http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/capitol-assets/public-projects-private-interests
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Rep. Robert B. Aderholt (R - Ala.)
Spending with family connections: $440,000
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Rep. Todd Akin (R - Mo.)
Earmark near personal property: $3.3 million
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Rep. Robert E. Andrews (D - N.J.)
Spending with family connections: $3.3 million
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Rep. Roscoe G. Bartlett (R - Md.)
Earmark near personal property: $4.5 million
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Rep. Joe Barton (R - Tex.)
Earmark near personal property: $3 million
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Rep. Rob Bishop (R - Utah)
Spending with family connections: $1.5 million
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Rep. Sanford D. Bishop Jr. (D - Ga.)
Spending with family connections: $200,000
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Rep. Corrine Brown (D - Fla.)
Spending with family connections: $23.7 million
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Rep. G.K. Butterfield (D - N.C.)
Earmark near personal property: $817,500
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Rep. Ken Calvert (R - Calif.)
Earmark near personal property: $1.2 million
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Rep. Danny K. Davis (D - Ill.)
Earmark near personal property: $800,000
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Rep. Norm Dicks (D - Wash.)
Spending with family connections: $15.9 million
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Rep. Joe Donnelly (D - Ind.)
Earmark near personal property: $935,000
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Rep. Kay Granger (R - Tex.)
Earmark near personal property with family connections: $51.9 million
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Rep. Doc Hastings (R - Wash.)
Earmark near personal property: $750,000
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Rep. Maurice D. Hinchey (D - N.Y.)
Earmark near personal property: $1.8 million
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Rep. Rubén Hinojosa (D - Tex.)
Earmark near personal property: $665,000
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Sen. James M. Inhofe (R - Okla.)
Earmark near personal property: $1.8 million
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Rep. Steve Israel (D - N.Y.)
Earmark near personal property: $490,000
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Rep. Darrell Issa (R - Calif.)
Earmark near personal property: $815,000
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Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D - Tex.)
Spending with family connections: $5.3 million
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Sen. Tim Johnson (D - S.D.)
Spending with family connections: $4 million
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Rep. Jack Kingston (R - Ga.)
Earmark near personal property: $6.3 million
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Rep. Robert E. Latta (R - Ohio)
Spending with family connections: $2.8 million
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Rep. Jerry Lewis (R - Calif.)
Earmark near personal property: $2.7 million
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Rep. Daniel Lipinski (D - Ill.)
Spending with family connections: $2.5 million
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Rep. Frank A. LoBiondo (R - N.J.)
Earmark near personal property: $4.7 million
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Rep. Stephen F. Lynch (D - Mass.)
Spending with family connections: $2.3 million
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Rep. Candice S. Miller (R - Mich.)
Earmark near personal property: $486,000
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Rep. Gary G. Miller (R - Calif.)
Earmark near personal property: $1.3 million
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Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R - Alaska)
Earmark near personal property: $6.9 million
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Rep. John W. Olver (D - Mass.)
Earmark near personal property: $5.1 million
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Rep. Ed Pastor (D - Ariz.)
Spending with family connections: $4 million
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Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D - Calif.)
Earmark near personal property: $50 million
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Rep. Nick J. Rahall II (D - W.Va.)
Earmark near personal property: $20.1 million
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Sen. Harry M. Reid (D - Nev.)
Earmark near personal property: $21.5 million
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Rep. Harold Rogers (R - Ky.)
Earmark near personal property: $7.1 million
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Rep. Mike Ross (D - Ark.)
Earmark near personal property: $2.6 million
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Rep. C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger (D - Md.)
Earmark near personal property: $187,000
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Rep. Bobby L. Rush (D - Ill.)
Spending with family connections: $290,663
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Rep. Linda T. Sánchez (D - Calif.)
Earmark near personal property: $475,000
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Sen. Richard C. Shelby (R - Ala.)
Earmark near personal property: $124 million
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Rep. Lamar Smith (R - Tex.)
Earmark near personal property: $950,000
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Rep. Bennie Thompson (D - Miss.)
Earmark near personal property: $900,000
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Rep. John F. Tierney (D - Mass.)
Earmark near personal property: $3.5 million
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Sen. Roger Wicker (R - Miss.)
Earmark near personal property: $1.5 million Spending with family connections: $45 million
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Rep. C.W. Bill Young (R - Fla.)
Spending with family connections: $73.2 million
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We've just GOT to clean 'em ALL out! New blood needed.
Sarah Palin - CPAC 2012: "The “Washington of the permanent political class” should not be “the playground for the government rich,” a place where “millionaires are minted overnight.”
... Target for election removal
Dammit... Bill Young is my Rep, and he’s an embarrassment. He’s an entrenched Republican. Been in office for a long time.
Time for rope, tar and feathers. Screw this voting crap!
Lets not lose sight of what happens to them after they leave office.
http://www.opensecrets.org/revolving/top.php?display=Z
Cuts quite a swath and indeed they need replacing. I’m embarrassed that several from the great state of Texas are guilty of this.
Sheila Jackson Lee just about takes the prize for her largesse to family and connections. Disgusting!
bumping for later...
Why do people spend millions to get a job that pays in the low six figures?
If it isn’t obvious that there’s lots of money to be made.
This has got to come to an end. One way or another.............
Surpise Rep. Clyburn (Rat’-SC) isn’t on the list.....How much is getting your daughter a seat on the FCC worth??
My favorite, but this one was good too.
We send them here to clean out the swamp and they find a hot tub. Time to drain the Jacuzzi.
Not really surprising is it that our two are on the earmark porker enrich themselves list?
Rep. Bennie Thompson (D - Miss.)
Earmark near personal property: $900,000!
Sen. Roger Wicker (R - Miss.)
Earmark near personal property: $1.5 million Spending with family connections: $45 million!!!!!
Which sets me apart from most democrat voters, who's political leadership craps lilacs.
Buried 2/3rds down the list, this is the largest number in the list.
What's ludicrous is the "near" personal property, as the (for all practical purposes) looting of Treasure Island for her family's development company would attest.
-PJ
Throw them all out!
R
D
It does not matter.
Yours “guy” is not special.
bookmark
Dummy Roscoe Bartlett needs to be primaried this year. And I suspect the possibility of primarying him is greater, since his district has been redrawn.
Maryland “Freak State” PING!
Not only do we need to throw these POS Congresspeople out on their asses, WE NEED TERM LIMITS! Badly.
All of these criminals should be used to decorate trees and lamp posts.
I bought and read the Kindle version. Recommened read. The author cites these examples but you got to know there are many more.
I think there’s some smoke and mirrors going on here. Representatives who get government funds for projects in their state, often get them for their district, and thus near their home.
I would have to know a lot more about this, before I’d blindly sign on to this hit squad.
Darrel Issa is a good man. Seeing him listed here as one of the men getting high dollars for his district, makes me wonder what’s really going on here.
Issa is currently going after Obama, Holder, and company. How much of this is related to payback?