Elton Gallegly Voting Records, Corruption Findings, Earmarking Tendencies
Elton Gallegly Voting and Legislative Records on Pivotal Issues
Gallegly Earmarking Summary
Indications of Corruption or Ethical Deficiency Syndrome
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Party: Republican
Former Occupation: Business, RealEstate
Representative Since: 1987
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.)
Elton Gallegly Indications of Corruption or Ethics Problems:
Paybacks: Gallegly has a history of rewarding campaign contributers with taxpayer financed earmarks. In 2008, he funneled $1.2 Million to Microwave Monolithics after receipt of $5050 in campaign donations. Ref Seattle Times
Elton Gallegly Recent Voting or Legislative History:
- Tort Reform - Medical Malpractice Reform S11 7/03:
Yes, Representative Gallegly supports reform to punish frivolous filers and to stem “lottery type” payouts
- Balanced Budget Amendment:
Yes, Gallegly has supported requiring Congress to spend within government means.
- Oil Drilling in US - ANWR (Alaska) A2358 11/05, Offshore VA A1566 6/07:
Yes, Elton Gallegly supports energy independence including drilling for US oil supplies.
- Cap and Trade HR 2454 6/09:
No, Gallegly opposes increased taxes and surcharges on US production of goods and energy.
- Amnesty/Citizenship for Illegal Border Crossers S2611 5/06:
No, Elton Gallegly supports border control and citizenship only for those following legal guidelines.
- Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act HR 4173 12/09:
No, Elton Gallegly opposes federal government expansion of involvement in area of 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, Gallegly does not support taxpayer bailouts for financial institutions that gambled and lost
- 2009 Stimulus Bill HR1 2/09:
No, Opposed the $787 Billion spending plan
- 2009 Omnibus HR1105 3/09:
No, Representative Gallegly opposed the 9000+ earmark, 8.3% government expansion bill
- Health Care HR3590 12/09:
No, Elton Gallegly opposed laying groundwork for federal takeover of Healthcare delivery
Elton Gallegly Earmark History:
Medium Earmark History Compared to Colleagues in House of Representatives
$31,730750 of taxpayer money requested by Elton Gallegly in 2009 budget specifically for entities and projects not considered worthy of financing through transparent means in the official federal budget.(Ref: Center for Responsive Politics and Taxpayers for Common Sense)
Charted Comparison of House Colleagues to Elton Gallegly Voting Records
Charted Comparison Corruption Investigations for House of Representatives Colleagues of Gallegly
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