Don Manzullo Voting Records, Corruption Findings, Earmarking Tendencies
Don Manzullo Voting and Recent Legislative Records
Don Manzullo Earmarking Summary
Indications of Corruption or Ethical Failures
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State: Illinois
Party: Republican
Former Occupation: Lawyer
Representative Since: 1993
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.)
Don Manzullo Corruption Investigation Results and/or Ethical Deficiencies Found:
Paybacks:
Rewards for campaign contributors: Seattle Times investigations uncovered a $3.5 Million 2008 taxpayer funded earmark by Manzullo for Hamilton Sunstrand Service Corp. after receipt of $39,750 in donations from UTC, the parent company.
Don Manzullo Voting or Legislative History in Congress:
- Tort Reform - Medical Malpractice Reform S11 7/03:
Yes, Representative Manzullo supports reform to punish frivolous filers and to stem “lottery type” payouts
- Balanced Budget Amendment:
Yes, Manzullo has supported requiring Congress to spend within government means.
- Oil Drilling in US - ANWR (Alaska) HouseVote#831 8/07, Offshore HR4761 6/06:
Yes, Don Manzullo supports energy independence including drilling for US oil supplies.
- Cap and Trade HR 2454 6/09:
No, Manzullo opposes increased taxes and surcharges on US production of goods and energy.
- Amnesty/Citizenship for Illegal Border Crossers S2611 5/06:
No, Don Manzullo supports border control and citizenship only for those following legal guidelines.
- Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act HR 4173 12/09:
No, Don Manzullo opposes federal government expansion of involvement and control over private industry.
- Auto Company Bailouts HR 7005 12/08:
Yes, supports taxpayer bailouts of private industry
- Bank Bailouts -TARP HR1424 10/08:
No, Manzullo 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 Manzullo opposed the 9000+ earmark, 8.3% government expansion bill
- Health Care HR3590 12/09:
No, Don Manzullo opposed laying groundwork for federal takeover of Healthcare delivery
Don Manzullo Earmarking Tendencies:
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Charted Comparison of House Colleagues to Don Manzullo Voting Records
Charted Comparison Corruption Investigations for House of Representatives Colleagues of Manzullo
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