Representative Ann Wagner of Missouri, a Republican
freshman on the Financial Services Committee who has pulled in a large
number of industry contributions.
Now, half a year into his first term, he has emerged as a telling
example of why the panel is sometimes called “the cash committee” — a
place, critics say, where there are big incentives for freshmen to do
special favors for the industry.
Mr. Barr, 40, a first-time elected official, has raised nearly as much
money this year from political action committees run by major banks,
credit unions and insurance companies as longtime lawmakers like Speaker
John A. Boehner and other party leaders.
The flood of financial industry cash — $150,000 in political action
committee donations to Mr. Barr in just six months — is hardly an
accident.
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Look at Boehner in the picture.
ReplyDeleteNever trust a man that won't look you in the eye
when he shakes your hand. (and keep be wary of the ones that will)
Never trust a man that won't look you in the eye
DeleteAbsolutely and this was engrained in me by my mother, fortunately.