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- From: sug6@usite-next.uchicago.edu (Patrick Sugent)
- Subject: Re: Republican Controlled Congress
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- Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 03:49:08 GMT
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- I was asked to clarify an earlier point I made regarding the top
- 100 spenders in congress. The following is the source of my
- information. Please let me know if you find any typos so that
- I may correct my copy.
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- Pat
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- This is from an article I clipped in the Wall Street Journal.
- I don't remember the exact date.
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- "The Billions Congress Wants to Spend"
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- Congress last week extended its own license to spend when it failed to
- pass a constitutional amendment o balance the budget. Why did Congress
- reject this measure? Research by the National Taxpayers Union
- Foundation, the research arm of the anti-tax lobby, yields one
- age-old answer: Congress was protecting interest-group wish lists.
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- The foundation ran up the numbers and found that the opponents of a
- balanced budget amendment are also sponsors of legislation that would
- cost the taxpayers the most money. Congressmen who voted for the
- balanced budget amendment are sponsoring legislation that would increase
- spending by around $23 billion; members who opposed the amendment currently
- sponsor legislation that would cost the taxpayer about an additional
- $137 billion. The foundation also produced a list of the 100 congressmen
- and women who would spend the most (as of April 5, 1992). Only
- 16 of them supported the amendment. We reprint the list here,
- with rankings in billions of dollars.
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- net cost of
- increases decreases projects
- Rank Member sponsored sponsored sponsored
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- 1 Boxer, Barbara (D,CA) $406 $-1.26 $405
- 2 Johnston, Harry (D,FL) $370 $-0.83 $370
- 3 Towns, Ed. (D,NY) $347 $-0.38 $347
- 4 Norton, Eleanor (D,DC) $347 $-1.43 $345
- 5 Hayes, Charles (D,IL) $344 $-0.11 $344
- 6 Martinez, Matthew (D,CA) $343 $-0.49 $343
- 7 Owens, Major R. (D,NY) $341 $-0.16 $341
- 8 Savage, Gus (D,IL) $339 $-0.02 $339
- 9 Frank, Barney (D,MA) $341 $-2.49 $339
- 10 Dymally, Mervyn M.(D,CA) $337 $-0.02 $337
- 11 Conyers Jr., John (D,MI) $327 $-0.31 $327
- 12 Rangel, Charles B.(D,NY) $332 $-5.50 $326
- 13 Collins, Barbara (D,MI) $324 $-0.08 $324
- 14 Weiss, Ted (D,NY) $324 $-0.46 $324
- 15 Ford, Harold (D,TN) $323 $-0.16 $323
- 16 Clay, William L. (D,MO) $319 $-0.08 $318
- 17 Dellums, Ronald V.(D,CA) $316 $-0.12 $316
- 18 Collins, Cardiss (D,IL) $316 $-0.38 $315
- 19 Mfume, Kweisi (D,MD) $309 $-0.38 $309
- 20 Payne, Donald (D,NJ) $307 $-0.03 $307
- 21 Mink, Patsy (D,NJ) $304 $-0.39 $303
- 22 Kleczka, Gerald D.(D,NY) $303 $-0.07 $303
- 23 Serrano, Jose (D,NY) $302 $-0.06 $302
- 24 Rahall II, Nick J.(D,WV) $300 $-0.16 $300
- 25 Kolter, Joseph P. (D,PA) $301 $-1.75 $299
- 26 Pelosi, Nancy (D,CA) $299 $-0.24 $299
- 27 Flake, Floyd (D,NY) $298 $-0.09 $298
- 28 Abercrombie, Neil (D,HI) $298 $-0.72 $297
- 29 Foglietta, Thomas (D,PA) $294 $-0.08 $294
- 30 Kildee, Dale E. (D,MI) $293 $-1.85 $291
- 31 Markey, Edward (D,MA) $290 $-0.47 $290
- 32 McNulty, Michael (D,NY) $291 $-1.54 $289
- 33 Poshard, Glenn (D,IL) $289 $-0.09 $289
- 34 Brown, Jr. George (D,CA) $290 $-3.00 $287
- 35 Hochbrueckner, G. (D,NY) $286 $-0.15 $286
- 36 Oberstar, James (D,MN) $288 $-2.07 $286
- 37 Evans, Lane (D,IL) $288 $-2.80 $286
- 38 Lipinski, William (D,IL) $287 $-1.25 $286
- 39 Yates, Sidney R. (D,IL) $286 $-0.01 $286
- 40 Lefalce, John J. (D,NY) $287 $-2.01 $285
- 41 Feighan, Edward F.(D,OH) $281 $-0.14 $281
- 42 Scheuer, James H. (D,NY) $282 $-0.61 $281
- 43 Annunzio, Frank (D,IL) $279 $-0.15 $279
- 44 Dwyer, Bernard J. (D,NJ) $283 $-4.54 $279
- 45 Ravenel, Arthur (R,SC) $279 $-1.12 $278
- 46 Berman, Howard (D,CA) $280 $-1.99 $278
- 47 Nowak, Henry (D,NY) $278 $-0.38 $277
- 48 Miller, George (D,CA) $279 $-2.16 $277
- 49 Lewis, John (D,GA) $276 $-0.16 $276
- 50 Mavroules,Nicholas(D,MA) $274 $-0.67 $273
- 51 Moody, Jim (D,WI) $273 $-0.32 $273
- 52 Studds, Gerry E. (D,MA) $273 $-0.52 $273
- 53 Traxler, Bob (D,MI) $272 $-0.08 $272
- 54 Olver, John W. (D,MA) $272 $ 0.00 $272
- 55 Edwards, Don (D,CA) $272 $-0.03 $272
- 56 McDermott, Jim (D,WA) $272 $-0.55 $271
- 57 Vento, Bruce F. (D.MN) $271 $-0.41 $270
- 58 Sangmeister, G. (D,IL) $270 $-0.09 $270
- 59 Downey, Thomas (D,NY) $270 $-0.07 $270
- 60 Dicks, Norman (D,WA) $270 $-0.31 $270
- 61 Schumer, Charles (D,NY) $269 $-0.01 $269
- 62 Solarz, Stephen (D,NY) $268 $-0.01 $268
- 63 Coyne, William (D,PA) $267 $-0.08 $267
- 64 Gejdenson, Sam (D,CT) $267 $-1.64 $265
- 65 Russo, Marty (D,IL) $263 $ 0.00 $263
- 66 Kennedy, Joseph (D,MA) $262 $-0.01 $263
- 67 Faleomavaega, Eni (D,AS) $264 $-1.44 $262
- 68 Beilenson, Anthony(D,CA) $261 $-0.39 $261
- 69 Swift, AL (D,WA) $259 $-0.31 $259
- 70 Bustamante, Albert(D,TX) $258 $-0.59 $258
- 71 Atkins, Chester (D,MA) $261 $-4.51 $257
- 72 Stark, Fortney (D,CA) $218 $-0.39 $218
- 73 Peterson, Pete (D,FL) $214 $-1.79 $212
- 74 Tallon, Robin (D,SC) $211 $-0.08 $211
- 75 Gibbons, Sam (D,FL) $201 $-0.01 $201
- 76 Lehman, William (D,FL) $187 $-0.01 $187
- 77 Torres, Esteban E.(D,CA) $154 $-0.45 $153
- 78 Stokes, Louis (D,OH) $153 $-0.08 $153
- 79 Staggers, Harley (D,WV) $150 $-0.13 $150
- 80 Oakar, Mary Rose (D,OH) $147 $-0.01 $147
- 81 Bonior, David (D,MI) $145 $-3.08 $142
- 82 Traficant, James (D,OH) $141 $-0.59 $140
- 83 Jefferson, William(D,LA) $ 93 $-0.18 $ 93
- 84 Ackerman, Gary (D,NY) $ 84 $-1.27 $ 83
- 85 De Lugo, Ron (D,VI) $ 78 $-3.14 $ 75
- 86 Engel, Eliot (D,NY) $ 71 $-0.61 $ 71
- 87 Gephardt, Richard (D,MO) $ 69 $ 0.00 $ 69
- 88 Johnson, Tim (D,SD) $ 64 $-0.46 $ 63
- 89 Emerson, Bill (R,MO) $ 60 $-3.78 $ 57
- 90 Smith, Christopher(R,NJ) $ 52 $ 0.00 $ 52
- 91 Dingell, John (D,MI) $ 53 $-1.59 $ 52
- 92 Quillen, James (R,TM) $ 49 $-0.68 $ 49
- 93 Gonzalez, Henry (D,TX) $ 46 $-0.07 $ 46
- 94 Wilson, Charles (D,TX) $ 47 $-1.05 $ 46
- 95 Williams, Pat (D,MT) $ 46 $-0.19 $ 46
- 96 Sanders, Bernie (I,VT) $ 45 $-0.21 $ 45
- 97 Unsoeld, Jolene (D,WA) $ 44 $-0.74 $ 44
- 98 Waxman, Henry (D,CA) $ 43 $-0.01 $ 43
- 99 Roe, Robert (D,NJ) $ 44 $-2.04 $ 42
- 100 Kaptur, Marcy (D,OH) $ 42 $-0.54 $ 42
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- Patrick Sugent "Cry 'Havoc!' and let slip
- sug6@usite-next.uchicago.edu the Hogs of Peace."
- (708) 447-1771 --P.J. O'Rourke
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