You're right. There's a unlimited supply! (CAAACK!)
And yet he doesn't list a single name...
This kind of CRAP makes me wanna PUKE!!! Why didn't they list the worst offenders?
Surely that runs afoul of campaign financing rules. Maybe that is the best route to shaming them into complying - we need some watchdog group with too much money and time on their hands to look into filing lawsuits on this issue... (OK, Klayman, where are you when you're needed?)
CW2 pingworthy?
Of course, if you think about it, we might have been better off without them there. I've always been a believer in "less government is better!" :-)
We really have to find a way to enforce this.
A person that is seeking to be elected to a federal office and currently on the ballot for such office may only accept money donations or anything else of value from voters currently and legally registered to vote for the office the person is seeking.
No person currently holding a federal elected office may seek a different federal office without resigning from their current federal office.
This would stop most lobbying, it would stop people like Hillary Clinton, George Soros and other NGA's from interfering (with money) in elections they have no business sticking their nose's in, it would make those elected go home to promote themselves to their voters, it would result in more people registering to vote because they would have a real say-so in what their representative was doing because the elected person would have to listen to them, it would do away with any more Chinese money getting into elections. Something like this would make people like John McCain less powerful since they would not have as much power anymore to act as if being a Senator from one state means he has a national office.
None of this will happen but it would be nice if we could get back to the founders idea of a representative republic. Allowing these bozos in Washington to only get cash from their own voters would get us closer to that.
Will I be getting a REFUND soon?
;)
Time for the offenders to cough it up or be jailed for theft.
*Denotes a Congress Member who ran for higher office
|
Days Missed 2003 |
Days Missed 2004 |
Final Total |
|
|
Bell, Chris (D) |
13 |
$8,188.44 |
|
|
Campbell, Ben Nighthorse (R) |
11 |
$6,928.68 |
|
|
Carson, Brad*(D) |
19 |
$11,967.72 |
|
|
Collins, Mac*(R) |
18 |
$11,337.84 |
|
|
Conyers, John(D) |
17 |
$10,477.61 |
|
|
DeMint, James*(R) |
37 |
$23,305.56 |
|
|
Deutsch, Pete*(D) |
23 |
$14,487.24 |
|
|
Edwards, John*(D) |
52 |
50 |
$63,543.16 |
|
Fletcher, Ernie*(R) |
27 |
$16,640.91 |
|
|
Gephardt, Richard*(D) |
85 |
46 |
$81,362.53 |
|
Graham, Bob*(D) |
41 |
$25,269.53 |
|
|
Greenwood, Jim(R) |
14 |
$8,818.32 |
|
|
Gutierrez, Luis(D) |
19 |
23 |
$26,197.51 |
|
Hoeffel, Joseph*(D) |
14 |
$8,818.32 |
|
|
Isakson, Johnny*(R) |
15 |
$9,448.20 |
|
|
John, Chris*(D) |
18 |
$11,337.84 |
|
|
Kerry, John*(D) |
76 |
70 |
$90,932.68 |
|
Kucinich, Dennis*(D) |
28 |
$17,636.64 |
|
|
Lieberman, Joseph*(D) |
63 |
$38,828.79 |
|
|
Lipinski, William(D) |
18 |
$11,337.84 |
|
|
Majette, Denise*(D) |
22 |
$13,857.36 |
|
|
Meeks, Gregory(D) |
15 |
$9,448.20 |
|
|
Mollohan, Alan(D) |
15 |
$9,448.20 |
|
|
Nethercutt, George*(R) |
13 |
$8,188.44 |
|
|
Toomey, Patrick*(R) |
19 |
$11,967.72 |
I've also wondered why the Hatch Law doesn't apply for politicians. I'm a government employee and am not allowed to have anything to do with politics on the government's time.