Bill Posey Voting Records, Corruption Findings, Earmarking Tendencies

Bill Posey Recent Legislative and Voting Records

Bill Posey Earmarking Summary

Indications of Corruption or Ethical Failures

State: Florida
Party: Republican
Former Occupation: Real Estate
Representative Since: 2009

Next Election: 2010

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

No Corruption Found

Bill Posey Voting or Legislative History in Congress:

Tort Reform - Medical Malpractice Reform S11 7/03:
Representative Posey has no voting history regarding medical malpractice reform
Balanced Budget Amendment:
Yes, Posey has supported requiring Congress to spend within government means.
Oil Drilling in US - ANWR (Alaska) HouseVote#831 8/07, Offshore HR4761 6/06:
Bill Posey has no voting record on energy independence including drilling for US oil supplies.
Cap and Trade HR 2454 6/09:
No, Posey opposes increased taxes and surcharges on US production of goods and energy.
Amnesty/Citizenship for Illegal Border Crossers S2611 5/06:
Bill Posey has no voting record on border control or amnesty citizenship for illegal aliens.
Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act HR 4173 12/09:
No, Bill Posey opposes federal government expansion of involvement and control over private industry.
Auto Company Bailouts HR 7005 12/08:
No voting record on taxpayer bailouts of private industry
Bank Bailouts -TARP HR1424 10/08:
Posey has no voting records on taxpayer bailouts for financial institutions that gamble and lose
2009 Stimulus Bill HR1 2/09:
No, Opposed the $787 Billion spending plan
2009 Omnibus HR1105 3/09:
No, Representative Posey opposed the 9000+ earmark, 8.3% government expansion bill
Health Care HR3590 12/09:
No, Bill Posey opposed laying groundwork for federal takeover of Healthcare delivery

Bill Posey Earmarking Tendencies:

Prolific. Extensive Earmark History Compared to Colleagues in House of Representatives
- >$120,000,000of taxpayer money requested by Bill Posey in FY 2010 specifically for entities and projects not considered worthy of financing through transparent means in the official federal budget.(Ref: Posey earmark disclosures)