C.W. Bill Young Voting Records, Corruption Findings, Earmarking Tendencies
Bill Young Voting and Recent Legislative Records
C.W. Bill Young Earmarking Summary
Indications of Corruption or Ethical Failures
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State: Florida
Party: Republican
Former Occupation: Military, Insurance Industry
Representative Since: 1971
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.)
Bill Young Corruption and/or Ethical Failures:
Paybacks: Prolific history of rewarding campaign contributors with taxpayer financed earmarks. The quantity is tremendous but only a couple will be listed here from the Seattle Times Favor Factory Investigations. You earmarked $1 Million for SRI after receipt of $5450, $1 Million for Orion Networking after receipt of 3 regularly spaced donations totaling $750, and $2.4 Million for Conax, a Cobham Management Services subsidiary, after receipt of $500
Bill Young Voting and Legislative Records in Congress:
- Tort Reform - Medical Malpractice Reform S11 7/03:
Yes, Representative Young supports reform to punish frivolous filers and to stem “lottery type” payouts
- Balanced Budget Amendment:
Yes, Young has supported requiring Congress to spend within government means.
- Oil Drilling in US - ANWR (Alaska) HouseVote#831 8/07, Offshore HR4761 6/06:
Yes, Bill Young supports energy independence including drilling for US oil supplies.
- Cap and Trade HR 2454 6/09:
No, Young opposes increased taxes and surcharges on US production of goods and energy.
- Amnesty/Citizenship for Illegal Border Crossers S2611 5/06:
C.W. Bill Young failed to cast a vote on the issue of border control or amnesty citizenship for illegal aliens.
- Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act HR 4173 12/09:
No, Bill Young 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, Young 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 Young opposed the 9000+ earmark, 8.3% government expansion bill
- Health Care HR3590 12/09:
No, Bill Young opposed laying groundwork for federal takeover of Healthcare delivery
Bill Young Earmark History:
- Prolific. Extensive Earmark History Compared to Colleagues in House of Representatives
Charted Comparison of House Colleagues to C.W. Bill Young Voting Records
Charted Comparison Corruption Investigations for House of Representatives Colleagues of Young
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