Alcee Hastings Voting Records, Corruption Findings, Earmarking Tendencies

Alcee Hastings Voting Records in Congress

Corruption in Congress or Ethical "Challenges"

Earmarking Tendencies

Party: Democrat Former Occupation: Lawyer Representative Since: 1993 Next Election: 2010

(Note: all corruption will not be listed. Since "corrupt" is a yes/no descriptor, further investigations become redundant after one incident is uncovered.)

Alcee Hastings Corruption Investigation Results and/or Ethical Deficiencies Found:

Expense Account Abuse: According to the Wall Street Journal Hastings leased a luxury Lexus in 2008, using $24,730 of hard-earned taxpayer money while many of his constituents don't even earn that amount in a year.

Alcee Hastings Voting and Legislative Records in Congress:

• Tort Reform - Medical Malpractice Reform S11 7/03:

  No, Representative Hastings opposes reform

• Balanced Budget Amendment:

  No, Hastings has not supported requiring Congress to spend within government means.

• Oil Drilling in US - ANWR (Alaska) HouseVote#831 8/07, Offshore HR4761 6/06:

  No, Alcee Hastings prefers dependence upon importation of oil, opposing energy independence efforts that include drilling for US oil supplies.

• Cap and Trade HR 2454 6/09:

  Hastings failed to cast a vote in support of or in opposition to increased taxes and surcharges on US production of goods and energy.

• Amnesty/Citizenship for Illegal Border Crossers S2611 5/06:

  Yes, Alcee Hastings supports granting citizenship to those who manage to slip into the country illegally.

• Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act HR 4173 12/09:

  Yes, Alcee Hastings supports federal government expansion of involvement and control over private industry.

• Auto Company Bailouts HR 7005 12/08:

  Failed to cast a vote in support of or in opposition to taxpayer bailouts of private industry

• Bank Bailouts -TARP HR1424 10/08:

  Yes, Hastings supports taxpayer bailouts for financial institutions that gamble and lose

• 2009 Stimulus Bill HR1 2/09:

  Yes, Supported the $787 Billion spending plan

• 2009 Omnibus HR1105 3/09:

  Yes, Representative Hastings supported the 9000+ earmark, 8.3% government expansion bill

• Health Care HR3590 12/09:

  Yes, Supported laying groundwork for federal takeover of Healthcare delivery

Alcee Hastings Earmark History:

• Medium Compared to Colleagues in House of Representatives

  • $21,009,014 of taxpayer money requested by Alcee Hastings in 2009 budget specifically for entities and projects not considered worthy of financing through transparent means in the official federal budget.(Ref: Center for Responsive Politics and Taxpayers for Common Sense)

Charted Comparison of House Colleagues to Alcee Hastings Voting Records

Charted Comparison Corruption Investigations for House of Representatives Colleagues of Hastings