
Spent 75% (#267)
From self 0% (#34)
From individuals 66% (#114)
From PACs 29% (#418)
PAC = Political Action Committees. Money data from the FECfor the 200X cycle.

Earmarks

Requested 31 (#176)
Total cost $76,500,244 (#170)
Received 30 (#169)
Total cost $45,229,400 (#185)
Data for fiscal year 2008 from Taxpayers for Common Sense.

Voting Analysis

Ideology 54% right-wing (#95)
Predictable 91% (#332)
Data and terminology from VoteView. Unpredictable measures how often members vote against their party.

Speeches

Spoke 6 times (#221)
Avg. length 701 words (#345)
Data for 110th Congress from GovTrack.

Bills

Co-sponsored 1,529 (#147)
Introduced 25 (#413)
Debated 6 (#284)
Enacted 3 (#220)
Data from GovTrack.

Interest Group Alignment

Interest Group Alignment compares a politician’s votes to positions taken by interest groups. [ more ]
GroupAgreement
US Chamber of Commerce 83% (5/6 votes)
National Retail Federation 80% (4/5 votes)
National Association of Home Builders 71% (5/7 votes)
Public Citizen 60% (6/10 votes)
Mortgage Bankers Association 50% (3/6 votes)
U.S. Chamber of Commerce 42% (6/14 votes)
American Nurses Association 40% (2/5 votes)
American Civil Liberties Union 40% (2/5 votes)
National Association of Realtors 37% (3/8 votes)
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 33% (2/6 votes)
International Brotherhood of Teamsters 28% (2/7 votes)
NAACP 28% (2/7 votes)
AFL-CIO 7% (1/13 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 Ronald Barnes $12,500 from March 2, 2001 to August 31, 2007
2 Dan Johnson $12,400 from March 30, 2002 to September 28, 2007
3 Lewis Card Jr. $12,057 from September 17, 2001 to September 26, 2007
4 Jacob Beckel $11,700 from November 18, 2002 to October 9, 2007
5 Darrell Akins $11,550 from March 2, 2001 to November 13, 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 $217,269
2 Ut Battelle $71,700
3 Bwxty $48,050
4 Homemaker $39,700
5 Lawlerwood $36,950
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. Jerry Giovaniello - National Association Of Realtors $5,000
2 Mr. Jay Farrar - Ch2M Hill Companies, Ltd $4,000
3 Mr. Jonathan Carter - Ch2M Hill Companies, Ltd $4,000
4 Mr. Jonathan Carter - Ch2M Hill Companies, Ltd $4,000
5 Jay Farrar - Ch2M Hill Companies, Ltd $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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