Debbie Halvorson Voting Records, Corruption Findings, Earmarking Tendencies
Debbie Halvorson Voting Records in Congress
Corruption in Congress or Ethical "Challenges"
Earmarking Tendencies
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State: Illinois
Party: Democrat
Former Occupation: Sales
Representative Since: 2009
Next Election: 2010
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Debbie Halvorson Corruption Investigation Results and/or Ethical Deficiencies Found:
No Corruption Found. Halvorson earmarked $45 Million of taxpayer money for Argonne National Laboratories (Chicago SunTimes) and recieved $550 from executives shortly thereafter. (CampaignMoney.com) However, the corruption appears to be more on side of the company executives whose donations have the appearance of reward/future earmark enticement.
Debbie Halvorson Voting and Legislative Records in Congress:
- Tort Reform - Medical Malpractice Reform S11 7/03:
Representative Halvorson has no voting history regarding medical malpractice reform
- Balanced Budget Amendment:
Yes, Halvorson supports requiring Congress to spend within government means.
- Oil Drilling in US - ANWR (Alaska) HouseVote#831 8/07, Offshore HR4761 6/06:
Debbie Halvorson has no voting record on energy independence including drilling for US oil supplies.
- Cap and Trade HR 2454 6/09:
Yes, Halvorson supports increased taxes and surcharges on US production of goods and energy.
- Amnesty/Citizenship for Illegal Border Crossers S2611 5/06:
Debbie Halvorson has no voting record on border control or amnesty citizenship for illegal aliens.
- Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act HR 4173 6/10:
Yes, Debbie Halvorson supports federal government expansion of involvement and control over private industry.
- Auto Company Bailouts HR 7005 12/08:
No voting record regarding taxpayer bailouts of private industry
- Bank Bailouts -TARP HR1424 10/08:
Halvorson has no voting record regarding 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 Halvorson supported the 9000+ earmark, 8.3% government expansion bill
- Health Care HR3590 12/09:
Yes, Supported laying groundwork for federal takeover of Healthcare delivery
Debbie Halvorson Earmark History:
- Prolific. Extensive Earmark History Compared to Colleagues in House of Representatives
- >$350,000,000 of taxpayer money requested by Debbie Halvorson in FY 2010 specifically for entities and projects not considered worthy of financing through transparent means in the official federal budget.(Ref: Chicago SunTimes)
Charted Comparison of House Colleagues to Debbie Halvorson Voting Records
Charted Comparison Corruption Investigations for House of Representatives Colleagues of Halvorson
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