Mike Rogers Voting Records, Corruption Findings, Earmarking Tendencies
Mike Rogers Voting and Legislative Records on Pivotal Issues
Rogers Earmarking Summary
Indications of Corruption or Ethical Deficiency Syndrome
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Party: Republican
Former Occupation: Lawyer
Representative Since: 2003
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.)
Mike Rogers Indications of Corruption or Ethics Problems:
Paybacks: Seattle Times Favor Factory uncovered payback history including $1 Million taxpayer earmark for Goodrich after receipt of $1000 in campaign donations and $2 Million earmark for Arotech after $12500 in campaign donations.
Actual Voting Record or Legislative Record:
- Tort Reform - Medical Malpractice Reform S11 7/03:
Yes, Representative Rogers supports reform to punish frivolous filers and to stem “lottery type” payouts
- Balanced Budget Amendment:
No, Rogers does not support requiring Congress to spend within government means.
- Oil Drilling in US - ANWR (Alaska) A2358 11/05, Offshore VA A1566 6/07:
Yes, Mike Rogers supports energy independence including drilling for US oil supplies.
- Cap and Trade HR 2454 6/09:
No, Rogers opposes increased taxes and surcharges on US production of goods and energy.
- Amnesty/Citizenship for Illegal Border Crossers S2611 5/06:
No, Mike Rogers supports border control and citizenship only for those following legal guidelines.
- Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act HR 4173 12/09:
No, Mike Rogers 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, Rogers 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 Rogers opposed the 9000+ earmark, 8.3% government expansion bill
- Health Care HR3590 12/09:
No, Mike Rogers opposed laying groundwork for federal takeover of Healthcare delivery
Mike Rogers Earmark History:
Medium-High Earmark History Compared to Colleagues in House of Representatives
$33,789,500 of taxpayer money requested by Mike Rogers 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 Mike Rogers Voting Records
Charted Comparison Corruption Investigations for House of Representatives Colleagues of Rogers
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