How much did US House of Representatives donors give in 2008?

FEC.gov aggregates show $298,611 in itemized individual contributions for the US House of Representatives grouping in the 2008 cycle, across 365 contributions and 102 donors. That sum is not a PAC total and not the $4,296,168 all-cycle figure. Independent expenditures are not included.

What share of US House of Representatives FEC money is 2008?

The grouping’s all-cycle total is $4,296,168. The 2008 cell of $298,611 is about 7.0% of that figure. Other cycles hold the remaining 93.0% ($3,997,557) on the industry hub. The overlay lists itemized rows for this cell.

Does this include only sitting House members and staff?

No. The bucket is the self-reported string US House of Representatives. The FEC does not verify licenses, current jobs, or corporate identity. Related phrases may sit in other groupings. This join reports the string match for 2008 only, totaling $298,611 from 102 donors across 365 contributions.

Where is the overlay for the US House of Representatives 2008 join?

Open US House of Representatives 2008 for the cycle overlay, US House of Representatives for the grouping hub, and the 2008 election cycle for the year without this employer filter. All FEC ties lists other two-dimension pages. This JSON file names the join; the overlay holds the itemized rows.

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US House of Representatives and the 2008 cycle

$298,611 in itemized individual contributions is the 2008-cycle join for the employer grouping US House of Representatives. FEC.gov aggregates count 365 contributions from 102 donors. The same string totals $4,296,168 across every cycle in this table, so the cell is about 7.0% of the lifetime bucket — legislative-employer text as stored for the House meeting a two-year window, not a House PAC, USAspending legislative-branch awards, or U.S. HOUSE as a punctuated sibling.

Key figures

US House of Representatives × 2008 is $298,611 in itemized individual contributions.
The cell includes 365 contributions from 102 donors.
2008 is about 7.0% of the grouping’s $4,296,168 all-cycle total.
The label is self-reported form text (legislative-employer text as stored for the House), not a PAC.
FEC gifts and federal award files remain separate datasets.

US House of Representatives as stored text, 2008 as cycle

Employer and occupation groupings sit on one axis; election cycles sit on the other. Rows that match both — US House of Representatives and 2008 — sum to $298,611. 365 itemized contributions and 102 unique donors produced it. The total is not an official organization disbursement and does not name recipients. Independent expenditures and committee transfers live in other FEC tables. Cite FEC.gov for this intersection.

Neither the US House of Representatives hub nor the 2008 election cycle hub is this number; each hub drops one of the two keys. US House of Representatives is legislative-employer text as stored for the House, not a verified payroll file. 102 donors and 365 lines in 2008 matched that stored string. Punctuation and the U.S. abbreviation split this workplace string. US SENATE is a different chamber key. The cell is itemized individual receipts, not a House committee disbursement table. Neighboring stored labels include U.S. HOUSE, US HOUSE, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, and US SENATE. LobbyVault does not merge those strings into $298,611.

The join exists so a reader does not treat $4,296,168 (all cycles for this string) as the 2008 story, and does not treat the 2008 cycle hub as a US House of Representatives-only list. Two filters, one cell: $298,611.

7.0% of the US House of Representatives roll

The grouping’s stored total across cycles is $4,296,168. The 2008 slice of $298,611 is about 7.0% of that running sum. Other even-year windows hold the remaining 93.0% ($3,997,557). Treating 2008 as the entire US House of Representatives FEC story would ignore that remainder. The industry hub is the year index for this string.

Treat $4,296,168 as the denominator for the 7.0% share. It is not market capitalization, not revenue, and not proof of a multi-year political program. This tie keeps 2008 from being folded silently into $4,296,168. Neighboring spellings are not added into either figure. The 7.0% ratio is $298,611 divided by $4,296,168. Other even-year joins for US House of Representatives are not listed in this packet; they collectively hold $3,997,557. Citing 2008 as if it were the US House of Representatives lifetime total would overstate this cell by $3,997,557.

365 contributions from 102 donors

Dividing $298,611 by 365 contributions yields about $818 per itemized gift. Dividing by 102 donors yields about $2,928 per donor. Contributions per donor average about 3.6. Those means describe the arithmetic on the packet. They are not medians and not a party split. FEC.gov itemized individual receipts are the universe.

102 unique donors are contributor identities, not a headcount of employees, licensees, or members. Retirees and household members who reuse a workplace or title can appear. Repeat gifts raise the contribution count faster than the donor count. A mean of $818 per itemized line and $2,928 per donor can hide a few large receipts. The packet supplies no median. 365 contributions remaining larger than 102 donors is the expected pattern when identities give more than once.

2008 as the cycle dimension

The 2008 election cycle hub includes every stored employer and occupation for that window. US House of Representatives is one cell in that matrix. This packet does not publish a cycle-wide denominator, so no national share is stated. Open the 2008 election cycle to drop the employer filter and US House of Representatives to drop the year. 2008 is a presidential even-year window on FEC.gov; that calendar label does not explain $298,611.

Gifts from both years of the two-year FEC window sit in the $298,611 cell because the cycle is a two-year tag, not a single Tuesday. That mechanical fact is easy to forget when a searcher wants an election-night number. The overlay is where dates become visible. This join publishes the cycle total, the 365 contributions, the 102 unique donors, and the 7.0% share of $4,296,168. FEC cycle 2008 tags a two-year window. Odd-year receipts inside that window are in $298,611 if they were itemized against US House of Representatives. This file does not publish a year-by-year split because the facts do not.

What the Commission does not verify

Itemized individual receipts are the universe. Unitemized gifts, independent expenditures, and PAC disbursements sit outside $298,611. Federal awards in other databases are different datasets. Sharing an employer string and a calendar year does not turn these gifts into contracts or grants. The page is legislative-employer text as stored for the House, not a House PAC, USAspending legislative-branch awards, or U.S. HOUSE as a punctuated sibling.

Correlation between an employer string and a cycle year is not causation. The records show a text match, a date window, 102 donors, and 365 contributions. All FEC ties lists other two-dimension pages. Live hubs override this snapshot. If the overlay disagrees, the overlay and FEC.gov control. US House of Representatives as legislative-employer text as stored for the House can appear in contracting databases under similar names. Those obligation tables are not this $298,611. The join does not claim a payment trail from campaign gifts to federal awards or the reverse.

Citing US House of Representatives and 2008 together

Start with $298,611, then US House of Representatives 2008 for rows, then the industry hub or the 2008 election cycle if a filter needs to come off. Citation template: US House of Representatives, 2008, $298,611, 365 contributions, 102 donors, 7.0% of $4,296,168, source FEC.gov. Keep neighboring spellings and occupation titles out of the total unless they grouped to this exact string.

The 7.0% share, the 102-donor count, and the $818 mean gift belong to this intersection. Carry them onto a successor label or a sibling employer word and they stop being facts from this packet. This prose is a packet snapshot. 365 itemized contributions totaling $298,611 average about $818 per line. Unitemized gifts never appear. Campaign contributions are not federal awards.

Questions

How much did US House of Representatives donors give in 2008?: FEC.gov aggregates show $298,611 in itemized individual contributions for the US House of Representatives grouping in the 2008 cycle, across 365 contributions and 102 donors. That sum is not a PAC total and not the $4,296,168 all-cycle figure. Independent expenditures are not included.
What share of US House of Representatives FEC money is 2008?: The grouping’s all-cycle total is $4,296,168. The 2008 cell of $298,611 is about 7.0% of that figure. Other cycles hold the remaining 93.0% ($3,997,557) on the industry hub. The overlay lists itemized rows for this cell.
Does this include only sitting House members and staff?: No. The bucket is the self-reported string US House of Representatives. The FEC does not verify licenses, current jobs, or corporate identity. Related phrases may sit in other groupings. This join reports the string match for 2008 only, totaling $298,611 from 102 donors across 365 contributions.
Where is the overlay for the US House of Representatives 2008 join?: Open US House of Representatives 2008 for the cycle overlay, US House of Representatives for the grouping hub, and the 2008 election cycle for the year without this employer filter. All FEC ties lists other two-dimension pages. This JSON file names the join; the overlay holds the itemized rows.

FEC.gov individual contribution aggregates by employer/industry grouping and election cycle.