Economic and Demographic Characteristics of ’s Ninth Congressional District March, 2006

Indiana’s 9th Congressional District is currently represented by . He has offices in Bloomington, IN 47401 Jasper, IN 47546 Jeffersonville, IN 47130 Seymour, IN 47274 Versailles, IN 47042

Dearborn County: Lawrenceburg and Aurora Ohio County: Rising Sun Switzerland County Ripley County: Versailles, Milan Jennings and Jackson counties: Muscatatuck National Wildlife Refuge Bartholomew County: Columbus Brown County Monroe County: Bloomington (Indiana University) Clark County Floyd County Jefferson County: Madison Scott County Washington County Harrison County: Corydon Crawford County: Leavenworth Perry County: Tell City, Cannelton, Hoosier National Forest Orange County: French Lick and West Baden, known collectively as Springs Valley. Dubois County Spencer County

County populations in district according to Census 2000:

% pop county % pop of

in county in CD in COUNTY district pop district county Bartholomew County (part) 33,921 71,435 47.49% 5.02% Brown County 14,957 14,957 100.00% 2.21% Clark County 96,472 96,472 100.00% 14.28% Crawford County 10,743 10,743 100.00% 1.59% Dearborn County (part) 31,599 46,109 68.53% 4.68% Dubois County 39,674 39,674 100.00% 5.87% Floyd County 70,823 70,823 100.00% 10.48% Harrison County 34,325 34,325 100.00% 5.08% Jackson County 41,335 41,335 100.00% 6.12% Jefferson County 31,705 31,705 100.00% 4.69% Jennings County 27,554 27,554 100.00% 4.08% Monroe County (part) 92,501 120,563 76.72% 13.69% Ohio County 5,623 5,623 100.00% 0.83% Orange County 19,306 19,306 100.00% 2.86% Perry County 18,899 18,899 100.00% 2.80% Ripley County 26,523 26,523 100.00% 3.93% Scott County 22,960 22,960 100.00% 3.40% Spencer County 20,391 20,391 100.00% 3.02% Switzerland County 9,065 9,065 100.00% 1.34% Washington County 27,223 27,223 100.00% 4.03% Total 675,599 100.00%

Employment:

All Employees 2004 dollars total change avg yrly chg 2004 2000 2004 2000 2000-2004 2000-2004 Av Week All Wk All Wk All emp 04 All emp 00 Wage Avg Annual Pay emp Wage emp Wage US 129278176 129877063 757 745 39354 38749 -0.5% 1.6% -0.1% 0.4% IN 2848873 2936634 667 654 34694 34025 -3.0% 2.0% -0.8% 0.5% IN 9 287161 291470 583 574 30318 29837 -1.5% 1.6% -0.4% 0.4%

Manufacturing Employees 2004 dollars total change avg yrly chg 2004 2000 2004 2000 2000-2004 2000-2004 Av Week Mfg Wk Mfg Wk Mfg emp 04 Mfg emp 00 Wage Avg Annual Pay emp Wage emp Wage US 14257380 18420144 920 945 47861 49118 -22.6% -2.6% -6.2% -0.6% IN 571481 685491 916 895 47638 46538 -16.6% 2.4% -4.4% 0.6% IN 9 68070 82311 746 728 38815 37878 -17.3% 2.5% -4.6% 0.6%

Retail Trade Employees 2004 dollars total change avg yrly chg 2004 2000 2004 2000 2000-2004 2000-2004 retail emp retail emp Av Week retail Wk retail Wk 04 00 Wage Avg Annual Pay emp Wage emp Wage US 15060686 23298757 470 389 24415 20217 -35.4% 20.8% -10.3% 4.8% IN 332900 561565 412 333 21446 17326 -40.7% 23.8% -12.3% 5.5% IN9 33642 55694 382 319 19873 16583 -39.6% 19.8% -11.8% 4.6%

Child-poverty rates, 2000, 2003 (percent) All ages Age 0-4 Age 5-17 Age 0-17 2000 2003 2000 2003 2000 2003 2000 2003 11.3 12.5 18.7 20.3 14.6 16.1 16.2 17.6 Indiana 8.8 10.0 15.9 18.0 10.0 11.4 12.1 13.7

Poverty rates, 1999- 2000, 2003-2004 (percent) 1999-2000 2003-2004 United States 11.6 12.6 Indiana 7.6 10.8

Hourly wage distribution, 1998-2000 and 2003-2005 (Wage percentiles in constant $2005) 1998-2000 2003-2005 10th 50th 90th 10th 50th 90th US 7.156666667 13.81333333 30.25 7.293333333 14.42666667 31.64333333 IN 7.64 13.61 27.84 7.75 14.04 28.85

Percentage of workers 18-64 with health insurance period period 1998-2000 2002-2004. US 55.7% 53.8% IN 59.2% 55.5%

Percentage of workers 18-64 covered by pension period period 1998-2000 2002-2004. US 48.5% 46.0% IN 53.5% 49.6%

Bankruptcy filing rate per 1000

Change 2000- 2000 2004 2004

IN9 5.91 7.70 30.2%

IN 6.1 8.64 41.6%

US 4.32 5.32 23.1%

OASDI beneficiaries with benefits in current-payment status and avg. monthly benefits, December 2004

Average monthly benefits Number of Number of beneficiaries (dollars) beneficiaries Retired Disabled Widow(er)s All Retired Widow(er)s aged 65 or Total workers a workers b Spouses c Children d beneficiaries workers b older All areas e 47,687,693 29,952,474 6,198,271 4,828,972 2,721,657 3,986,319 872 955 897 33,696,001 IN 1,046,454 661,250 134,451 108,082 55,279 87,392 915 1004 956 735,101 IN9 122,476 73,550 18,383 12,999 6,783 10,761 874 966 901 82,562

Recipients of federally administered SSI payments and avg. monthly benefits, December 2004

Average monthly benefits Number of recipients (dollars) Number of recipients With Aged 65 Total Aged Blind Disabled Total Aged Blind Disabled OASDI a or older All areas b 6,987,845 1,211,167 75,924 5,700,754 461 352 473 484 2,441,374 1,977,610 Indiana 96,212 6,141 974 89,097 438 230 385 453 31,016 12,557 IN9 11,423 726 110 10,587 440 189 391 457 4,185 1,586

Elderly and estimated dependence on Social Security (over 65) (over 65) Census 2000 SS more than SS more than Total 50-64 % 50-64 65 and % 65 & 50% of % of tot 90% of % of tot over over income pop income pop

IN9 675,599 103,696 15.3% 81,789 12.1% 53,163 8% 26,990 4%

Educational Attainment: Percent of People 25 Years and Over Who Have Completed High School: US Census 2000: 80.4 Indiana Census 2000: 82.1 IN 9: 80.1 Percent of People 25 Years and Over Who Have Completed a Bachelor's Degree: US Census 2000: 24.4 Indiana Census 2000: 19.4 IN 9: 17.3

Proficient & NAEP Reading Grade 4 2005 Basic & above above US 63% 30% Indiana 64% 30% Proficient & NAEP Reading Grade 8 2005 Basic & above above US 71% 29% Indiana 72% 28% Proficient & NAEP Mathematics Grade 4 2005 Basic & above above US 79% 35% Indiana 84% 38% Proficient & NAEP Mathematics Grade 8 2005 Basic & above above US 68% 29% Indiana 74% 30%

Elementary & Secondary Education Finance 2002-3 US avg Indiana Fed.Rev.- Subtotal $ 735,606,062 $605,523,039 Total Expenditures for Elem & $ 8,690,171,765 $8,993,390,319 2ndary Ed Fed Rev as % of Total 8.5% 6.7% Expenditure Total Students (Fall 2003) 951,778 1,011,130 Fed Rev per student $ 773 $ 599 Total Expenditure per student $ 9,130 $ 8,894

Trends in College Cost and Aid (College Board) change Constant 2004 dollars 94-5 to 99-0 99-0 to 04-5 94-5 to 04-5 1994-95 1999-00 2004-05 Public 4yr tuition/fee $3,407 $3,766 $5,132 10.5% 36.3% 50.6% Public 4yr tuition/fee/room/bd $8,338 $9,051 $11,354 8.6% 25.4% 36.2% Private 4yr tuition/fee $14,761 $17,384 $20,082 17.8% 15.5% 36.0% Private 4yr tuition/fee/rm/bd $20,780 $24,057 $27,516 15.8% 14.4% 32.4% Grant Aid per FTE $2,965 $3,721 $4,479 25.5% 20.4% 51.1% Loans per FTE $3,204 $3,856 $4,916 20.3% 27.5% 53.4% Avg aid per FTE $6,261 $8,167 $10,119 30.4% 23.9% 61.6% Grant Aid per FTE/ public t/f/r/b 36% 41% 39% 15.6% -4.0% 10.9% Grant aid per FTE/ private t/f/r/b 14% 15% 16% 8.4% 5.2% 14.1% Avg Aid per FTE/ public t/f/r/b 75% 90% 89% 20.2% -1.2% 18.7% Avg aid per FTE/ private t/f/r/b 30% 34% 37% 12.7% 8.3% 22.1%

Tuition/fees by Coll. Board region 94–95 99–00 04–05 10 yr $ 10 yr % National change change 4-yr public $3,407 $3,766 $5,132 $1,725 51% 4-yr private $14,761 $17,384 $20,082 $5,321 36% Midwest 4-yr public $3,683 $4,269 $6,085 $2,402 65% 4-yr private $14,059 $16,365 $18,690 $4,631 33%

2005 Federal aid per undergrad Indiana Fed Postsecondary Education 269,474,852 Programs Total Fall Enrollment - Undergraduate 308,358 Fed aid per undergrad $ 874

Corporate Taxes 2001-3 Change in pre-tax corporate profits, 2001-3 +26% Change in corporate tax payments, 2001-3 -21% Nominal corporate tax rate, 2001-3 35% Average effective corporate tax rate, 2001* 21.4% Average effective corporate tax rate, 2002-3 17.2% Average effective corporate tax rate, 2001-3 18.4%

Effective Corporate Tax Rates for 275 Corporations by Industry, 2001–03 ($-millions) Three-Year Totals 2003 2001 Industry & Company Profit Tax Rate Profit Tax Rate Profit Tax Rate Aerospace & defense $17,684 $285 1.6% $4,448 $–1,337 –30.0% $6,754 $893 13.20% Transportation 14,309 619 4.3% 4,612 78 1.7% 4,551 372 8.20% Industrial and farm equipment 6,489 406 6.2% 2,007 78 3.9% 2,488 351 14.10% Telecommunications 73,203 5,465 7.5% 22,531 507 2.3% 26,424 5,718 21.60% Electronics, electrical equipment 47,023 5,095 10.8% 13,958 1,773 12.7% 17,002 2,922 17.2% Petroleum & pipelines 42,530 5,652 13.3% 19,613 2,603 13.3% 15,065 2,609 17.3% Miscellaneous services 61,378 8,855 14.4% 23,950 2,702 11.3% 16,861 3,111 18.4% Utilities, gas and electric 53,794 7,767 14.4% 18,229 354 1.9% 18,211 5,191 28.5% Computers, office equip, software, data 74,904 11,949 16.0% 29,927 4,987 16.7% 22,838 3,127 13.7% Metals & metal products 7,814 1,362 17.4% 2,986 305 10.2% 2,180 463 21.2% Financial 285,589 56,222 19.7% 117,802 22,486 19.1% 79,456 16,262 20.5% Chemicals 5,424 1,129 20.8% 1,780 402 22.6% 1,763 351 19.9% Pharmaceuticals & medical products 71,010 15,339 21.6% 25,977 5,561 21.4% 20,819 4,437 21.3% Miscellaneous manufacturing 27,319 6,043 22.1% 10,068 2,345 23.3% 8,053 2,026 25.2% Health care 25,432 5,674 22.3% 11,468 2,614 22.8% 6,022 1,213 20.1% Publishing, printing 11,103 2,551 23.0% 4,488 1,088 24.2% 2,742 656 23.9% Motor vehicles and parts 6,097 1,418 23.3% 2,287 456 19.9% 1,630 411 25.2% Food & beverages & tobacco 74,024 17,589 23.8% 23,916 5,786 24.2% 23,166 5,829 25.2% Household & personal products 19,354 4,688 24.2% 7,485 2,085 27.9% 5,241 1,327 25.3% Retail & wholesale trade 132,558 36,692 27.7% 51,741 13,877 26.8% 36,597 10,598 29.0% ALL INDUSTRIES $1,057,038 $194,799 18.4% $399,274 $68,749 17.2% $317,861 $67,866 21.4% * (all "effective tax rates" above are from CTJ/ITEP survey of 275 profitable Fortune 500 corporations, see reference in sources, below)

Top 25 Corporate Tax Break Recipients, 2001-03 ($-mill.) Pretax Tax Breaks cut taxes Rank Company Profits Breaks by 1 General Electric $36,809 9,481 –74% SBC 2 Communications 30,321 9,032 –85% 3 Citigroup 42,968 4,626 –31% 4 IBM 13,935 4,617 –95% 5 Microsoft 29,455 4,599 –45% 6 AT&T 13,453 4,572 –97% 7 ExxonMobil 21,388 4,268 –57% 8 Verizon 12,264 4,234 –99% 9 JPMorgan Chase 10,885 3,929 –103% 10 Pfizer 14,517 3,889 –77% 11 Altria (Philip Morris) 29,192 3,341 –33% 12 Wachovia 12,846 3,259 –72% 13 Boeing 5,688 3,058 –154% 14 Bank of America 38,574 2,959 –22% 15 Time Warner 6,229 2,637 –121% 16 Wells Fargo 23,885 2,459 –29% 17 ConocoPhillips 7,906 1,985 –72% 18 Intel 9,895 1,972 –57% 19 Merrill Lynch 8,893 1,966 –63% 20 Prudential Financial 2,264 1,838 –232% 21 Viacom 9,523 1,812 –54% 22 United Technologies 5,155 1,750 –97% 23 BellSouth 12,663 1,632 –37% 24 Allstate 6,396 1,631 –73% 25 American Express 7,282 1,541 –60% $ Total these 25 $412,387 87,089 –60% $ All 275 companies $1,057,038 175,164 –47%

US deaths and est. wounded in Iraq for Indiana as of 2/28/06

# of total # of badly Deaths as of share of wounded (est. wounded * 2/28/06 deaths for state) (est. for state) US 2296 100 16824 7777 Indiana 45 2.0% 330 152 (as of 2/13/06) (as of 2/13/06) *badly wounded = did not return to duty in 72 hours

Iraq deaths by CD, as of 1/20/06 Total City Name Rank Date

IN9 3 Clarksville Faulkner, James Daniel Sergeant 8-Sep-04 Command Huntingburg Faulkenburg, Steven W. Sergeant Major 9-Nov-04 Otwell Smith, Darrell L. Corporal 23-Nov-03

Financial Cost of Iraq War Total Per U.S. person US mil to date $173,000,000,000 $ 583.65 Cong approp to date $251,000,000,000 $ 846.80 CBO 10 year projection $481,000,000,000 $ 1,622.75 Stiglitz low end (10yr) $1,000,000,000,000 $ 3,373.70 Stiglitz high (10yr) $2,000,000,000,000 $ 6,747.40

Cost of War by Area Share of war costs, dollars

Population, Census % of Area 2000 US US mil to date Cong approp to date CBO 10 yr Stiglitz low 10 yr Stiglitz high 10 yr

Indiana 6,080,485 2.16 3,737,889,207 5,423,180,294 10,392,628,373 21,606,295,993 43,212,591,986

IN9 675,599 0.24 415,314,602 602,566,273 1,154,718,634 2,400,662,442 4,801,324,883

Campaign Finance:

2006 RACE: INDIANA DISTRICT 9

Sector Total

Michael E. Sodrel (R)*

Agribusiness $18,800 Communic/Electronics $10,400 Construction $45,712 Energy/Nat Resource $8,500 Finance/Insur/RealEst $59,297 Health $34,150 Lawyers & Lobbyists $8,750 Transportation $55,800 Misc Business $66,635 Labor $1,000 Ideology/Single-Issue $232,884 Other $9,650

Baron Hill (D)

Agribusiness $4,800 Communic/Electronics $8,200 Construction $12,950 Energy/Nat Resource $5,000 Finance/Insur/RealEst $20,000 Health $250 Lawyers & Lobbyists $21,150 Transportation $825 Misc Business $12,200 Labor $94,500 Ideology/Single-Issue $82,200 Other $25,671

Top Industries

Michael E. Sodrel (R)*

Leadership PACs $157,384 Candidate Committees $51,500 General Contractors $29,800 Health Professionals $23,150 Real Estate $19,922 Beer, Wine & Liquor $17,900 Trucking $17,850 Republican/Conservative $15,000 Automotive $13,400 Air Transport $12,000 Building Materials & Equipment $10,312 Misc Business $9,850 Accountants $9,750 Chemical & Related Manufacturing $9,200 Commercial Banks $8,500 Telephone Utilities $8,000 Food Processing & Sales $8,000 Credit Unions $7,500 Railroads $7,000 Lawyers/Law Firms $6,500

Baron Hill (D)

Building Trade Unions $37,500 Leadership PACs $37,000 Candidate Committees $31,000 Industrial Unions $20,500 Lawyers/Law Firms $20,150 Public Sector Unions $18,500 Democratic/Liberal $13,200 Education $12,171 Retired $12,000 Real Estate $10,500 Misc Unions $10,000 Construction Services $9,950 Transportation Unions $8,000 Misc Finance $7,250 TV/Movies/Music $6,200 Environmental Svcs/Equipment $5,000 Misc Services $4,200 Crop Production & Basic Processing $3,250 Casinos/Gambling $2,500 Chemical & Related Manufacturing $2,500

Top Contributors

Michael E. Sodrel (R)*

Keep Our Majority PAC $15,000 Rely on Your Beliefs $15,000 America's Majority Trust $10,000 American Dental Assn $10,000 Americans for a Republican Majority $10,000 Associated Builders & Contractors $10,000 Every Republican is Crucial PAC $10,000 National Beer Wholesalers Assn $10,000 George Pfau's Sons $8,200 MAC Construction $8,000 Morgan Foods $8,000 SBC Communications $8,000 Sodrel Truck Lines $8,000 Credit Union National Assn $7,500 Promoting Republicans You Can Elect $7,500 National Multi Housing Council $7,000 Growth & Prosperity PAC $6,038 Kiesler Police Supply $6,000 National Assn of Realtors $6,000 Prosperity Helps Inspire Liberty PAC $6,000

Baron Hill (D)

American Fedn of St/Cnty/Munic Employees $10,000 AmeriPAC: The Fund for a Greater America $10,000 Assn of Trial Lawyers of America $10,000 Carpenters & Joiners Union $10,000 Intl Brotherhood of Electrical Workers $10,000 PAC to the Future $10,000 Sheet Metal Workers Union $10,000 United Food & Commercial Workers Union $10,000 Indiana University $9,550 Air Line Pilots Assn $5,000 Blue Dog PAC $5,000 Democratic Party of Indiana $5,000 Laborers Union $5,000 MWH Global $5,000 National Education Assn $5,000 Plumbers/Pipefitters Union $5,000 Simon Property Group $5,000 United Auto Workers $5,000 Cso Architects Engineers $4,200 Hanover Communications $4,200 Longest Beam Neff $4,200 New Democrat Coalition $4,200 NNC Group $4,200

2004 RACE: INDIANA DISTRICT 9

Sector Total

Michael E. Sodrel (R)

Agribusiness $18,700 Communic/Electronics $16,750 Construction $53,050 Defense $1,000 Energy/Nat Resource $27,000 Finance/Insur/RealEst $59,719 Health $23,500 Lawyers & Lobbyists $26,250 Transportation $67,875 Misc Business $104,117 Ideology/Single-Issue $192,778 Other $40,527

Baron Hill (D)*

Agribusiness $63,350 Communic/Electronics $62,326 Construction $63,740 Defense $20,000 Energy/Nat Resource $30,800 Finance/Insur/RealEst $174,031 Health $37,850 Lawyers & Lobbyists $87,031 Transportation $31,050 Misc Business $86,504 Labor $255,100 Ideology/Single-Issue $252,752 Other $57,804

Top Industries

Michael E. Sodrel (R)

Leadership PACs $140,264 Misc Business $43,195 Retired $28,077 Trucking $28,025 General Contractors $27,950 Automotive $26,500 Lawyers/Law Firms $25,500 Candidate Committees $20,500 Real Estate $20,069 Oil & Gas $19,750 Beer, Wine & Liquor $16,000 Business Associations $15,055 Republican/Conservative $14,500 Health Professionals $14,500 Misc Manufacturing & Distributing $13,400 Civil Servants/Public Officials $12,250 Insurance $11,750 Building Materials & Equipment $10,400 Gun Rights $9,950 Misc Finance $9,700

Baron Hill (D)*

Leadership PACs $98,000 Candidate Committees $87,500 Lawyers/Law Firms $76,330 Public Sector Unions $68,300 Building Trade Unions $60,800 Transportation Unions $56,500 Real Estate $49,400 Democratic/Liberal $42,399 Industrial Unions $40,000 Retired $35,645 Insurance $30,950 Securities & Investment $29,676 Misc Unions $29,500 Construction Services $24,190 Crop Production & Basic Processing $20,300 Accountants $19,505 Health Professionals $19,100 Computers/Internet $19,000 Beer, Wine & Liquor $16,500 Telephone Utilities $15,950

Top Contributors

Michael E. Sodrel (R)

National Beer Wholesalers Assn $15,000 Sodrel Truck Lines $12,750 Geo Pfau's Sons Co $12,000 Natl Star Route Mail Contractors Assn $11,000 Americans for a Republican Majority $10,000 Associated Builders & Contractors $10,000 Keep Our Majority PAC $10,000 National Auto Dealers Assn $10,000 Republican Party of Indiana $10,000 Together for Our Majority $10,000 McCauley Nicolas & Co $9,750 National Fedn of Independent Business $9,000 Mac Construction $8,700 Grote Industries $7,500 Indiana Truck Sales $6,500 Robert McNeff $6,400 Schuler Realty $6,250 Beach Mold & Tool $6,000 John Handley Attorney At Law $6,000 Club for Growth $5,250

Baron Hill (D)*

AmeriPAC: The Fund for a Greater America $15,000 Grammer Industries $12,000 SBC Communications $10,500 National Education Assn $10,250 Air Line Pilots Assn $10,000 American Federation of Teachers $10,000 American Fedn of St/Cnty/Munic Employees $10,000 Americans for Responsible Leadership $10,000 Assn of Trial Lawyers of America $10,000 Blue Dog PAC $10,000 Carpenters & Joiners Union $10,000 Credit Union National Assn $10,000 Democratic Party of Indiana $10,000 Intl Brotherhood of Electrical Workers $10,000 Ironworkers Union $10,000 Laborers Union $10,000 National Air Traffic Controllers Assn $10,000 PAC to the Future $10,000 Plumbers/Pipefitters Union $10,000 Service Employees International Union $10,000 Sheet Metal Workers Union $10,000 Simon Property Group $10,000 Teamsters Union $10,000 United Food & Commercial Workers Union $10,000 United Mine Workers $10,000 United Transportation Union $10,000

2002 RACE: INDIANA DISTRICT 9

Sector Total

Michael E. Sodrel (R)

Agribusiness $11,750 Communic/Electronics $2,500 Construction $35,800 Finance/Insur/RealEst $23,850 Health $14,700 Lawyers & Lobbyists $12,206 Transportation $52,755 Misc Business $33,200 Ideology/Single-Issue $6,750 Other $34,475

Baron Hill (D)*

Agribusiness $58,600 Communic/Electronics $39,750 Construction $49,348 Defense $13,500 Energy/Nat Resource $20,544 Finance/Insur/RealEst $113,050 Health $32,100 Lawyers & Lobbyists $86,962 Transportation $38,800 Misc Business $52,451 Labor $177,750 Ideology/Single-Issue $165,002 Other $36,121

Top Industries

Michael E. Sodrel (R)

Trucking $26,755 General Contractors $23,300 Retired $23,250 Automotive $15,500 Health Professionals $12,300 Lawyers/Law Firms $12,206 Civil Servants/Public Officials $10,750 Real Estate $9,300 Misc Transport $9,000 Chemical & Related Manufacturing $8,000 Misc Business $7,600 Misc Manufacturing & Distributing $7,500 Insurance $6,450 Crop Production & Basic Processing $6,000 Building Materials & Equipment $5,500 Special Trade Contractors $5,000 Leadership PACs $3,500 Commercial Banks $3,100 Recreation/Live Entertainment $3,000 Food & Beverage $2,800

Baron Hill (D)*

Lawyers/Law Firms $81,662 Leadership PACs $75,000 Building Trade Unions $49,750 Candidate Committees $48,000 Public Sector Unions $46,000 Real Estate $31,950 Transportation Unions $30,500 Democratic/Liberal $28,002 Industrial Unions $28,000 Misc Unions $23,500 Construction Services $22,998 Insurance $21,000 Automotive $20,800 Health Professionals $20,550 Securities & Investment $19,000 Retired $18,353 Beer, Wine & Liquor $17,550 Tobacco $17,000 Agricultural Services/Products $14,750 Crop Production & Basic Processing $13,750

Top Contributors

Michael E. Sodrel (R)

Associated Builders & Contractors $10,000 Indiana Republican State Central Cmte $10,000 Natl Star Route Mail Contractors Assn $10,000 Sodrel Truck Lines $8,000 McCauley Nicolas & Co $6,738 Geo Pfau's Sons Co $6,000 American Bus Assn $5,500 National Auto Dealers Assn $5,000 Ogden, Newell & Welch $4,100 B&B Trucking $4,000 Beach Mold & Tool $4,000 Budget Car Sales $4,000 Central Indiana Mack $4,000 Eagle Express Lines $4,000 Jesse Ballew Enterprises $4,000 Robert M Neff Inc $4,000 Grote Industries $3,000 Johnson Ventures $2,250 A Yankee Line $2,000 Anderson Coach & Tour $2,000 Coyle Chevrolet-Dodge $2,000 Details $2,000 Fifth Third Bancorp $2,000 Foreman Brothers $2,000 Gohmann Asphalt & Construction $2,000 Gray Line $2,000 Haas Cabinet Co $2,000 Holiday World $2,000 Indiana Truck Sales $2,000 Jasper Engines & Transmission $2,000 Jwr Properties $2,000 Libs Paving $2,000 Mac Construction & Excavating $2,000 Mac Construction & Excavation $2,000 Mid American Coach $2,000 Milestone Inc $2,000 Morgan Foods $2,000 National Fedn of Independent Business $2,000 National Hardwood Lumber Assn $2,000 Northland Corp $2,000 Pat Salmon & Sons-Ceo $2,000 RB Matheson Holdings $2,000 Royal Chevrolet $2,000 Schuler Co $2,000 Slone Pontiac Gmc $2,000 Sprigler Development Co $2,000 State Farm Insurance $2,000 Stoops Freightliner Quality Trailer $2,000 Thorn Real Estate $2,000 Vanco Trailers $2,000

Baron Hill (D)*

Baker & Daniels $11,937 Laborers Union $10,250 American Federation of Teachers $10,000 AmeriPAC: The Fund for a Greater America $10,000 Assn of Trial Lawyers of America $10,000 Blue Dog PAC $10,000 Carpenters & Joiners Union $10,000 Credit Union National Assn $10,000 HILLPAC $10,000 Intl Brotherhood of Electrical Workers $10,000 National Education Assn $10,000 Plumbers/Pipefitters Union $10,000 Sheet Metal Workers Union $10,000 Teamsters Union $10,000 United Food & Commercial Workers Union $10,000 SBC Communications $8,500 Simon Property Group $8,500 Hillenbrand Industries $8,250 American Fedn of St/Cnty/Munic Employees $8,000 Hughes Group $8,000 New Millenium PAC $8,000

2004 Sodrel R 142,197 49% Hill (D)(Incumbent) 140,772 49% Cox (L) 4,541 2% 2002 Sodrel R (46% of vote) Hill (D)(Incumbent) (51% of vote)

The data for this report were prepared by John Schmitt and Robert Naiman with the assistance of Dean Baker. Sources: For Reading and Math scores: “The Nation’s Report Card: Reading 2005,” National Assessment of Educational Progress, http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/pdf/main2005/2006451.pdf and “The Nation’s Report Card: Mathematics 2005,” National Assessment of Educational Progress, http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/pdf/main2005/2006453.pdf. (See Excel spreadsheet: education_by_state)

For Elementary & Secondary Education Finance and number of students: State Education Data Profiles, National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, nces.ed.gov, from "National Public Education Financial Survey," 2002-3 and 2003-4. (See Excel spreadsheet: education_by_state)

For higher education costs and student aid: “Trends in College Pricing: 2004,” College Board, http://www.collegeboard.com/prod_downloads/press/cost04/041264TrendsPricing2004_FINAL.pdf and “Trends in Student Aid: 2005,” College Board, http://www.collegeboard.com/prod_downloads/press/cost05/trends_aid_05.pdf (See Excel spreadsheet: education_by_state)

For federal spending on higher education: Fiscal Year 2001-2007 State Tables for the U.S. Department of Education, U.S. Department of Education, http://www.ed.gov/about/overview/budget/statetables/index.html (See Excel spreadsheet: education_by_state)

For Undergraduate Enrollment: For Elementary & Secondary Education Finance and number of students: State Education Data Profiles, National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, nces.ed.gov, from Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) 2004-5, http://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/. (See Excel spreadsheet: education_by_state)

For Child Poverty by State: US Census Bureau, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/saipe/tables.html, accessed, February 21, 2006. (See Excel spreadsheet: state_child_poverty)

For Poverty rates: Data for 1999-2000 from: US Census Bureau, Poverty in the United States: 2001, Report P60-219, Table 4, p. 10, September 2002. Data for 2003- 2004: from US Census Bureau, Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance in the United States: 2004, Table 10, p. 25, August 2005. (See Excel spreadsheet: state_poverty_rates)

For Health and Pension Coverage: CEPR analysis of March CPS data, 1980-2005. (See Excel spreadsheet: districts_health_pensions)

For Wage Distribution: Analysis of CEPR extracts of the Current Population Survey Outgoing Rotation Group. (See Excel spreadsheet: state_wage_dist)

For Campaign Finance: “Congressional Races,” Center for Responsive Politics, http://opensecrets.org.

Cost of Iraq War: For deaths by state and national wounded: “Iraq Coalition Casualty Count” http://icasualties.org/oif/, “Honor the Fallen,” http://www.militarycity.com/valor/honor.html (US military press), and CEPR corrections based on press reports. (There is a map of deaths by hometown through October 26 at http://www.militarycity.com/2000casualties/kia_map.php.) Wounded by state estimated by assigning to each state the same proportion of wounded as their proportion of deaths. Deaths assigned to Congressional District if a substantial part of soldier’s hometown is in the Congressional District. Split cities are marked with an asterisk in the list of deaths. For Congressional appropriations, “The Cost of Iraq, Afghanistan and Enhanced Base Security Since 9/11,” Amy Belasco, Congressional Research Service, October 7, 2005. (The National Priorities Project has a website where one can calculate the cost of war by state using the CRS $251 billion figure for Congressional appropriations; one can compare the cost in terms of forgone expenditures, like children’s health care. http://costofwar.com). For Stiglitz estimates: “The Economic Costs of the Iraq War,” Linda Bilmes and Joseph Stiglitz, January 2006, http://www2.gsb.columbia.edu/faculty/jstiglitz/Cost_of_War_in_Iraq.pdf. They try to estimate other costs besides direct appropriations, such as the cost of long-term health care for disabled veterans. For state population numbers: U.S. Census, http://fastfacts.census.gov. (See Excel spreadsheet: cost_of_Iraq_war)

For Corporate Taxes: “Corporate Income Taxes in the Bush Years,” Robert S. McIntyre, Citizens for Tax Justice, T.D. Coo Nguyen, Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, September 2004, http://www.ctj.org/corpfed04an.pdf. (See Excel spreadsheet: corporate_taxes)

For Social Security Beneficiaries: Congressional Statistics, December 2004 (released June 2005), Social Security Online, Office of Policy Data, Social Security Administration, http://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/factsheets/cong_stats/. Average monthly benefits calculated by dividing total monthly benefits by number of recipients in each category. For elderly population: “Fast Facts for Congress,” Census 2000, http://fastfacts.census.gov. For estimates of elderly population dependent on Social Security for a particular share of income: CEPR estimate using proportions for national population. (See Excel spreadsheet: social_security)

For Bankruptcy Filing Rates by County and State: “Regional Economic Conditions (RECON),” FDIC, http://www2.fdic.gov/recon/. CD estimates for filing rates constructed by weighted average of county filing rates.For absolute number of bankruptcies by state, see: Annual Business and Non-business Filings by State (2000-2004), American Bankruptcy Institute http://www.abiworld.org/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm?ContentID=17661 (See Excel spreadsheet: bankruptcy)

For Employment and Wages: CEPR calculatations from Bureau of Labor Statistics Data, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, www.bls.gov. CD estimtes are constructed from county data by weighting by population.