Bobby Bright Voting Records, Corruption Findings, Earmarking Tendencies
Bobby Bright Voting Records and Legislative History on Issues Guiding the Future of the US
Indications of Corruption or Ethical Breaches
Earmarking Summary for Bobby Bright
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State: Alabama
Party: Democrat
Former Occupation: Lawyer
Representative Since: 2009
Next Election: 2010
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(Note: all corruption will not be listed. Since "corrupt" is a yes/no descriptor, further investigations become redundant after one incident is uncovered.)
Bobby Bright Indications or Corruption in Congress or Breaches of the Public Trust:
Paybacks: Bright earmarked a $10 Million reward for Lockheed Martin after receiving $9000 in campaign donations. Reference washingtonwatch.com and Center for Responsive Politics
Legislative or Voting Record for Bobby Bright:
- Tort Reform - Medical Malpractice Reform S11 7/03:
No voting record regarding medical malpractice reform
- Balanced Budget Amendment:
Yes, Bright supports requiring Congress to spend within government means.
- Oil Drilling in US - ANWR (Alaska) HouseVote#831 8/07, Offshore HR4761 6/06:
Bobby Bright has no voting history on energy independence including oil drilling for US oil supplies.
- Cap and Trade HR 2454 6/09:
No, Bright opposes increased taxes and surcharges on US production of goods and energy.
- Amnesty/Citizenship for Illegal Border Crossers S2611 5/06:
Bobby Bright has no voting history in the issue of border control and illegal immigrant citizenship
- Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act HR 4173 6/10:
No, Bobby Bright opposes federal government expansion of involvement in area of control over private industry.
- Auto Company Bailouts HR 7005 12/08:
No voting history regarding bailouts of private industry
- Bank Bailouts -TARP HR1424 10/08:
No voting history regarding bailouts of financial institutions
- 2009 Stimulus Bill HR1 2/09:
No, Opposed the $787 Billion spending plan
- 2009 Omnibus HR1105 3/09:
Yes, Representative Bright supported the 9000+ earmark, 8.3% government expansion bill
- Health Care HR3590 12/09:
No, Bobby Bright opposed laying groundwork for federal takeover of Healthcare delivery
Bobby Bright Earmark History:
Light Earmark History Compared to Colleagues in House of Representatives
$12,562,000 of taxpayer money requested by Bobby Bright in 2009 budget specifically for entities and projects not considered worthy of financing through transparent means in the official federal budget.(Ref: Sunlight Foundation)
Charted Comparison of House Colleagues to Bobby Bright Voting Records
Charted Comparison Corruption Investigations for House of Representatives Colleagues of Bright
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