Pension Payouts to Convicted Lawmakers

AP/Yahoo ^ | January 23, 2007 | AP

[KingofZion]

Some former lawmakers convicted of serious crimes, and estimates of their possible congressional pensions.

The estimates, calculated by the National Taxpayers' Union, assume convicted members are married, participated in the plan and choose to defer a certain amount of their pensions so their spouses can receive benefits after the members die. The NTU, an advocacy group, said its calculations also assume that lawmakers enrolled in the system at the beginning of congressional service.

Figures are payment estimates for 2006 unless otherwise noted.

_Rep. Bob Ney, R-Ohio, eligible for $29,000 in 2016. Convicted of bribery and other charges in 2006.

_Rep. Duke Cunningham, R-Calif., $64,000. Convicted of bribery in 2005.

_Rep. John Rowland, R-Conn, $8,400 in 2019. Convicted of official corruption in 2004 while serving of the governor of Connecticut.

_Rep. James Traficant, D-Ohio, $40,000. Convicted of numerous corruption charges in 2002.

_Rep. Austin J. Murphy, D-Pa., $78,000. Convicted of voter fraud in 1999.

_Rep. Mary Rose Oakar, D-Ohio, $54,000. Convicted of financial disclosure irregularities in 1998.

_Rep. Dan Rostenkowski, D-Ill., $126,000. Convicted of mail fraud in 1996.

_Rep. Joe Kolter, D-Pa., $47,000. Convicted of fraud and conspiracy in 1996.

_Rep. Carroll Hubbard, D-Ky., $61,500. Convicted of fraud and corruption in 1994.

_Rep. Carl Perkins, D-Ky., eligible for $24,000 in 2016. Convicted of fraud in 1994.

_Rep. Larry Smith, D-Fla., $30,000. Convicted of tax evasion in 1994.

_Sen. David Durenberger, R-Minn., $86,000. Convicted of fraud in a 1994 plea bargain.

_Rep. Albert Bustamante, D-Texas, $23,000. Convicted of racketeering in 1993.

_Rep. Mario Biaggi, D-N.Y., $60,000. Convicted of mail fraud and bribery in 1988.

_Rep. Michael Myers, D-Pa., $8,000. Convicted of conspiracy and accepting unlawful gratuity in 1980.

_Rep. Frederick Richmond, D-N.Y., $29,000. Convicted of tax evasion and drug possession in 1982.

_Rep. John Murphy, D-N.Y., $79,000. Convicted of conspiracy and accepting unlawful gratuity in 1980.

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Source: National Taxpayers' Union

[KingofZion]

Was mostly Democrats before the recent GOP scandals. Too bad they can't cut off these scum retroactively.

[penowa]

They can't (or WON'T) cut off the future ones either. After all, it might be them they catch tomorrow.

[MSF BU]

There are even more republican and democrat transgressors. Imagine if they enforced the fraud laws as well as they did the immigration laws.