Cliff Stearns Voting Records, Corruption Findings, Earmarking Tendencies
Cliff Stearns Recent Legislative and Voting Records
Cliff Stearns Earmarking Summary
Indications of Corruption or Ethical Failures
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State: Florida
Party: Republican
Former Occupation: Military, Business
Representative Since: 2001
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.)
Cliff Stearns Corruption Investigation Results and/or Ethical Deficiencies Found:
Paybacks: Stearns received $2800 in campaign donations in the 2010 cycle from Nanotherapeutics (Citizens for Responsive Politics) and, according to his own disclosures, Stearns earmarked for $996,000 in taxpayer funds for Nanotherapeutics in his FY2010 requests.
Cliff Stearns Voting or Legislative History in Congress:
- Tort Reform - Medical Malpractice Reform S11 7/03:
Yes, Representative Stearns supports reform to punish frivolous filers and to stem “lottery type” payouts
- Balanced Budget Amendment:
Yes, Stearns has supported requiring Congress to spend within government means.
- Oil Drilling in US - ANWR (Alaska) HouseVote#831 8/07, Offshore HR4761 6/06:
Yes, Cliff Stearns supports energy independence including drilling for US oil supplies.
- Cap and Trade HR 2454 6/09:
No, Stearns opposes increased taxes and surcharges on US production of goods and energy.
- Amnesty/Citizenship for Illegal Border Crossers S2611 5/06:
No, Cliff Stearns supports border control and citizenship only for those following legal guidelines.
- Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act HR 4173 12/09:
No, Cliff Stearns opposes federal government expansion of involvement and control over private industry.
- Auto Company Bailouts HR 7005 12/08:
No, does not support taxpayer bailouts of private industry
- Bank Bailouts -TARP HR1424 10/08:
No, Stearns does not support 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 Stearns opposed the 9000+ earmark, 8.3% government expansion bill
- Health Care HR3590 12/09:
No, Cliff Stearns opposed laying groundwork for federal takeover of Healthcare delivery
Cliff Stearns Earmarking Tendencies:
- Medium Compared to Colleagues in House of Representatives
Charted Comparison of House Colleagues to Cliff Stearns Voting Records
Charted Comparison Corruption Investigations for House of Representatives Colleagues of Stearns
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