Judy Biggert Voting Records, Corruption Findings, Earmarking Tendencies

Judy Biggert Voting Records, Corruption Findings, Earmarking Tendencies

Judy Biggert Voting and Recent Legislative Records

Judy Biggert Earmarking Summary

Indications of Corruption or Ethical Failures

State: Illinois
Party: Republican
Former Occupation: Lawyer
Representative Since: 1999

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.)

Judy Biggert Corruption Investigation Results and/or Ethical Deficiencies Found:

Paybacks:

Rewards for campaign contributors: Seattle Times investigations uncovered a $1 Million 2008 taxpayer funded earmark for Advanced Diamond Technologies after receipt of $250. The same report shows a taxpayer financed earmark for EPIR of $1.6 Million. Shortly after that earmark, EPIR president Sivailanthan Sivalingam donated $1000 to her campaign fund. (Ref: campaignmoney.com) In 2010 he donated $2300 and Biggert earmarked $5 Million for his company and another $2.5 Million for Advanced Diamond Technologies whose president had donated an additional $1500. (Biggert earmark disclosures)

Judy Biggert Voting or Legislative History in Congress:

Tort Reform - Medical Malpractice Reform S11 7/03:
Yes, Representative Biggert supports reform to punish frivolous filers and to stem “lottery type” payouts
Balanced Budget Amendment:
Yes, Biggert has supported requiring Congress to spend within government means.
Oil Drilling in US - ANWR (Alaska) HouseVote#831 8/07, Hr 4761 6/06:
Yes, Judy Biggert supports energy independence including drilling for US oil supplies.
Cap and Trade HR 2454 6/09:
No, Biggert opposes increased taxes and surcharges on US production of goods and energy.
Amnesty/Citizenship for Illegal Border Crossers S2611 5/06:
No, Judy Biggert supports border control and citizenship only for those following legal guidelines.
Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act HR 4173 12/09:
No, Judy Biggert 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, Biggert 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 Biggert opposed the 9000+ earmark, 8.3% government expansion bill
Health Care HR3590 12/09:
No, Judy Biggert opposed laying groundwork for federal takeover of Healthcare delivery

Judy Biggert Earmarking Tendencies:

Medium-High Compared to Colleagues in House of Representatives
- >$38,000,000 of taxpayer money requested by Melissa Bean in FY 2010 specifically for entities and projects not considered worthy of financing through transparent means in the official federal budget.(Ref: Biggert Earmark Disclosures)

Charted Comparison of House Colleagues to Judy Biggert Voting Records

Charted Comparison Corruption Investigations for House of Representatives Colleagues of Biggert