Tag Archive: House Freshmen 112th

From cigars to coins to repealing health care reform: GOP frosh pursue mostly expected legislation

by Nancy Watzman

investigations

Aug 20, 2012 12:12 pm

Close up of man smoking cigar They rode into office on a wave of disgust with Washington insiders whom the public perceived as catering to special interests. Yet among the roughly two dozen bills that congressional freshmen have rallied to support is one that would benefit an icon of political cronyism.

The Traditional Cigar Manufacturing and Small Business Jobs Preservation Act of 2011, introduced by Rep. Bill Posey, R-Fla., would prevent the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) from regulating the stogies smoked by the likes of disgraced former Rep. Tom DeLay, R-Texas, and featured as a draw at many a political fundraiser. Fully three-quarters of the ...

House freshmen: New members find new earmarks?

by Ryan Sibley

investigations

Aug 16, 2012 8:25 am

*L-R:Mick Mulvaney, R-S.C.; Tom Reed, R-N.Y.; Robert Dold, R-Ill.; Tim Huelskamp, R-Kan.*

More than two dozen first-term House members, part of an enormous freshman class swept into office on an anti-incumbent tide of disgust over Washington insider dealing, have introduced a combined 263 bills designed to benefit the bottom lines of hometown corporations.

An analysis of campaign finance records by the Sunlight Foundation shows that some of the corporations that stand to save money from bills aimed at temporarily suspending tariffs on products that the firms import are also campaign contributors to the members of Congress introducing ...

Profile: Robert Dold

by Reporting Group

investigations

Aug 15, 2012 6:40 pm

Party: Republican
State and District: Illinois, 10
Born: June 23, 1969 Evanston, Ill.
Campaign cash raised: $5,885,315
Money from businesses that lobby: $672,729
Money from leadership PACs: $163,000
Money from in-state / out-of-state: $2,993,909 / $690,699
At-risk in November? Yes
Outside group spending: $15,525 in support, $693.94 in opposition
Net worth in 2010: $696,022 to $6,394,996
Net worth in 2011: $1,047,023 to $6,409,996

Dold's Capitol Words profile

Profile: Mick Mulvaney

by Reporting Group

investigations

Aug 15, 2012 6:37 pm

Party: Republican
State and District: South Carolina, 5
Born: July 21, 1967 Alexandria, Va.
Campaign cash raised: $2,202,415
Money from businesses that lobby: $281,094
Money from leadership PACs: $90,998
Money from in-state / out-of-state: $665,843 / $446,650
At-risk in November? No
Outside group spending: None reported
Net worth in 2010: $1,514,081 to $6,310,997
Net worth in 2011: $551,071 to $5,892,096

Mulvaney's Capitol Words profile

Profile: Todd Young

by Reporting Group

investigations

Aug 15, 2012 6:36 pm

Party: Republican
State and District: Indiana, 9
Born: Aug. 24, 1972 Lancaster, Penn.
Campaign cash raised: $3,227,862
Money from businesses that lobby: $231,000
Money from leadership PACs: $90,000
Money from in-state / out-of-state: $1,608,429 / $402,947
At-risk in November? No
Outside group spending: $34,327 in opposition
Net worth in 2010: -$4,997 to $134,999
Net worth in 2011: -$489,995 to $684,998

Young's Capitol Words profile

Congressional rookies following the ways of Washington

by Anu Narayanswamy

investigations

Aug 14, 2012 11:26 am

In 2010, voters were so determined to upset the Washington establishment that they elected a House of Representatives in which 20 percent of the faces were new. It was a political revolution. But nearly two years later, the 89 rookies elected in November, 2010—80 Republicans and nine Democrats—don’t look all that different from their more veteran colleagues.

House freshmen: Campaign finance raw data

by Anu Narayanswamy

investigations

Aug 14, 2012 11:26 am

For the data nerds out there, we've put together spreadsheets of the campaign finance analysis of the freshmen class used for this story. It includes data reported to the Federal Election Commission as of the second quarter of 2012. Click below to see a table.

Freshmen at a glance

by Lindsay Young

investigations

Aug 14, 2012 11:26 am

Of the 89 House freshmen elected in November, 2010, some stand out. Sunlight has produced quick statistical sheets on some of the rookie lawmakers who figure prominently in our examination of this year's first termers.

Profile: Tom Reed

by Reporting Group

investigations

Aug 14, 2012 11:15 am

Party: Republican
State and District: New York, 29
Born: Nov. 18, 1971 Joliet, Ill.
Campaign cash raised: $2,609,380
Money from businesses that lobby: $694,905
Money from leadership PACs: $94,250
Money from in-state / out-of-state: $807,888 / $171,975
At-risk in November? No
Outside group spending: None reported
Net worth in 2010: $784,011 to $1,810,999
Net worth in 2011: $19,009 to $859,997

Reed's Capitol Words profile

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Profile: Tim Scott

by Reporting Group

investigations

Aug 14, 2012 11:15 am

Party: Republican
State and District: South Carolina, 1
Born: Sept. 19, 1965 Charleston, S.C.
Campaign cash raised: $2,545,657
Money from businesses that lobby: $688,625
Money from leadership PACs: $75,000
Money from in-state / out-of-state: $938,175 / $354,102
At-risk in November? No
Outside group spending: None reported
Net worth in 2010: $915,004 to $5,949,997
Net worth in 2011: $450,004 to $950,000

Scott's Capitol Words profile

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