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U.S. House members face office budget cut

By Jamie Dupree
March 5, 2013

As members of the Congress argue about across the board budget cuts from the sequester, spending figures from the House of Representatives show some lawmakers will have an easy time dealing with an 8.2% cut in their office budgets, while others will have to take some belt-tightening measures in 2013.

The official office budgets for lawmakers cover everything - personnel, travel, rent, communication, utilities, printing, supplies, equipment, mail - anything official.

A review of the office allowances in 2012 for House members shows 120 lawmakers spent over 95% of their office budgets, demonstrating that a cut of 8.2% could certainly force some changes, which could include staff pay cuts, furloughs, or reductions in general office expenses.

"We all understand the reality of these reductions," said Rep. Candice Miller (R-MI), who chairs the House Administration Committee, which has been urging lawmakers to heed the warnings about the sequester for several months.

As the figures below show, Miller spent almost 87% of her office budget last year, almost $175,000 below what she was authorized to spend for her Congressional office.

"We have to certainly lead by example," Miller said at a hearing Wednesday that was focused on House committee budgets, which also are shrinking.

Each lawmaker has a slightly different office budget, which is based on a variety of factors including the distance from Washington, D.C., the size of the district and more; that makes a direct comparison slightly difficult.

What follows is a list of members (including delegates) who served for the entire year of 2012 in the U.S. House, the amount of their office allowance and how much they spent.   (The one exception included is ex-Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr., whose staffers were still paid through the end of the year, even after he resigned just before Thanksgiving last year.)

The last figure on the right in the table is the percentage of the office budget that was spent.  No one hit 100%, but several were close.

In pure percentage terms of spending, there were eight Democrats and two Republicans in the top ten; ex-Rep. Nan Hayworth (R-NY) led the way, spending 99.91% of her budget; she had only $1200 left by the time she left office.

Another ex-Rep, Laura Richardson (D-CA), was next as she spent 99.5% of her budget, leaving only $7,000 on the table by the time of her departure.

One interesting note is that ex-Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX), who retired earlier this year, spent 97.3% of his office budget, leaving less than $37,000 unspent.

That is a bit different than his son, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), who recently returned $600,000 in unspent office money to the federal treasury.

If you want to find the most frugal lawmakers, look at the bottom of this list; Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) followed through on his rhetoric of spending less in Washington, D.C., as the Ohio Republican spent only 63.35% of his office budget, not touching over $481,000 in approved office budget funds.

2012 House Member

Office Budget

Actual Spending

% of Budget Spent

Hayworth, Nan A.S. NY 19

$1,331,117

$1,329,902

99.91%

Richardson, Laura CA 37

$1,392,317

$1,385,367

99.50%

Davis, Danny K. IL 07

$1,374,052

$1,366,355

99.44%

Towns, Edolphus NY 10

$1,316,623

$1,303,421

99.00%

Brown, Corrine FL 03

$1,340,214

$1,326,616

98.99%

Jackson, Jesse L., Jr. IL 02

$1,349,005

$1,335,273

98.98%

Grijalva, Raul M. AZ 07

$1,377,588

$1,361,558

98.84%

Lewis, John GA 05

$1,379,576

$1,362,151

98.74%

Duffy, Sean P. WI 07

$1,339,088

$1,320,619

98.62%

Sherman, Brad CA 27

$1,403,970

$1,384,130

98.59%

Davis, Susan A. CA 53

$1,439,364

$1,416,702

98.43%

Eshoo, Anna G. CA 14

$1,463,083

$1,439,759

98.41%

Brady, Robert A. PA 01

$1,293,960

$1,272,842

98.37%

Emerson, Jo Ann MO 08

$1,310,138

$1,286,241

98.18%

Nadler, Jerrold NY 08

$1,465,297

$1,437,809

98.12%

Miller, George CA 07

$1,359,995

$1,334,403

98.12%

Clarke, Hansen MI 13

$1,355,688

$1,329,937

98.10%

Moran, James P. VA 08

$1,352,808

$1,327,045

98.10%

Moore, Gwen WI 04

$1,356,579

$1,330,003

98.04%

Capps, Lois CA 23

$1,394,567

$1,365,918

97.95%

Matsui, Doris O. CA 05

$1,369,995

$1,340,454

97.84%

Reyes, Silvestre TX 16

$1,371,680

$1,339,300

97.64%

Honda, Michael M. CA 15

$1,416,492

$1,382,676

97.61%

Berkley, Shelley NV 01

$1,404,227

$1,370,413

97.59%

Stark, Fortney Pete CA 13

$1,398,316

$1,363,813

97.53%

Pitts, Joseph R. PA 16

$1,270,129

$1,238,765

97.53%

Scott, David GA 13

$1,380,666

$1,346,314

97.51%

Critz, Mark S. PA 12

$1,286,962

$1,254,931

97.51%

DeLauro, Rosa L. CT 03

$1,333,559

$1,300,039

97.49%

Hanna, Richard L. NY 24

$1,331,432

$1,297,752

97.47%

Kucinich, Dennis J. OH 10

$1,353,383

$1,318,797

97.44%

Baca, Joe CA 43

$1,315,950

$1,282,301

97.44%

Pence, Mike IN 06

$1,309,400

$1,275,521

97.41%

Cummings, Elijah E. MD 07

$1,301,440

$1,267,271

97.37%

Langevin, James R. RI 02

$1,300,280

$1,265,733

97.34%

Young, Don AK 00

$1,457,565

$1,418,556

97.32%

Paul, Ron TX 14

$1,354,006

$1,317,475

97.30%

Jackson Lee, Sheila TX 18

$1,349,745

$1,313,150

97.29%

Lamborn, Doug CO 05

$1,365,412

$1,328,313

97.28%

Ellmers, Renee L. NC 02

$1,331,055

$1,294,489

97.25%

Bishop, Sanford D., Jr. GA 02

$1,310,654

$1,273,964

97.20%

Deutch, Theodore FL 19

$1,389,319

$1,348,823

97.09%

Gonzalez, Charles A. TX 20

$1,363,295

$1,322,620

97.02%

Ryan, Tim OH 17

$1,317,592

$1,278,051

97.00%

Schmidt, Jean OH 02

$1,334,422

$1,293,971

96.97%

Runyan, Jon NJ 03

$1,330,739

$1,290,284

96.96%

Bartlett, Roscoe G. MD 06

$1,308,593

$1,268,390

96.93%

Thompson, Mike CA 01

$1,392,870

$1,348,647

96.83%

Simpson, Michael K. ID 02

$1,377,081

$1,333,118

96.81%

Forbes, J. Randy VA 04

$1,317,196

$1,274,361

96.75%

Cohen, Steve TN 09

$1,300,442

$1,257,314

96.68%

Schock, Aaron IL 18

$1,342,411

$1,297,447

96.65%

Burton, Dan IN 05

$1,360,375

$1,314,569

96.63%

Rogers, Mike AL 03

$1,331,074

$1,286,119

96.62%

Schakowsky, Janice D. IL 09

$1,369,434

$1,322,673

96.59%

Cardoza, Dennis A. CA 18

$1,338,135

$1,291,529

96.52%

Gibson, Christopher P. NY 20

$1,341,963

$1,294,975

96.50%

Higgins, Brian NY 27

$1,314,070

$1,267,887

96.49%

Capuano, Michael E. MA 08

$1,404,146

$1,354,209

96.44%

Napolitano, Grace F. CA 38

$1,300,507

$1,254,062

96.43%

Gutierrez, Luis V. IL 04

$1,291,719

$1,245,378

96.41%

McGovern, James P. MA 03

$1,307,796

$1,260,710

96.40%

Clay, William Lacy MO 01

$1,373,884

$1,324,364

96.40%

Lummis, Cynthia M. WY 00

$1,335,941

$1,287,638

96.38%

Thompson, Bennie G. MS 02

$1,322,967

$1,275,009

96.37%

Walberg, Tim MI 07

$1,323,067

$1,274,844

96.36%

Thompson, Glenn PA 05

$1,326,448

$1,277,763

96.33%

Courtney, Joe CT 02

$1,332,755

$1,283,611

96.31%

Harper, Gregg MS 03

$1,359,673

$1,309,302

96.30%

McCarthy, Carolyn NY 04

$1,309,992

$1,261,277

96.28%

Maloney, Carolyn B. NY 14

$1,468,063

$1,412,945

96.25%

Hanabusa, Colleen W. HI 01

$1,416,916

$1,363,123

96.20%

Woolsey, Lynn C. CA 06

$1,422,737

$1,368,683

96.20%

McMorris Rodgers, Cathy WA 05

$1,378,662

$1,325,989

96.18%

Wasserman Schultz, Debbie FL 20

$1,403,393

$1,348,957

96.12%

Miller, Brad NC 13

$1,335,287

$1,283,493

96.12%

Bishop, Timothy H. NY 01

$1,323,872

$1,271,643

96.05%

Carson, Andre IN 07

$1,392,945

$1,337,893

96.05%

Markey, Edward J. MA 07

$1,406,023

$1,349,358

95.97%

Reed, Tom NY 29

$1,312,325

$1,259,274

95.96%

Rangel, Charles B. NY 15

$1,429,265

$1,371,300

95.94%

McDermott, Jim WA 07

$1,442,712

$1,384,076

95.94%

Schilling, Robert T. IL 17

$1,338,953

$1,284,367

95.92%

Schiff, Adam B. CA 29

$1,411,232

$1,353,432

95.90%

Gallegly, Elton CA 24

$1,344,808

$1,289,185

95.86%

Scalise, Steve LA 01

$1,353,136

$1,296,862

95.84%

Pierluisi, Pedro R. PR 00

$1,807,189

$1,731,418

95.81%

Austria, Steve OH 07

$1,312,186

$1,257,027

95.80%

Murphy, Christopher S. CT 05

$1,308,015

$1,252,247

95.74%

Alexander, Rodney LA 05

$1,322,199

$1,264,792

95.66%

Bilirakis, Gus M. FL 09

$1,374,328

$1,314,108

95.62%

Faleomavaega, Eni F.H. AQ 00

$1,318,744

$1,260,940

95.62%

Pearce, Stevan NM 02

$1,374,024

$1,312,839

95.55%

Lungren, Daniel E. CA 03

$1,370,331

$1,308,917

95.52%

Carnahan, Russ MO 03

$1,387,985

$1,325,422

95.49%

Michaud, Michael H. ME 02

$1,341,529

$1,280,876

95.48%

Crowley, Joseph NY 07

$1,322,343

$1,262,008

95.44%

McIntyre, Mike NC 07

$1,345,254

$1,283,729

95.43%

Kissell, Larry NC 08

$1,316,485

$1,256,037

95.41%

Sires, Albio NJ 13

$1,320,699

$1,259,761

95.39%

Lujan, Ben Ray NM 03

$1,343,816

$1,281,644

95.37%

Yoder, Kevin KS 03

$1,351,824

$1,288,678

95.33%

Fattah, Chaka PA 02

$1,306,440

$1,245,251

95.32%

Hirono, Mazie K. HI 02

$1,419,379

$1,352,706

95.30%

Lipinski, Daniel IL 03

$1,345,972

$1,282,743

95.30%

Rahall, Nick J. II WV 03

$1,294,618

$1,233,636

95.29%

Lofgren, Zoe CA 16

$1,385,810

$1,319,940

95.25%

Ackerman, Gary L. NY 05

$1,323,359

$1,260,261

95.23%

Lowey, Nita M. NY 18

$1,314,952

$1,252,031

95.21%

Wilson, Frederica S. FL 17

$1,349,120

$1,284,338

95.20%

Conyers, John, Jr. MI 14

$1,355,087

$1,289,787

95.18%

Van Hollen, Chris MD 08

$1,337,785

$1,272,923

95.15%

Heinrich, Martin NM 01

$1,351,599

$1,285,826

95.13%

Waxman, Henry A. CA 30

$1,451,554

$1,380,790

95.12%

Johnson, Henry C. “Hank”, Jr. GA 04

$1,359,912

$1,293,310

95.10%

Sutton, Betty OH 13

$1,328,825

$1,263,723

95.10%

Sarbanes, John P. MD 03

$1,316,060

$1,251,274

95.08%

Slaughter, Louise McIntosh NY 28

$1,342,244

$1,275,957

95.06%

Filner, Bob CA 51

$1,408,762

$1,338,819

95.04%

Hastings, Alcee L. FL 23

$1,338,648

$1,271,600

94.99%

Biggert, Judy IL 13

$1,351,177

$1,283,497

94.99%

Johnson, Timothy V. IL 15

$1,317,354

$1,250,518

94.93%

Turner, Robert L. NY 09

$1,330,336

$1,262,829

94.93%

Long, Billy MO 07

$1,351,999

$1,283,369

94.92%

Clyburn, James E. SC 06

$1,314,889

$1,246,988

94.84%

Fortenberry, Jeff NE 01

$1,300,916

$1,233,573

94.82%

Price, David E. NC 04

$1,343,450

$1,272,904

94.75%

Roybal-Allard, Lucille CA 34

$1,381,734

$1,307,031

94.59%

Christensen, Donna Mc VI 00

$1,262,640

$1,194,361

94.59%

Denham, Jeff CA 19

$1,436,853

$1,358,595

94.55%

Rothman, Steven R. NJ 09

$1,301,383

$1,230,455

94.55%

Kline, John MN 02

$1,347,554

$1,273,573

94.51%

Israel, Steve NY 02

$1,316,589

$1,244,053

94.49%

McHenry, Patrick T. NC 10

$1,326,676

$1,253,348

94.47%

Rivera, David FL 25

$1,319,160

$1,246,148

94.47%

Diaz-Balart, Mario FL 21

$1,344,342

$1,269,755

94.45%

Rohrabacher, Dana CA 46

$1,418,886

$1,339,995

94.44%

Kaptur, Marcy OH 09

$1,347,044

$1,271,915

94.42%

Boswell, Leonard L. IA 03

$1,314,985

$1,241,255

94.39%

Nunes, Devin CA 21

$1,426,764

$1,346,458

94.37%

Rogers, Mike MI 08

$1,318,397

$1,244,103

94.36%

Clarke, Yvette D. NY 11

$1,319,263

$1,244,559

94.34%

Connolly, Gerald E. VA 11

$1,305,234

$1,231,184

94.33%

Turner, Michael R. OH 03

$1,326,771

$1,251,402

94.32%

Edwards, Donna F. MD 04

$1,334,141

$1,257,616

94.26%

Sanchez, Linda T. CA 39

$1,371,740

$1,292,024

94.19%

Lance, Leonard NJ 07

$1,290,127

$1,214,875

94.17%

Braley, Bruce L. IA 01

$1,305,658

$1,228,721

94.11%

Ruppersberger, C.A. Dutch MD 02

$1,311,329

$1,233,867

94.09%

Hastings, Richard “Doc” WA 04

$1,360,221

$1,278,961

94.03%

Latta, Robert E. OH 05

$1,292,835

$1,215,029

93.98%

Grimm, Michael G. NY 13

$1,312,531

$1,233,496

93.98%

Holden, Tim PA 17

$1,308,869

$1,229,906

93.97%

Shuler, Heath NC 11

$1,349,120

$1,267,494

93.95%

Bachmann, Michele MN 06

$1,325,690

$1,243,750

93.82%

Chandler, Ben KY 06

$1,335,321

$1,252,661

93.81%

LoBiondo, Frank A. NJ 02

$1,311,957

$1,230,731

93.81%

Ross, Dennis A. FL 12

$1,382,382

$1,296,359

93.78%

Green, Al TX 09

$1,349,355

$1,265,229

93.77%

Bishop, Rob UT 01

$1,367,266

$1,281,899

93.76%

Costa, Jim CA 20

$1,433,941

$1,343,884

93.72%

Wilson, Joe SC 02

$1,349,806

$1,264,287

93.66%

Canseco, “Quico” TX 23

$1,332,637

$1,247,157

93.59%

McCaul, Michael T. TX 10

$1,394,562

$1,304,963

93.58%

Olver, John W. MA 01

$1,308,273

$1,224,068

93.56%

Garamendi, John CA 10

$1,373,678

$1,285,046

93.55%

Crawford, Eric A. “Rick” AR 01

$1,358,972

$1,270,174

93.47%

Cicilline, David N. RI 01

$1,300,232

$1,214,762

93.43%

Norton, Eleanor Holmes DC 00

$1,368,841

$1,278,075

93.37%

Graves, Tom GA 09

$1,325,899

$1,237,849

93.36%

Boren, Dan OK 02

$1,353,886

$1,263,322

93.31%

Franks, Trent AZ 02

$1,465,453

$1,367,235

93.30%

Sanchez, Loretta CA 47

$1,308,978

$1,221,230

93.30%

Tsongas, Niki MA 05

$1,350,258

$1,259,242

93.26%

Shuster, Bill PA 09

$1,308,492

$1,219,754

93.22%

McCollum, Betty MN 04

$1,335,089

$1,244,148

93.19%

King, Steve IA 05

$1,324,787

$1,234,268

93.17%

Bonner, Jo AL 01

$1,348,728

$1,256,539

93.16%

Rehberg, Dennis R. MT 00

$1,459,003

$1,359,271

93.16%

McNerney, Jerry CA 11

$1,379,598

$1,285,066

93.15%

Farr, Sam CA 17

$1,360,098

$1,266,560

93.12%

Murphy, Tim PA 18

$1,383,034

$1,286,959

93.05%

Roskam, Peter J. IL 06

$1,306,581

$1,215,792

93.05%

Smith, Christopher H. NJ 04

$1,312,280

$1,221,022

93.05%

Duncan, John J., Jr. TN 02

$1,315,221

$1,221,615

92.88%

Capito, Shelley Moore WV 02

$1,336,582

$1,241,069

92.85%

Perlmutter, Ed CO 07

$1,380,340

$1,281,479

92.84%

Berman, Howard L. CA 28

$1,396,144

$1,296,029

92.83%

Bucshon, Larry IN 08

$1,323,334

$1,228,317

92.82%

Huizenga, Bill MI 02

$1,340,599

$1,243,840

92.78%

Johnson, Bill OH 06

$1,323,584

$1,228,017

92.78%

Boustany, Charles W., Jr. LA 07

$1,340,954

$1,243,939

92.77%

Benishek, Dan MI 01

$1,375,259

$1,275,660

92.76%

Price, Tom GA 06

$1,361,692

$1,262,484

92.71%

Walz, Timothy J. MN 01

$1,338,026

$1,240,107

92.68%

Levin, Sander M. MI 12

$1,322,517

$1,224,633

92.60%

King, Peter T. NY 03

$1,284,178

$1,188,375

92.54%

Smith, Lamar TX 21

$1,419,075

$1,313,078

92.53%

Petri, Thomas E. WI 06

$1,337,374

$1,236,436

92.45%

Watt, Melvin L. NC 12

$1,346,202

$1,243,505

92.37%

Rigell, E. Scott VA 02

$1,313,193

$1,212,900

92.36%

Royce, Edward R. CA 40

$1,330,919

$1,227,674

92.24%

Pingree, Chellie ME 01

$1,363,304

$1,257,383

92.23%

Coble, Howard NC 06

$1,359,975

$1,253,710

92.19%

Hochul, Kathleen NY 26

$1,316,828

$1,213,679

92.17%

Stearns, Cliff FL 06

$1,370,472

$1,262,576

92.13%

Gosar, Paul A. AZ 01

$1,381,545

$1,272,437

92.10%

Bass, Charles F. NH 02

$1,353,549

$1,246,085

92.06%

Campbell, John CA 48

$1,387,117

$1,276,869

92.05%

Rush, Bobby L. IL 01

$1,345,288

$1,237,900

92.02%

Bilbray, Brian P. CA 50

$1,436,788

$1,321,725

91.99%

Whitfield, Ed KY 01

$1,325,626

$1,219,041

91.96%

Cooper, Jim TN 05

$1,373,613

$1,262,500

91.91%

Hahn, Janice CA 36

$1,425,812

$1,310,214

91.89%

Mica, John L. FL 07

$1,381,258

$1,269,149

91.88%

Shimkus, John IL 19

$1,326,220

$1,218,490

91.88%

Southerland, Steve II FL 02

$1,377,784

$1,265,510

91.85%

Sablan, Gregorio MP 00

$1,382,037

$1,269,397

91.85%

Frank, Barney MA 04

$1,406,971

$1,292,271

91.85%

Blackburn, Marsha TN 07

$1,334,315

$1,225,043

91.81%

Himes, James A. CT 04

$1,334,737

$1,224,163

91.72%

Scott, Austin GA 08

$1,328,652

$1,218,170

91.68%

Wolf, Frank R. VA 10

$1,349,022

$1,236,705

91.67%

McClintock, Tom CA 04

$1,413,770

$1,295,975

91.67%

Upton, Fred MI 06

$1,326,944

$1,215,613

91.61%

Loebsack, David IA 02

$1,311,624

$1,201,327

91.59%

Tierney, John F. MA 06

$1,320,047

$1,208,758

91.57%

Sullivan, John OK 01

$1,355,296

$1,240,649

91.54%

Flores, Bill TX 17

$1,328,924

$1,216,211

91.52%

Neugebauer, Randy TX 19

$1,337,206

$1,223,631

91.51%

Hall, Ralph M. TX 04

$1,368,844

$1,252,016

91.47%

Roe, David P. TN 01

$1,321,931

$1,208,851

91.45%

Bass, Karen CA 33

$1,420,069

$1,298,137

91.41%

Chu, Judy CA 32

$1,372,601

$1,254,704

91.41%

Welch, Peter VT 00

$1,338,553

$1,223,491

91.40%

Peters, Gary C. MI 09

$1,317,792

$1,203,324

91.31%

Kildee, Dale E. MI 05

$1,345,273

$1,228,230

91.30%

Barton, Joe TX 06

$1,361,106

$1,242,437

91.28%

Rokita, Todd IN 04

$1,364,816

$1,244,982

91.22%

Cantor, Eric VA 07

$1,312,745

$1,197,479

91.22%

Buchanan, Vern FL 13

$1,395,967

$1,272,770

91.17%

Huelskamp, Tim KS 01

$1,329,531

$1,211,690

91.14%

Rogers, Harold KY 05

$1,334,375

$1,215,697

91.11%

Speier, Jackie CA 12

$1,535,291

$1,398,692

91.10%

Blumenauer, Earl OR 03

$1,402,554

$1,277,445

91.08%

Polis, Jared CO 02

$1,368,093

$1,245,690

91.05%

Thornberry, William M. TX 13

$1,344,597

$1,224,157

91.04%

Matheson, Jim UT 02

$1,385,290

$1,260,294

90.98%

Meeks, Gregory W. NY 06

$1,298,570

$1,180,937

90.94%

Dingell, John D. MI 15

$1,375,304

$1,250,702

90.94%

Jones, Walter B. NC 03

$1,335,807

$1,214,552

90.92%

Bordallo, Madeleine Z. GU 00

$1,417,384

$1,288,218

90.89%

Berg, Rick ND 00

$1,380,832

$1,254,449

90.85%

Paulsen, Erik MN 03

$1,340,889

$1,217,420

90.79%

Schweikert, David AZ 05

$1,381,344

$1,254,001

90.78%

Fleming, John LA 04

$1,325,723

$1,203,484

90.78%

Doyle, Michael F. PA 14

$1,379,049

$1,251,823

90.77%

DeGette, Diana CO 01

$1,372,900

$1,245,490

90.72%

Palazzo, Steven M. MS 04

$1,348,428

$1,223,142

90.71%

Nunnelee, Alan MS 01

$1,360,754

$1,234,194

90.70%

Walsh, Joe IL 08

$1,324,779

$1,201,153

90.67%

Aderholt, Robert B. AL 04

$1,313,088

$1,190,516

90.67%

Engel, Eliot L. NY 17

$1,311,156

$1,188,393

90.64%

Tonko, Paul NY 21

$1,328,751

$1,204,239

90.63%

Terry, Lee NE 02

$1,335,030

$1,209,643

90.61%

Hultgren, Randy IL 14

$1,333,407

$1,207,773

90.58%

DeFazio, Peter A. OR 04

$1,386,717

$1,255,290

90.52%

Pallone, Frank, Jr. NJ 06

$1,290,688

$1,168,088

90.50%

Barletta, Lou PA 11

$1,328,967

$1,202,022

90.45%

Hoyer, Steny H. MD 05

$1,312,676

$1,186,459

90.38%

Larson, John B. CT 01

$1,329,133

$1,201,022

90.36%

Granger, Kay TX 12

$1,356,627

$1,225,611

90.34%

Calvert, Ken CA 44

$1,386,260

$1,251,540

90.28%

Adams, Sandy FL 24

$1,371,267

$1,237,776

90.27%

Lynch, Stephen F. MA 09

$1,402,442

$1,265,551

90.24%

Yarmuth, John A. KY 03

$1,321,760

$1,192,454

90.22%

McKeon, Howard P. “Buck” CA 25

$1,423,596

$1,283,928

90.19%

Quigley, Mike IL 05

$1,359,954

$1,226,077

90.16%

Ellison, Keith MN 05

$1,351,806

$1,218,723

90.16%

Harris, Andy MD 01

$1,345,113

$1,211,330

90.05%

Cassidy, Bill LA 06

$1,350,935

$1,216,571

90.05%

Johnson, Sam TX 03

$1,368,693

$1,232,499

90.05%

Burgess, Michael C. TX 26

$1,371,292

$1,234,161

90.00%

Jenkins, Lynn KS 02

$1,327,806

$1,194,104

89.93%

Bono Mack, Mary CA 45

$1,436,927

$1,291,578

89.88%

Myrick, Sue Wilkins NC 09

$1,367,231

$1,227,295

89.77%

Broun, Paul C. GA 10

$1,346,546

$1,207,981

89.71%

Fudge, Marcia OH 11

$1,350,738

$1,210,446

89.61%

Dicks, Norman D. WA 06

$1,385,366

$1,241,064

89.58%

Owens, William L. NY 23

$1,308,963

$1,170,546

89.43%

Johnson, Eddie Bernice TX 30

$1,392,063

$1,244,275

89.38%

Sessions, Pete TX 32

$1,388,256

$1,239,874

89.31%

Fitzpatrick, Michael G. PA 08

$1,287,797

$1,148,671

89.20%

Cuellar, Henry TX 28

$1,374,172

$1,225,449

89.18%

Lewis, Jerry CA 41

$1,366,033

$1,218,123

89.17%

Serrano, Jose E. NY 16

$1,303,566

$1,162,350

89.17%

Carter, John R. TX 31

$1,366,837

$1,218,515

89.15%

Lee, Barbara CA 09

$1,420,875

$1,266,468

89.13%

Ribble, Reid J. WI 08

$1,341,684

$1,195,015

89.07%

Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana FL 18

$1,396,030

$1,242,278

88.99%

Stutzman, Marlin A. IN 03

$1,325,876

$1,179,759

88.98%

LaTourette, Steven C. OH 14

$1,291,187

$1,148,525

88.95%

Miller, Gary G. CA 42

$1,370,540

$1,218,648

88.92%

Kind, Ron WI 03

$1,328,460

$1,179,283

88.77%

Barrow, John GA 12

$1,324,438

$1,175,651

88.77%

Meehan, Patrick PA 07

$1,306,151

$1,159,122

88.74%

Baldwin, Tammy WI 02

$1,359,710

$1,206,402

88.72%

Bonamici, Suzanne OR 01

$1,307,007

$1,158,651

88.65%

Crenshaw, Ander FL 04

$1,348,886

$1,195,365

88.62%

Hurt, Robert VA 05

$1,300,897

$1,151,763

88.54%

Buerkle, Ann Marie NY 25

$1,314,828

$1,164,073

88.53%

Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. WI 05

$1,376,611

$1,217,194

88.42%

Manzullo, Donald A. IL 16

$1,336,191

$1,180,869

88.38%

Holt, Rush D. NJ 12

$1,331,328

$1,176,240

88.35%

Smith, Adrian NE 03

$1,358,991

$1,200,370

88.33%

Scott, Tim SC 01

$1,405,146

$1,239,922

88.24%

Cleaver, Emanuel MO 05

$1,324,795

$1,168,839

88.23%

Luetkemeyer, Blaine MO 09

$1,316,082

$1,159,412

88.10%

Olson, Pete TX 22

$1,382,719

$1,217,880

88.08%

Issa, Darrell E. CA 49

$1,429,433

$1,258,038

88.01%

Poe, Ted TX 02

$1,339,239

$1,178,501

88.00%

Goodlatte, Bob VA 06

$1,297,002

$1,139,852

87.88%

Costello, Jerry F. IL 12

$1,328,823

$1,166,543

87.79%

Hinchey, Maurice D. NY 22

$1,325,457

$1,161,796

87.65%

Ross, Mike AR 04

$1,325,685

$1,161,947

87.65%

Lucas, Frank D. OK 03

$1,356,146

$1,188,476

87.64%

Griffin, Tim AR 02

$1,374,112

$1,203,651

87.59%

Hartzler, Vicky MO 04

$1,328,731

$1,163,800

87.59%

Butterfield, G.K. NC 01

$1,311,078

$1,147,982

87.56%

Hunter, Duncan CA 52

$1,421,990

$1,244,998

87.55%

Richmond, Cedric L. LA 02

$1,312,235

$1,148,541

87.53%

Marino, Tom PA 10

$1,289,639

$1,128,594

87.51%

Chabot, Steve OH 01

$1,357,909

$1,187,117

87.42%

West, Allen B. FL 22

$1,389,383

$1,212,847

87.29%

Visclosky, Peter J. IN 01

$1,322,834

$1,153,409

87.19%

Bachus, Spencer AL 06

$1,348,593

$1,175,254

87.15%

Cravaack, Chip MN 08

$1,385,930

$1,207,664

87.14%

Latham, Tom IA 04

$1,307,665

$1,137,742

87.01%

Dold, Robert J. IL 10

$1,326,436

$1,153,758

86.98%

Smith, Adam WA 09

$1,375,683

$1,196,438

86.97%

Miller, Candice S. MI 10

$1,334,979

$1,159,218

86.83%

Westmoreland, Lynn A. GA 03

$1,343,502

$1,166,597

86.83%

Camp, Dave MI 04

$1,383,903

$1,199,837

86.70%

Akin, W. Todd MO 02

$1,358,657

$1,177,812

86.69%

Womack, Steve AR 03

$1,377,773

$1,194,260

86.68%

Gerlach, Jim PA 06

$1,312,340

$1,137,480

86.68%

Reichert, David G. WA 08

$1,391,658

$1,203,868

86.51%

Black, Diane TN 06

$1,322,184

$1,142,326

86.40%

Farenthold, Blake TX 27

$1,319,269

$1,139,526

86.38%

Garrett, Scott NJ 05

$1,292,739

$1,116,476

86.37%

Schwartz, Allyson Y. PA 13

$1,308,387

$1,127,749

86.19%

Noem, Kristi L. SD 00

$1,372,362

$1,181,822

86.12%

Gohmert, Louie TX 01

$1,328,779

$1,144,159

86.11%

Chaffetz, Jason UT 03

$1,350,568

$1,162,246

86.06%

Coffman, Mike CO 06

$1,394,251

$1,199,499

86.03%

Herger, Wally CA 02

$1,379,222

$1,185,626

85.96%

Peterson, Collin C. MN 07

$1,347,938

$1,158,712

85.96%

Quayle, Benjamin AZ 03

$1,380,004

$1,186,023

85.94%

Kingston, Jack GA 01

$1,324,907

$1,136,827

85.80%

Becerra, Xavier CA 31

$1,383,971

$1,187,129

85.78%

Brady, Kevin TX 08

$1,341,309

$1,150,224

85.75%

Neal, Richard E. MA 02

$1,304,821

$1,118,734

85.74%

Rooney, Thomas J. FL 16

$1,390,182

$1,191,735

85.73%

Renacci, James B. OH 16

$1,302,441

$1,115,040

85.61%

Amodei, Mark E. NV 02

$1,431,089

$1,224,706

85.58%

Posey, Bill FL 15

$1,390,314

$1,187,998

85.45%

Sewell, Terri A. AL 07

$1,339,651

$1,143,560

85.36%

Pompeo, Mike KS 04

$1,336,762

$1,138,022

85.13%

Marchant, Kenny TX 24

$1,356,549

$1,154,759

85.12%

Tipton, Scott R. CO 03

$1,427,695

$1,214,617

85.08%

Kelly, Mike PA 03

$1,327,174

$1,128,917

85.06%

McCarthy, Kevin CA 22

$1,500,486

$1,274,069

84.91%

Conaway, K. Michael TX 11

$1,364,442

$1,157,435

84.83%

Dreier, David CA 26

$1,407,898

$1,194,011

84.81%

Schrader, Kurt OR 05

$1,405,653

$1,191,958

84.80%

Dent,Charles W. PA 15

$1,304,330

$1,100,485

84.37%

Wittman, Robert J. VA 01

$1,384,719

$1,167,967

84.35%

Doggett, Lloyd TX 25

$1,371,496

$1,156,296

84.31%

Walden, Greg OR 02

$1,387,297

$1,167,719

84.17%

Boehner, John A. OH 08

$1,317,516

$1,108,741

84.15%

Young, C.W. Bill FL 10

$1,377,638

$1,158,730

84.11%

Labrador, Raul R. ID 01

$1,403,891

$1,180,118

84.06%

Fleischmann, Charles J. “Chuck” TN 03

$1,323,928

$1,112,459

84.03%

Platts, Todd Russell PA 19

$1,293,299

$1,086,642

84.02%

Guthrie, Brett KY 02

$1,343,140

$1,127,932

83.98%

Green, Gene TX 29

$1,318,553

$1,106,621

83.93%

Gibbs, Bob OH 18

$1,303,997

$1,092,767

83.80%

Roby, Martha AL 02

$1,330,084

$1,114,521

83.79%

Waters, Maxine CA 35

$1,391,143

$1,164,842

83.73%

Guinta, Frank C. NH 01

$1,340,504

$1,121,950

83.70%

Hinojosa, Ruben TX 15

$1,340,555

$1,120,604

83.59%

Cole, Tom OK 04

$1,373,219

$1,146,182

83.47%

Stivers, Steve OH 15

$1,345,174

$1,120,878

83.33%

Gingrey, Phil GA 11

$1,383,692

$1,151,523

83.22%

Castor, Kathy FL 11

$1,356,426

$1,126,702

83.06%

Pelosi, Nancy CA 08

$1,564,613

$1,296,995

82.90%

Scott, Robert C. “Bobby” VA 03

$1,324,401

$1,097,765

82.89%

Landry, Jeffrey M. LA 03

$1,337,316

$1,107,153

82.79%

Griffith, H. Morgan VA 09

$1,330,871

$1,100,102

82.66%

Brooks, Mo AL 05

$1,336,195

$1,102,350

82.50%

Foxx, Virginia NC 05

$1,315,293

$1,083,614

82.39%

Duncan, Jeff SC 03

$1,317,781

$1,085,395

82.37%

Woodall, Rob GA 07

$1,351,046

$1,112,510

82.34%

Flake, Jeff AZ 06

$1,423,545

$1,170,441

82.22%

Miller, Jeff FL 01

$1,340,631

$1,099,057

81.98%

McKinley, David B. WV 01

$1,308,485

$1,071,671

81.90%

Larsen, Rick WA 02

$1,393,433

$1,138,081

81.67%

Fincher, Stephen Lee TN 08

$1,340,842

$1,094,768

81.65%

Tiberi, Patrick J. OH 12

$1,361,057

$1,109,474

81.52%

Graves, Sam MO 06

$1,336,236

$1,088,695

81.47%

Ryan, Paul WI 01

$1,369,513

$1,114,884

81.41%

Heck, Joseph J. NV 03

$1,456,465

$1,174,871

80.67%

Keating, William R. MA 10

$1,366,808

$1,099,255

80.43%

Pascrell, Bill, Jr. NJ 08

$1,295,220

$1,034,352

79.86%

Nugent, Richard B. FL 05

$1,402,459

$1,114,550

79.47%

Mulvaney, Mick SC 05

$1,339,498

$1,060,525

79.17%

Andrews, Robert E. NJ 01

$1,288,285

$1,017,954

79.02%

Culberson, John Abney TX 07

$1,392,719

$1,099,988

78.98%

Lankford, James OK 05

$1,370,399

$1,079,012

78.74%

Herrera Beutler, Jaime WA 03

$1,404,424

$1,097,632

78.16%

DesJarlais, Scott TN 04

$1,319,927

$1,029,930

78.03%

Velazquez, Nydia M. NY 12

$1,388,973

$1,078,759

77.67%

Gowdy, Trey SC 04

$1,337,691

$1,034,025

77.30%

Kinzinger, Adam IL 11

$1,349,917

$1,043,020

77.27%

Donnelly, Joe IN 02

$1,308,606

$1,008,218

77.05%

Gardner, Cory CO 04

$1,368,267

$1,047,102

76.53%

Amash, Justin A. MI 03

$1,319,838

$1,000,798

75.83%

Altmire, Jason PA 04

$1,378,413

$1,037,427

75.26%

Pastor, Ed AZ 04

$1,352,888

$1,006,026

74.36%

Mack, Connie FL 14

$1,435,888

$1,059,628

73.80%

Carney, John C., Jr. DE 00

$1,362,169

$990,989

72.75%

Webster, Daniel FL 08

$1,373,208

$979,212

71.31%

Hensarling, Jeb TX 05

$1,402,049

$964,778

68.81%

Frelinghuysen, Rodney P. NJ 11

$1,360,450

$910,831

66.95%

Jordan, Jim OH 04

$1,313,374

$832,054

63.35%

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