Jack Kingston Voting Records, Corruption Findings, Earmarking Tendencies
Jack Kingston Voting and Recent Legislative Records
Jack Kingston Earmarking Summary
Indications of Corruption or Ethical Failures
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State: Georgia
Party: Republican
Former Occupation: Insurance Industry
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.)
Jack Kingston Corruption Investigation Results and/or Ethical Deficiencies Found:
Paybacks: According to The Center for Public Integrity, Kingston earmarked $1.6 Million in taxpayer funds for L-3 Communications Corp after L-3's PAC contributed $2000 and after executives donated $1500 for his election campaign.
Jack Kingston Voting and Legislative Records in Congress:
- Tort Reform - Medical Malpractice Reform S11 7/03:
Yes, Representative Kingston supports reform to punish frivolous filers and to stem “lottery type” payouts
- Balanced Budget Amendment:
Yes, Kingston has supported requiring Congress to spend within government means.
- Oil Drilling in US - ANWR (Alaska) A2358 11/05, Offshore VA A1566 6/07:
Yes, Jack Kingston supports energy independence including drilling for US oil supplies.
- Cap and Trade HR 2454 6/09:
No, Kingston opposes increased taxes and surcharges on US production of goods and energy.
- Amnesty/Citizenship for Illegal Border Crossers S2611 5/06:
No, Jack Kingston supports border control and citizenship only for those following legal guidelines.
- Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act HR 4173 12/09:
No, Jack Kingston 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, Kingston 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 Kingston opposed the 9000+ earmark, 8.3% government expansion bill
- Health Care HR3590 12/09:
No, Jack Kingston opposed laying groundwork for federal takeover of Healthcare delivery
Jack Kingston Earmark History:
- Medium-High Compared to Colleagues in House of Representatives
Charted Comparison of House Colleagues to Jack Kingston Voting Records
Charted Comparison Corruption Investigations for House of Representatives Colleagues of Kingston
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