SHE WON'T GO!
Thirty-three members of Congress have directed more than $300 million in earmarks and other spending provisions to dozens of public projects that are next to or within about two miles of the lawmakers’ own property, according to a Washington Post investigation.
Under the ethics rules Congress has written for itself, this is both legal and undisclosed.
It’s a great article, looking at how recent moves against Congressional insider trading have so far not crossed over to persoanlized earmarking. You can look at a map of the Big 33, and here’s what they dug up in Mr. Rogers’ neighborhood:
In Kentucky, Rep. Harold Rogers (R) has been called the “Prince of Pork” for his success in guiding federal money to his Appalachian home district. The longtime member and current chairman of the House Appropriations Committee helped secure about $250 million in earmarks from 2008 through 2010 — but when the House imposed the moratorium, Rogers embraced it. The country, he said, needed to “turn back from the edge of fiscal ruin.”
Prior to the moratorium, Rogers earmarked funds for the revitalization of downtown Somerset, his home town. That project continues today: More than $7 million in Rogers’s earmarks have gone toward it.
Read on to find out how Hal Rogers used your money to beautify his very own street — burying power lines, redoing sidewalks, re-doing driveways and adding decorative lamps.
“Congressman Rogers sees no conflict of interest in helping local community leaders achieve their goals for growth — at large or in this case in particular,” said Michael R. Higdon, chief of staff for Rogers.
And thanks to those decorative lamps sitting right outside his house, if there was a conflict of interest Hal Rogers would probably be able to see it.
KentuckyElection.org
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As awful as Mongiardo is, I’d love to see him take on this corrupt sonofabitch.
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