House Majority Leader John Boehner of West Chester, Ohio, got $734,868...
House Financial Services Committee Chairman Michael Oxley of Findlay ranked seventh in the House of Representatives with $711,494...
Mike DeWine of Ohio ranked 24th in lobbyists' donations, with $474,363. George Voinovich ranked 67th with $209,970....
The top political donor among lobbyists, H. Stewart Van Scoyoc, gave $339,132 to members of Congress. The wife of Rep. Steve LaTourette, a Concord Township Republican, works for Van Scoyoc's lobbying firm but wasn't listed as a big donor. LaTourette, whose $134,877 take from lobbyists ranked 111th in Congress, didn't get money from Van Scoyoc, Federal Election Commission records show...
Wow! Those Republicans certainly know how to bring in the dough. I wonder if it influences their votes. What do you think?
Can someone explain why Sen. Brownback (KS-R) would be so obsessed with shoes????? According to The Hill: Late last week, Brownback introduced a total of 17 bills to suspend temporarily the duties on different types of footwear. Among the offerings: S. 2847, to “reduce temporarily the duty on certain footwear with open toes or heels,” and the more catchall S. 2845, affecting “certain women’s footwear.” S. 2837, for the leather lover, would reduce the duty on “certain leather and textile footwear,” while S. 2838, affecting “certain rubber or plastic footwear,” keeps the pleather lover pleased. Stay-at-home moms aren’t left out either: S. 2850 would “reduce temporarily the duty on certain house slippers.” And on it goes, to cover certain footwear for men, certain other work footwear, certain athletic shoes and certain athletic footwear for men and boys...
