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Term Start	Term End	Role	State	Party
2007	2008	Representative	ME	Democrat
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Recent Voting History

The votes below were taken by roll call, a voting procedure that records a vote from every Senator or Representative on the bill under consideration. This Member of Congress may have voted on other bills by the process known as "voice vote", but these votes are not recorded.

Bill	Voted
H.R.7321 Auto Industry Financing and Restructuring Act On Passage: H R 7321 Auto Industry Financing and Restructuring Act	Aye (with party) December 10, 2008
H.R.7321 Auto Industry Financing and Restructuring Act On Agreeing to the Amendment: Amendment 1 to H R 7321	Aye (with party) December 10, 2008
On Agreeing to the Resolution: H RES 1534 Providing for consideration of H.R. 7321, to authorize financial assistance to eligible automobile manufacturers, and for other purposes	Aye (with party) December 10, 2008

Voting Trends Analysis

The information below is an initial analysis of voting trends for this Member of Congress, calculated by cross-referencing all of this member's votes from the 110th Congress (Jan. 2007 - Dec. 2008). The results are intended to offer some helpful context for the place that this Member of Congress occupies in the Congressional landscape. In the next steps of site development, OpenCongress will incorporate more detailed analyses of voting trends to give you a comprehensive snapshot of every Member of Congress.

Most often votes with: Rep. Timothy Bishop [D, NY-1]
Least often votes with: Rep. Trent Franks [R, AZ-2]
Republican most often votes with: Rep. Christopher Smith [R, NJ-4]
Democrat least often votes with: Rep. John Barrow [D, GA-12]
Votes with party: 98%
Abstains: 3%

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Thomas Allen in the News

December 29, 2008 Emmanuel to resign House seat Friday

...in replacing the 49-year-old Democrat in Congress. Possible candidates who've been mentioned include 38th Ward Alderman Thomas Allen, 47th Ward Alderman Gene Schulter, Cook County Commissioner Mike Quigley, and state Reps. John Fritchey and Nancy Kaszak

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Source: The Southern Illinoisan

December 29, 2008 Receiving recognition for delivery

Boone Postmaster Thomas Allen has been with the post office for two years. Allen said he was pleased with the award for customer service. ...

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Source: Boone News Republican, IA

December 29, 2008 Rahm Emanuel To Resign Congressional Seat Friday

Possible candidates who've been mentioned include Chicago Aldermen Thomas Allen and Gene Schulter, Cook County Commissioner Mike Quigley and state Reps. ...

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Source: CBS2 Chicago, IL

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December 29, 2008 Daily Herald | Emanuel to resign congressional seat Friday

Possible candidates who've been mentioned include 38th Ward Alderman Thomas Allen, 47th Ward Alderman Gene Schulter, Cook County Commissioner Mike Quigley, and state Reps. John Fritchey and Nancy Kaszak. ...

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Source: DailyHerald.com > News > Illinois

December 29, 2008 Rahm Emanuel to resign congressional seat Friday - Breaking news ...

US Rep. Rahm Emanuel, who's accepted President-elect Barack Obama's offer to be the new White House chief of staff, plans to resign his congressional seat on Friday. ... Possible candidates who've been mentioned include 38th Ward Alderman Thom

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Source: Belleville News Democrat: Breaking news

December 29, 2008 mar de color rosa: Gerd Rothmann

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Campaign Contributions

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Top Funding Industry: Other
Top Contributor: Moveon.org ($57,650)

Industry	Donation	% of total
Other	$764,394	20.5 %
Ideology/Single-Issue	$701,422	18.8 %
Lawyers & Lobbyists	$642,306	17.2 %
Finance/Insur/RealEst	$588,452	15.8 %
Misc Business	$279,408	7.5 %
Communic/Electronics	$210,800	5.7 %
Labor	$207,250	5.6 %
Health	$186,950	5.0 %
Construction	$64,240	1.7 %
Energy/Nat Resource	$40,600	1.1 %
Transportation	$20,190	0.5 %
Agribusiness	$16,412	0.4 %
Defense	$1,500	0.0 %
Total:	$3,723,924

Industry	Donation	% of total
Labor	$137,950	20.3 %
Other	$107,350	15.8 %
Lawyers & Lobbyists	$99,721	14.7 %
Health	$89,677	13.2 %
Finance/Insur/RealEst	$89,600	13.2 %
Misc Business	$51,037	7.5 %
Communic/Electronics	$32,000	4.7 %
Energy/Nat Resource	$20,900	3.1 %
Transportation	$16,800	2.5 %
Ideology/Single-Issue	$11,601	1.7 %
Construction	$9,300	1.4 %
Defense	$8,750	1.3 %
Agribusiness	$5,750	0.8 %
Total:	$680,436

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December 29, 2008 Daily Herald | Emanuel to resign congressional seat Friday

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