Anna Eshoo Voting Records, Corruption Findings, Earmarking Tendencies

Anna Eshoo Voting Records on Recent Issues Determining America’s Future

Corruption in Congress or Ethical "Challenges"

Earmarking Tendencies

State: California Party: Democrat Former Occupation: Government Employee, Career Politician 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.)

Anna Eshoo Corruption in Congress or indications of “Ethically Challenged Disorder”:

Paybacks - legislative and financial:

Anna Eshoo is responsible for an Amendment in the new HealthCare Bill that allows pharmaceutical companies to extend patent monopolies, protecting exhorbitant prices for biologic medications. Although Eshoo denies this, medical, legal, and Federal Trade Commission experts have analyzed the Amendment and explained the ramifications. Why would Eshoo deliberately protect high drug prices? Follow the money at OpenSecrets.com. Eshoo recieved $21,500 from Johnson & Johnson, $8500 from Merck, $8500 from Allergan... See reference for the entire extensive list.

Also, according to the Seattle Times Favor Factory, Eshoo funneled $3.2 Million to KLA-Tencor after the company gave her $3250 and earmarked $2.4 Million to Cellerant therapeutics after $2000 in campaign donations.

Anna Eshoo Voting or Legislative History:

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

  No, Representative Eshoo votes against reform

• Balanced Budget Amendment:

  No, Eshoo 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, Anna Eshoo prefers oil importation from other countries over US production.

• Cap and Trade HR 2454 6/09:

  Yes, Eshoo supports increased taxes and surcharges on US production of goods and energy.

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

  Yes, Anna Eshoo supports citizenship for those who enter the country illegally.

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

  Yes, Anna Eshoo supports federal government expansion of involvement in area of control over private industry.

• Auto Company Bailouts HR 7005 12/08:

  Yes, Supports taxpayer bailouts of private industry

• Bank Bailouts -TARP HR1424 10/08:

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

• Health Care HR3590 12/09:

  Yes, Anna Eshoo supported laying groundwork for federal takeover of Healthcare delivery

Anna Eshoo Earmarking Tendencies:

Medium Earmark History Compared to Colleagues in House of Representatives