June 30, 2015
Rick Wells
6/29/2015
Source …..

The politicians like to keep the money trail brushed as clean of
their footprints as possible, to make it less blatantly obvious that
they are exchanging votes for “campaign” cash. Money talks in DC. In our
current government it is the only language other than Orwellian
double speak which is understood.
John Boehner, Paul Ryan, Mike McCarthy and other House members did
quite well for themselves financially in the pursuit of their corporate
masters’ dreams of overthrowing the United States government.
Anyone who wonders how millionaires or billionaires are made on a
Congressional salary can get some good insight from this information,
published by
Maplight.org.
In the instance of H.R. 1314, the legislative vehicle for moving Obamatrade, from the period of October 1
st of 2012 to September 30
th of
2014, the amount of “potentially” influential financial contributions
heaped upon the largely unscrupulous members of Congress in both
chambers was nothing short of obscene.
Contributions from pro-Obamatrade lobbyist alone were enough to make
very wealthy people of those who are supposed to represent the citizens,
and the period of time immediately preceding the vote, that between
October 1
st of last year and June of 2015 is still unknown.
Certainly the pot was “sweetened” considerably more as the deadline drew
nearer.
Contributions to House members from forces favorable to Obamatrade outnumbered those from those opposed by a
factor of
8.6 times, $197,869,145 to $23,065,231. The differences were even more
stark in the Senate, with a total of $285,225,162 in financial
incentives being meted out from supporting groups and only $27,569,149
from the opposition, over ten times as much. There were 32 House members
with over a million dollars in contributions and many who were just
below that threshold. In the Senate, only five Senators were below the
one million dollar mark, and two of those, Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL)
and Mike Lee (R-UT) voted no, and against betrayal of their country.
The formula in the
House seems
fairly simple, at least as far as rewarding those in leadership
positions. Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) got a cool $5 million and change,
Mike McCarthy (R-CA) half that at $2.4 million, and Steve Scalise
(R-LA) half again at $1.2 million. For Paul Ryan, the price of American
sovereignty was $2.2 million.
Rep Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) was a member of the million dollar club at
$1,053,646. Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) collected $1.4 million, Cathy McMorris
Rogers received (R-WA) $900,732 and Mike Pompeo (R-KS) $949,708. Pete
Sessions, House Rules Committee chairman, was compensated to the tune of
$1,057,079, with his fellow Texan, Lamar Smith picking up $608K. Marsha
Blackburn (R-TN), who fought against illegal immigration, we thought,
during the amnesty battle, received $700,687 and voted for uncontrolled
immigration and the usurpation of domestic American rule.
Financial gain doesn’t appear to be the only reason behind surprising
anti-American votes in favor of the three secret bills, a dictatorship
and foreign control of our nation. Disappointing betrayals by supposed
champion of conservatism, Steve King (R-IA), who received only $382K,
Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) $358K, and Trey Gowdy at $305K still don’t make
sense.
In the
Senate the picture is
even uglier, and much more blatant. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) “acquired”
$9.2 million, John Cornyn (R-TX) $5.3 million and Orrin Hatch $4.2, the
third member of the Senate trio of traitors forcing this upon us.
Marco Rubio pocketed $3.9 million for voting to tie us to a bill he
never read, with his fellow presidential candidate Lindsey Graham
“earning” $3.4 million. Candidate Rand Paul (R-KY) voted against the
package both times it came up in the Senate. Ted Cruz (R-TX) first voted
in favor of it but was eventually forced to recognize the will of the
people in the interest of the survival of his campaign and cast a
meaningless vote once the debate and outcome was determined.
It is clear that money talks, and the people can take a hike. Once
the numbers come in for the current year, it will be interesting to note
just how much influence was purchased in the last days and weeks
leading up to this betrayal. While nobody in the Senate is stupid enough
to admit that their vote was purchased or influenced by being handed
the equivalent of a mansion or a lifetime of earnings for most
Americans, neither are we stupid enough to believe that a pattern of
corruption doesn’t exist.
We were sold and our “representatives” were purchased. It’s that simple.
Statistical
Source – Maplight.org
More stats …..
Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) and Barbara Comstock (R VA 10) were members of the million dollar club.
Both received $1,053,646 for their yes votes.
Robert Hurt (R VA 5) received $545,954 for his yes vote
Scott Rigell (R VA 2) received $397,998 for his yes vote
Gerry Connolly (D VA 11) received $397,305 for his yes vote
Randy Forbes (R VA 4) received $363,323 for his yes vote
Morgan Griffith (R VA 9) received $325,004 but still voted no
Rob Wittman (R VA 1) received $313,100 but still voted no
Bobby Scott (D VA 3) received $150,950 but still voted no
Dave Brat (R VA 7) received $96,630 but still voted no