(Note: all corruption will not be listed. Since "corrupt" is a yes/no descriptor, further investigations become redundant after one incident is uncovered.)

Paybacks:

According to Bloomberg report Shelby earmarked $50 million of taxpayer funds over 10yrs for COLSA, a company owned by Francisco J Collazo who donated $400,000 to Shelby.

According to the Seattle Times, Colsa was certainly not the only example of this behavior. Shelby earmarked $1.6 Million taxpayer dollars for both Sikorsky and Scientific Research Corp after receiving $4000 in donations from each. Neither company is even in Alabama.

Richard Shelby’s Physical Voting Record or Legislative Record:

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

  No, Shelby votes against reform

• Balanced Budget Amendment:

  Yes, Supports requiring Congress to spend within government means.

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

  No. Richard Shelby supports border control and citizenship only for those following legal guidelines.

• Auto Company Bailouts HR 7005 12/08:

  No. The Senator does not support taxpayer bailouts of private industry

• Bank Bailouts -TARP HR1424 10/08:

  No. Does not support taxpayer bailouts for financial institutions that gamble and lose

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

  Yes. Supports energy independence through US drilling.

• 2009 Stimulus Bill HR1 2/09:

  No. Senator Shelby opposed the $787 Billion spending plan

• 2009 Omnibus HR1105 3/09:

  Yes. Supported the 9000+ earmark, 8.3% government expansion bill

• Health Care HR3590 12/09:

  No. Shelby opposed laying groundwork for federal takeover of Healthcare delivery

Earmark History:

Prolific:

• Extensive earmark history supporting in-state and out-of-state entities including rewards for campaign donors.

• $1,080,417,950 of taxpayer money requested by Richard Shelby 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 to Senate Colleagues for Richard Shelby Voting Records

Charted Comparison Corruption Investigations for Senate Colleagues of Shelby