Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Voting Records, Corruption Findings, Earmarking Tendencies

Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Voting Records in Congress

Corruption in Congress or Ethical "Challenges"

Earmarking Tendencies

State: Florida Party: Republican Former Occupation: Teacher, Business Representative Since: 1989 Next Election: 2010

(Note: all corruption will not be listed. Since "corrupt" is a yes/no descriptor, further investigations become redundant after one incident is uncovered.)

Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Corruption Investigation Results and/or Ethical Deficiencies Found:

Paybacks: The Seattle Times reports a 2008 connection between campaign contributions and earmarking. Ros-Lehtinen earmarked $2.4 Million in taxpayer money for Stidd Systems Inc in NY after receipt of $11,700 in donations.

Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Voting and Legislative Records in Congress:

• Tort Reform - Medical Malpractice Reform S11 7/03:

  Yes, Representative Ros-Lehtinen supports reform to punish frivolous filers and to stem “lottery type” payouts

• Balanced Budget Amendment:

  Yes, Ros-Lehtinen has supported requiring Congress to spend within government means.

• Oil Drilling in US - ANWR (Alaska) HouseVote#831 8/07, Offshore HR4761 6/06:

  Ileana Ros-Lehtinen opposes US energy independence that includes drilling for US oil supplies.

• Cap and Trade HR 2454 6/09:

  No, Ros-Lehtinen opposes increased taxes and surcharges on US production of goods and energy.

• Amnesty/Citizenship for Illegal Border Crossers S2611 5/06:

  Yes, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen supports granting citizenship to those who manage to slip into the country illegally.

• Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act HR 4173 12/09:

  No, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen 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:

  Yes, Ros-Lehtinen supports 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 Ros-Lehtinen opposed the 9000+ earmark, 8.3% government expansion bill

• Health Care HR3590 12/09:

  No, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen opposed laying groundwork for federal takeover of Healthcare delivery

Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Earmark History:

• Medium Compared to Colleagues in House of Representatives

  • $32,078,125 of taxpayer money requested by Ileana Ros-Lehtinen 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 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Voting Records

Charted Comparison Corruption Investigations for House of Representatives Colleagues of Ros-Lehtinen