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VT Senator Patrick Leahy Voting Records, Corruption Investigation, Earmarking


Patrick Leahy Voting and Legislative Records on Pivotal Issues

Leahy Earmarking Summary

Indications of Corruption or Ethical Deficiency Syndrome




Party: Democrat

Former Occupation: Lawyer

Senator Since: 1975

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.)


Corruption in Congress or indications of “Ethically Challenged Disorder”:

Paybacks:

According to the Seattle Times, Leahy funneled $10 Million in taxpayer money to General Dynamics and $1.6 Million to Goodrich through earmarks in 2008. Coincidently, both were big campaign contributors - Goodrich was good for $7500 and General Dynamics ponied up $18200 for Leahy.


Physical Voting Record or Legislative Record:

    Patrick Leahy Voting Record or Legislative Record:

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

      No, Leahy is against reform

    • Balanced Budget Amendment:

      No, the Senator does not support requiring Congress to spend within government means.

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

      Yes, Patrick Leahy supports citizenship for those who enter the country illegally.

    • Auto Company Bailouts HR 7005 12/08:

      Yes, Senator Leahy supports taxpayer bailouts of private industry

    • Bank Bailouts -TARP HR1424 10/08: Yes, Supports taxpayer bailouts for financial institutions that gamble and lose.

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

      No, Patrick Leahy prefers oil importation from other countries over US production.

    • 2009 Stimulus Bill HR1 2/09:

      Yes, Supported the $787 Billion spending plan

    • 2009 Omnibus HR1105 3/09:

      Yes, Senator Leahy supported the 9000+ earmark, 8.3% government expansion bill

    • Health Care HR3590 12/09:

      Yes, Supported laying groundwork for federal takeover of Healthcare delivery


    Patrick Leahy Earmarking Tendencies:

    Prolific:

    • Extensive earmark history supporting mostly in-state entities and campaign donors.

    • $248,571,375 of taxpayer money requested by Patrick Leahy in 2009 budget specifically for entities and projects not considered worthy of financing through transparent means in the official federal budget.(Ref: Legistorm.com)




    Charted Comparison of Senate Colleagues to Patrick Leahy Voting Records


    Charted Comparison Corruption Investigations for Senate Colleagues of Leahy