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INSIDE WASHINGTON: Democrats hit ethics pothole
AP ^ | February 19, 2009 | Larry Margasak

Posted on 02/19/2009 11:40:34 AM PST by jazusamo

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To: Owl_Eagle

Good idea. I have been getting lots of Freepmail that I need to add as well.


21 posted on 02/19/2009 12:27:37 PM PST by icwhatudo
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To: jazusamo

Pothole??? More like chasm.


22 posted on 02/19/2009 12:31:46 PM PST by SueRae
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To: icwhatudo
Rep Robert Wexler -- claimed mother-in-law's retirement community condo as his residence for eligibility purposes.

-PJ

23 posted on 02/19/2009 12:39:40 PM PST by Political Junkie Too (You can never overestimate the Democrats' ability to overplay their hand.)
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To: jazusamo; RedRover; freema; Just A Nobody
Good place for this chart....

Lobbying Firm's Capitol Hill Connections

This chart lists members of the House who secured earmarks for clients of The PMA Group in the fiscal 2008 defense appropriations law, which was enacted in 2007. It shows the value of earmarks for projects requested only by that one lawmaker, those requested jointly with another lawmaker, and whether The PMA Group's political action committee or its employees gave that House member campaign money between 2001 and 2008. Full Story
Bold = Member Did Not Receive PMA Money between 2001 and 2008
* = No Longer Serving in the House
# = Member of House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee in the 110th Congress

Democrats

Requesting Member State $ Secured Solo $ Secured w/Others Total Credited PMA campaign $ since 2001
Peter J. Visclosky# Indiana $21,400,000 $2,400,000 $23,800,000 $219,000
John P. Murtha# Pennsylvania $31,705,000 $2,400,000 $34,105,000 $143,600
James P. Moran# Virginia $8,400,000 $2,400,000 $10,800,000 $125,250
Norm Dicks# Washington $11,330,000 $800,000 $12,130,000 $91,600
Bill Pascrell Jr. New Jersey $2,400,000 $2,400,000 $73,200
Mike Doyle Pennsylvania $1,600,000 $1,600,000 $69,400
Loretta Sanchez California $3,200,000 $3,200,000 $60,118
Tim Holden Pennsylvania $3,200,000 $3,200,000 $57,275
Tim Ryan Ohio $1,000,000 $1,000,000 $54,250
Michael E. Capuano Massachusetts $2,000,000 $800,000 $2,800,000 $54,000
Chet Edwards Texas $6,040,000 $6,040,000 $48,734
Silvestre Reyes Texas $800,000 $800,000 $42,300
Christopher Carney Pennsylvania $5,900,000 $5,900,000 $38,500
Paul E. Kanjorski Pennsylvania $1,600,000 $3,200,000 $4,800,000 $37,150
Marcy Kaptur# Ohio $1,600,000 $1,600,000 $34,500
Carolyn McCarthy New York $1,000,000 $1,000,000 $31,500
Patrick J. Murphy Pennsylvania $1,600,000 $1,600,000 $29,250
Allyson Y. Schwartz Pennsylvania $800,000 $800,000 $25,000
Jason Altmire Pennsylvania $2,600,000 $2,600,000 $24,500
Brad Sherman California $1,600,000 $1,600,000 $15,500
Susan A. Davis California $800,000 $800,000 $13,750
Allen Boyd# Florida $6,400,000 $2,200,000 $8,600,000 $12,000
Sanford D. Bishop Jr.# Georgia $1,200,000 $2,400,000 $3,600,000 $10,500
Jane Harman California $2,400,000 $2,400,000 $10,500
Jim Matheson Utah $2,400,000 $2,400,000 $10,000
Steve Israel New York $1,600,000 $1,600,000 $8,500
Jerrold Nadler New York $1,600,000 $1,600,000 $8,500
Joe Sestak Pennsylvania $1,280,000 $1,280,000 $8,500
Jim Marshall Georgia $2,400,000 $2,400,000 $7,000
Mark Udall* Colorado $2,000,000 $2,000,000 $6,533
Michael H. Michaud Maine $800,000 $800,000 $6,500
Tom Allen* Maine $1,800,000 $1,800,000 $5,750
Danny K. Davis Illinois $295,000 $295,000 $5,500
Robert E. Andrews New Jersey $1,500,000 $1,500,000 $5,000
Gene Taylor Mississippi $800,000 $800,000 $4,750
Nancy Pelosi California $2,000,000 $2,000,000 $4,500
David E. Price North Carolina $800,000 $800,000 $4,000
Steven R. Rothman# New Jersey $800,000 $2,400,000 $3,200,000 $4,000
Brian Higgins New York $3,400,000 $3,400,000 $3,000
Brad Miller North Carolina $1,000,000 $1,000,000 $2,250
Brad Ellsworth Indiana $1,600,000 $1,600,000 $2,000
Ed Perlmutter Colorado $1,600,000 $1,600,000 $2,000
Phil Hare Illinois $6,800,000 $6,800,000 $1,500
Martin Meehan* Massachusetts $2,800,000 $2,800,000 $1,500
Howard L. Berman California $800,000 $800,000 $1,000
Carolyn B. Maloney New York $3,200,000 $3,200,000 $1,000
Ben Chandler Kentucky $2,400,000 $2,400,000 $250
Shelley Berkley Nevada $2,400,000 $2,400,000
Dan Boren Oklahoma $2,000,000 $2,000,000
Leonard L. Boswell Iowa $1,650,000 $1,650,000
Baron P. Hill Indiana $1,600,000 $1,600,000
Gwen Moore Wisconsin $400,000 $400,000
Christopher S. Murphy Connecticut $400,000 $400,000
Mike Thompson California $1,000,000 $1,000,000

Republicans

Requesting Member State $ Secured Solo $ Secured w/Others Total Credited PMA campaign $ since 2001
David L. Hobson*# Ohio $3,500,000 $3,500,000 $70,050
Jerry Lewis California $4,000,000 $4,000,000 $8,000,000 $34,649
Rodney Frelinghuysen# New Jersey $2,500,000 $4,800,000 $7,300,000 $29,129
Ander Crenshaw Florida $1,000,000 $1,000,000 $27,300
Zach Wamp Tennessee $2,800,000 $2,800,000 $23,900
Todd Tiahrt# Kansas $5,000,000 $2,000,000 $7,000,000 $21,250
Tom Reynolds* New York $1,000,000 $1,000,000 $12,000
Jack Kingston# Georgia $4,000,000 $2,400,000 $6,400,000 $11,500
H. James Saxton* New Jersey $2,000,000 $1,500,000 $3,500,000 $11,500
Jo Ann Emerson Missouri $1,000,000 $1,000,000 $11,000
C.W. Bill Young# Florida $16,000,000 $4,400,000 $20,400,000 $10,750
Howard P. "Buck" McKeon California $1,000,000 $4,000,000 $5,000,000 $9,500
Heather Wilson* New Mexico $6,500,000 $6,500,000 $9,000
Jim Walsh* New York $2,400,000 $2,400,000 $8,500
Mark Steven Kirk Illinois $390,000 $390,000 $7,750
Todd Akin Missouri $1,000,000 $1,000,000 $7,500
Ray LaHood* Illinois $7,800,000 $7,800,000 $7,450
Jeff Miller Florida $1,600,000 $2,200,000 $3,800,000 $7,000
Duncan Hunter* California $15,200,000 $15,200,000 $6,500
Chris Cannon* Utah $1,600,000 $1,600,000 $6,000
Kay Granger Texas $3,600,000 $3,600,000 $6,000
Joe Knollenberg* Michigan $2,800,000 $2,800,000 $6,000
David Dreier California $3,000,000 $3,000,000 $5,000
Jim Gerlach Pennsylvania $1,000,000 $1,000,000 $4,500
Tom Latham Illinois $5,150,000 $5,150,000 $4,500
Joe L. Barton Texas $2,400,000 $2,400,000 $4,000
J. Dennis Hastert* Illinois $1,600,000 $1,600,000 $3,500
Roscoe G. Bartlett Maryland $400,000 $400,000 $3,000
Peter Hoekstra Michigan $3,700,000 $3,700,000 $2,500
Howard Coble North Carolina $1,000,000 $1,000,000 $2,000
John T. Doolittle* California $2,400,000 $2,400,000 $2,000
Kenny Hulshof* Missouri $1,600,000 $1,600,000 $2,000
Steve Pearce* New Mexico $6,500,000 $6,500,000 $2,000
Bill Shuster Pennsylvania $1,600,000 $1,600,000 $2,000
Frank A. LoBiondo New Jersey $1,500,000 $1,500,000 $1,500
Rob Bishop Utah $2,400,000 $2,400,000 $1,000
Geoff Davis Kentucky $6,800,000 $6,800,000 $1,000
Virgil H. Goode Jr.* Virginia $2,400,000 $2,400,000 $1,000
Doug Lamborn Colorado $1,000,000 $1,000,000 $1,000
Kenny Marchant Texas $2,400,000 $2,400,000 $1,000
Christopher Shays* Connecticut $1,600,000 $1,600,000 $1,000
John Sullivan Oklahoma $2,000,000 $2,000,000 $1,000
Tom Tancredo* Colorado $1,600,000 $1,600,000 $1,000
Michael C. Burgess Texas $2,400,000 $2,400,000 $500
Ralph M. Hall Texas $2,400,000 $2,400,000
Doc Hastings Washington $1,600,000 $1,600,000
Sam Johnson Texas $1,200,000 $1,200,000
Todd R. Platts Pennsylvania $4,400,000 $4,400,000
Rick Renzi* Arizona $2,400,000 $2,400,000
Pete Sessions Texas $1,600,000 $4,800,000 $6,400,000
Methodology: The watchdog group Taxpayers for Common Sense put together a database of the earmarks secured for PMA clients. CQ analyzed that to determine how many House members got earmarks for PMA clients and how much each lawmaker got in total for PMA clients. The data for campaign contributions comes from CQ MoneyLine, which used information compiled by the Center for Responsive Politics to help identify PMA employees.

24 posted on 02/19/2009 12:41:19 PM PST by smoothsailing
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Don't forget Bwany Fwank sleeping with a Fannie Mae executive while overseeing regulations.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,432501,00.html

"I am the only member of the congressional gay spouse caucus," Moses wrote in the Washington Post in 1991. "On Capitol Hill, Barney always introduces me as his lover."

Is this the Herbert M. Moses who is Barney Frank's Fannie friend?

25 posted on 02/19/2009 12:44:22 PM PST by uncommonsense
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To: smoothsailing

The chart is most appropriate! Thanks, Smooth.


26 posted on 02/19/2009 12:47:05 PM PST by jazusamo (But there really is no free lunch, except in the world of political rhetoric,.: Thomas Sowell)
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To: jazusamo

Leave it to the AP to write a story about Democrat party corruption and have 3 of the first five paragraphs about long past GOP dirtbags.


27 posted on 02/19/2009 12:55:46 PM PST by norwaypinesavage (Global Warming Theory is extremely robust with respect to data. All observations confirm it)
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To: icwhatudo

Don’t forget the Clintons.


28 posted on 02/19/2009 12:58:23 PM PST by ViLaLuz (2 Chronicles 7:14)
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To: jazusamo

Here’s a link for the file...

http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?parm1=194

;-)


29 posted on 02/19/2009 1:00:37 PM PST by smoothsailing
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To: jazusamo

I am seeing more and more of this side of the story on AP. What happened? Did their propaganda machine run out of steam and they got forced to take on independent contractors who might voice a conservative view from time to time?


30 posted on 02/19/2009 1:38:10 PM PST by fightinJAG (Good riddance, UAW.)
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To: smoothsailing

Thanks Smooth, got it!


31 posted on 02/19/2009 1:41:19 PM PST by jazusamo (But there really is no free lunch, except in the world of political rhetoric,.: Thomas Sowell)
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To: fightinJAG

Yes, I was surprised to see AP write this up too but they must figure it can’t legitimately be contested so they better write something.


32 posted on 02/19/2009 1:43:40 PM PST by jazusamo (But there really is no free lunch, except in the world of political rhetoric,.: Thomas Sowell)
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To: icwhatudo; jazusamo; smoothsailing; 1stbn27; 2111USMC; 2nd Bn, 11th Mar; 68 grunt; ...

Waiting to see murtha’s name on icwatudo’s list.


33 posted on 02/19/2009 7:26:56 PM PST by freema (MarineNiece,Daughter,Wife,Friend,Sister,Friend,Aunt,Friend,Mother,Friend,Cousin, FRiend)
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bkmk


34 posted on 02/20/2009 5:20:27 AM PST by g'nad
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