From OpenCongress Wiki

Jason Altmire has been a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives, representing the Fourth Congressional District of Pennsylvania, since 2007.

Contents 1 Record and controversies 1.1 Iraq War 1.2 Environmental record 2 Biography 2.1 Congressional career 2.1.1 2006 congressional elections 3 Money in politics 4 Committees and Affiliations 5 More Background Data 6 Contact 7 Articles and Resources 7.1 Resources 7.2 Local blogs and discussion sites 7.3 Articles

Record and controversies

Congressional scorecards

Click through the score to see the records of other members of Congress and full descriptions of the individual votes. Want to see someone else's scorecard added to the list? You can do it! Organization 2007 Scorecard Score - Agree ratio 2008 Scorecard Score - Agree ratio American Civil Liberties Union not avail. not avail. American Conservative Union 28 - 7/25 not avail. AFSCME not avail. not avail. Americans for Democratic Action 95 - 19/20 80 - 16/20 Club for Growth not avail. not avail. Drum Major Institute not avail. not avail. Family Research Council not avail. not avail. Information Technology Industry Council not avail. not avail. League of Conservation Voters not avail. not avail. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People not avail. not avail. U.S. Chamber of Commerce 55 - 11/20 not avail.

Iraq War

Environmental record

For more information on environmental legislation, see the Energy and Environment Policy Portal

Biography

Altmire was raised in Lower Burnell, Pennsylvania and graduated from Florida State University. After college Altmire went to Washington where worked for Rep. Pete Peterson of Florida as a Legislative Assistant and was later appointed to a working group for President Clinton’s Task Force on National Health Care Reform. Altmire worked for the Federation of American Hospitals as a health policy legislation expert and, most recently, worked as Acting Vice President for Government Relations and Community Health Services for UPMC.

Altmire also sat on the Legislative Committees for both the Allegheny Valley and the Northern Allegheny Chambers of Commerce.[1]

Congressional career

2006 congressional elections

Altmire challenged incumbent Republican Rep. Melissa Hart in the 2006 congressional elections, and won with 52% of the vote.

Money in politics

This section contains links to – and feeds from – money in politics databases. For specific controversies, see this article's record and controversies section.

Top Contributors to during the 2008 Election Cycle
Donor	Amount (US Dollars)
UPMC Health System	$ 42,750
Ibis Tek	$ 35,500
PMA Group	$ 32,500
American Hospital Assn	$ 18,375
Comcast Corp	$ 16,250
Castlebrook Development	$ 15,650
Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney	$ 14,507
Reed Smith LLP	$ 12,800
L-3 Communications	$ 12,250
K&L Gates	$ 12,060
Source: The Center for Responsive Politics' www.OpenSecrets.org site. Note: Contributions are not from the organizations themselves, but are rather from the organization's PAC, employees or owners. Totals include subsidiaries and affiliates.

Links to more campaign contribution information for Jason Altmire from the Center for Responsive Politics' OpenSecrets.org site.
Fundraising profile:	2008 election cycle	Career totals
Top contributors by organization/corporation:	2008 election cycle	Career totals
Top contributors by industry:	2008 election cycle	Career totals

• Revolving door profile for Jason Altmire from the Center for Responsive Politics' OpenSecrets.org website.
• 2006 privately funded travel profile for Jason Altmire from the Center for Responsive Politics' OpenSecrets.org website.
• Personal finance profile for Jason Altmire from the Center for Responsive Politics' OpenSecrets.org website.

Committees and Affiliations

• House Committee on Education and Labor
  • Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness
  • Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities
• House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
  • Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings & Emergency Management
  • Subcommittee on Highways, Transit & Pipelines
• House Committee on Small Business
  • Subcommittee on Regulations, Healthcare, and Trade
  • Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight, Chair

More Background Data

Background information on Melissa Hart, whom Jason Altmire challenged in the 2006 congressional elections:

• Background information on Melissa Hart from Project Vote Smart

• Interest group scorecard ratings for Melissa Hart from Project Vote Smart

• Voting record for Melissa Hart from the Washington Post database

• Information on Melissa Hart from Congress Merge

Contact

DC office
1419 Longworth House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 Ph: 202-225-2565 Fax: 202-226-2274 Webform email
District offices
2110 McLean St., Aliquippa, PA 15001 Ph: 724-378-0928 Fax: (none entered)
On the Web
Official website This member of Congress does not use Twitter. YouTube channel
Campaign office
No campaign website entered. No campaign webform email entered. No campaign office information entered.

Articles and Resources

Resources

• Jason Altmire for Congress, official campaign site.

Local blogs and discussion sites

• The All-Spin Zone

Articles

Semantic data (Edit data)

From the Sunlight Foundation API
Current Office: U.S. House of Representatives
Title: Rep	First name: Jason	Middle name:	Last name: Altmire
Suffix:		Nickname:
Party: D	State: PA	District: 04 District short: 4	Currently in office? True
Gender: M
Phone: 202-225-2565	Fax: 202-226-2274	Website: http://www.altmire.house.gov/	Webform email: https://forms.house.gov/altmire/webforms/issue_subscribe.htm Email address:
DC office: 1419 Longworth House Office Building
Bioguide ID: A000362	Votesmart ID: 59999	FEC ID: H6PA04110	Govtrack ID: 412231
CRP ID: N00027664	Eventful ID: P0-001-000016693-4	Old Sunlight ID:	Twitter ID:
OpenCongress Wiki URL: http://www.opencongress.org/wiki/Jason_Altmire		YouTubeID: congressmanaltmire	Senate class:

Entered manually within the Template:Politician
U.S. House of Representatives
111th Congress
Leadership Position:	Committees Chaired:	Committees, Ranking Member On:	Caucuses:
110th Congress
Leadership Position: None	Committees Chaired:	Committees, Ranking Member On:	Caucuses:
Committees:
Congressional Career
First Elected to Current Office: November 7, 2006	First Took Current Office: January 4, 2007	Next Election: November 2, 2010	Term Ends:
Freshman Member? No	Previous Political Work? None or Not Available	Other Party Membership:
District Offices:
2110 McLean St., Aliquippa, PA 15001 Phone: 724-378-0928 / Fax: 724-378-6171
Campaign Contact:
Website: Webform Email: / Email: Campaign Offices: Phone: / Fax:
Misc:
Date of Birth: March 7, 1968 November 7, 2006

Latitude: 40°36′12.383″N
Longitude: 80°16′35.658″W