Bill Foster Voting Records, Corruption Findings, Earmarking Tendencies

Bill Foster Voting and Recent Legislative Records

Bill Foster Earmarking Summary

Indications of Corruption or Ethical Failures

State: Illinois
Party: Democrat
Former Occupation: Physicist, Business
Representative Since: 2008

Next Election: 2010

Bill Foster Corruption Investigation Results and/or Ethical Deficiencies Found:

No Corruption Found

Bill Foster Voting or Legislative History in Congress:

Tort Reform - Medical Malpractice Reform S11 7/03:
Representative Foster has no voting history regarding medical malpractice reform
Balanced Budget Amendment:
No, Foster has not supported requiring Congress to spend within government means.
Oil Drilling in US - ANWR (Alaska) HouseVote#831 8/07, Offshore HR4761 6/06:
Bill Foster has no voting record on energy independence including drilling for US oil supplies.
Cap and Trade HR 2454 6/09:
No, Foster opposes increased taxes and surcharges on US production of goods and energy.
Amnesty/Citizenship for Illegal Border Crossers S2611 5/06:
Bill Foster has no voting record on border control or amnesty citizenship for illegal aliens.
Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act HR 4173 12/09:
Yes, Bill Foster supports federal government expansion of involvement and 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, Foster 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 Foster supported the 9000+ earmark, 8.3% government expansion bill
Health Care HR3590 03/10:
Yes, Supported laying groundwork for federal takeover of Healthcare delivery

Bill Foster Earmarking Tendencies:

Light Compared to Colleagues in House of Representatives
- $10,331,000 of taxpayer money requested by Bill Foster 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)