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Mary Bono-Mack Voting Records, Corruption Findings, Earmarking Tendencies


Mary Bono-Mack Voting Records and Legislative History on Issues Guiding the Future of the US

Indications of Corruption or Ethical Breaches

Earmarking Summary for Mary Bono-Mack




Party: Republican

Former Occupation: Art History Degree

Representative Since: 1998

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.)


Mary Bono-Mack Corruption in Congress or indications of “Ethically Challenged Disorder”:

Paybacks: Rewards in the form of taxpayer financed earmarks for campaign donators. Seattle Times lists 2008 earmark of $2.8 Million for Massachusetts company Surmet Corp after repeipt of $3000 in donations.


Legislative or Voting Record for Mary Bono-Mack:

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

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

  • Balanced Budget Amendment:

    Yes, Bono-Mack has supported requiring Congress to spend within government means.

  • Oil Drilling in US - ANWR (Alaska) A2358 11/05, Offshore VA A1566 6/07:

    Mary Bono-Mack has mixed voting history on energy independence including drilling for US oil supplies: Yes for Alaska, No for US off-shore.

  • Cap and Trade HR 2454 6/09:

    Yes, Bono-Mack supports increased taxes and surcharges on US production of goods and energy.

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

    No, Mary Bono-Mack supports border control and citizenship only for those following legal guidelines.

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

    No, Mary Bono-Mack 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:

    Yes, Bono-Mack supports 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:

    Yes, Representative Bono-Mack supported the 9000+ earmark, 8.3% government expansion bill

  • Health Care HR3590 12/09:

    No, Mary Bono-Mack opposed laying groundwork for federal takeover of Healthcare delivery


Mary Bono-Mack Earmark History:

Medium Earmark History Compared to Colleagues in House of Representatives

  • $16,026,500 of taxpayer money requested by Mary Bono-Mack 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 Mary Bono-Mack Voting Records


    Charted Comparison Corruption Investigations for House of Representatives Colleagues of Bono-Mack


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