Joe Courtney Voting Records, Corruption Findings, Earmarking Tendencies

Joe Courtney Voting Records in Congress

Corruption in Congress or Ethical "Challenges"

Earmarking Tendencies

State: Connecticut Party: Democrat Former Occupation: Lawyer Representative Since: 2007 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.)

Joe Courtney Corruption Investigation Results and/or Ethically Deficiencies Found:

Paybacks:

The Seattle Times Favor Factory shows connections between campaign donations and earmarks. In 2008, Courtney earmarked $5 Million for General Dynamics and Northrup Grumman after receipt of $19,150 and $3000 respectively.

General Dynamics apparently responded acceptably to Courtney's generosity with taxpayer money by ponying up a total of $40,700 through 2/10 because the company was rewarded with a FY 2010 earmark total of $18.8 Million. UTC benefited handsomely from $16,500 of donations with a FY 2010 Courtney earmark total of $11 Million. Reference for earmarks Courtney disclosures and reference for donations Center for Responsive Politics.

Joe Courtney Voting or Legislative History in Congress:

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

  Representative Courtney has no voting history regarding medical malpractice reform

• Balanced Budget Amendment:

  No, Courtney has not supported requiring Congress to spend within government means.

• Oil Drilling in US - ANWR (Alaska) HouseVote#831 8/07:

  Joe Courtney opposes US energy independence that includes drilling for US oil supplies in Alaska.

• Cap and Trade HR 2454 6/09:

  Yes, Courtney supports increased taxes and surcharges on US production of goods and energy.

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

  Joe Courtney has no voting record on border control or amnesty citizenship for illegal aliens.

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

  Yes, Joe Courtney supports 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, Courtney does not support 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 Courtney supported the 9000+ earmark, 8.3% government expansion bill

• Health Care HR3590 12/09:

  Yes, Supported laying groundwork for federal takeover of Healthcare delivery

Joe Courtney Earmarking Tendencies:

• Medium-High in 2009 Compared to Colleagues in House of Representatives
• Prolific in FY2010 Compared to Colleagues in House of Representatives

  • $39,241,927of taxpayer money requested by Joe Courtney 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)
  • However, in FY2010, with escalating deficits, Courtney submitted earmarks for over $186 Million for entities and projects not considered worthy of financing through transparent means in the official federal budget (Ref Joe Courtney Earmark Disclosures)

Charted Comparison of House Colleagues to Joe Courtney Voting Records

Charted Comparison Corruption Investigations for House of Representatives Colleagues of Courtney