Chaka Fattah

US Representative from Pennsylvania

A Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., November 21, 1956; attended Overbrook High School, Philadelphia, Pa.; Community College of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa.; University of Pennsylvanias Wharton School, Philadelphia, Pa.; M.A., University of Pennsylvanias Fels School of State and Local Government, Philadelphia, Pa., 1986; Harvard Universitys John F. Kennedy School of Government, Cambridge, Mass., 1984; special assistant to director of housing and community development, Philadelphia, Pa., 1980; special assistant to managing director of housing and community development, Philadelphia, Pa., 1981; policy assistant, Greater Philadelphia Partnership; member of the Pennsylvania state house of representatives, 1982-1988; member of the Pennsylvania state senate, 1988-1994; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Fourth and to the nine succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1995-present).

Relationships Interlocks Giving Data

Leadership & Staff

Lydia Sermons-Ward Lobbyist

• Press Secretary (past)

Donors

Manuel Sanchez Founding partner, Sanchez Daniels & Hoffman LLP

• Donation · 250 USD (May 17 '13)

Fattah for Congress

• Principal Campaign Committee

Donations

Cindy Bass City Councilmember, Representing 8th District

• Donation/Grant · 43,000 USD (Mar 22 '07→May 2 '11)

Federal Election Campaign Contributions

Kweisi Mfume US Representative from Maryland

• 1 contribution · 2,000 USD ('06)

Hopefund Inc. Political Action Committee

• 1 contribution · 1,000 USD ('06)

Mary Landrieu former Democratic US Senator from Louisiana

• 1 contribution · 1,000 USD ('01)

Alcee Lamar Hastings US Representative from Florida (1993-2021)

• 1 contribution · 500 USD ('97)

Chaka Fattah US Representative from Pennsylvania

• 1 contribution · 268 USD ('09)

Jay Bradford

• 1 contribution · 250 USD ('94)

Campaign Donors

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Joseph Zuritsky CEO of Parkway Corporation

• 13 contributions · 11,250 USD (Apr 6 '96→Mar 31 '15)

Joseph H Jacovini Trustee, Drexel

• 11 contributions · 10,100 USD ('05→'12)

Ronald Rubin Pennsylvania Real Estate Trust (PREIT)

• 13 contributions · 9,000 USD ('97→'12)

John Haas Retired, Rohm and Haas - Villanova Pennsylvania

• 13 contributions · 8,500 USD ('94→'06)

David L. Hyman Kleinbard, LLC, Managing Partner, 1994-present

• 12 contributions · 8,250 USD (Jun 9 '05→Apr 7 '16)

David L Cohen Biden Nominee for Ambassador to Canada; Former EVP, Comcast Corporation

• 4 contributions · 7,500 USD ('00→May 16 '14)

William H Gray III Former US rep from Pennsylvania; former president & CEO of United Negro College Fund

• 4 contributions · 7,400 USD ('05→Nov 4 '11)

Michael C. Forman Chair and CEO of Franklin Square Investors

• 5 contributions · 7,100 USD (Nov 1 '04→Jun 21 '11)

Elizabeth Werthan

• 7 contributions · 7,000 USD (Nov 11 '93→Oct 7 '06)

Stephen A Cozen Founder and chairman of Cozen O'Connor, a Philadelphia-based law firm

• 3 contributions · 6,700 USD ('05→Sep 24 '14)

Memberships

Democratic Party The U.S. Democratic Party

• Member

US House of Representatives lower house of the United States Congress

• Representative (Jan 4 '95→Jun 23 '16)

Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies Subcommittee

• Member

Homeland Security Subcommittee

• Member

Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Subcommittee

• Member

House Appropriations Committee

• Member

Updated over 2 years ago

Types	Person, Political Candidate, Elected Representative
Gender	Male
Birthday	Nov 21 '56
Website	http://fattah.house.gov
Aliases	Chaka Fattah

FEC Candidate: H2PA02055