Roy Blunt-How can He Lead in the Right Direction?

With Leaders like this in Washington its no wonder the USA is in economic turmoil.

Top Industries that pay for Representative Roy Blunt 2009 - 2010

Top 20 Industries contributing to Campaign Committee Slush Fund or is it a Hush Fund?)

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MemberRank	DistrictRank	Industry	Total	Indivs	PACs
1	10	Securities & Investment	$647,031	$588,031	$59,000
2	2	Retired	$518,964	$518,964	$0
3	43	Leadership PACs	$499,903	$0	$499,903
4	1	Lawyers/Law Firms	$368,864	$280,764	$88,100
5	3	Health Professionals	$357,595	$213,845	$143,750
6	4	Real Estate	$316,220	$279,320	$36,900
7	17	Insurance	$305,514	$143,114	$162,400
8	61	Lobbyists	$305,416	$300,416	$5,000
9	39	Oil & Gas	$300,300	$148,050	$152,250
10	20	Commercial Banks	$247,983	$149,883	$98,100
11	5	Misc Manufacturing & Distributing	$218,200	$176,300	$41,900
12	22	Republican/Conservative	$207,236	$163,236	$44,000
13	28	Food Processing & Sales	$198,950	$102,450	$96,500
14	19	Misc Business	$197,202	$189,702	$7,500
15	8	Mining	$193,553	$119,053	$74,500
16	6	Misc Finance	$192,995	$156,495	$36,500
17	52	Pharmaceuticals/Health Products	$180,850	$45,850	$135,000
18	35	Food & Beverage	$173,850	$68,550	$105,300
19	12	General Contractors	$171,500	$140,500	$31,000
20	7	Automotive	$169,870	$107,370	$62,500

Sector Totals (see table)

Industry Favorite

Roy Blunt is a top recipient from the following industries for the 2009 - 2010 election cycle:

• Automotive  (#1)
• Business Assns  (#1)
• Chemicals  (#1)
• Coal mining  (#1)
• Commercial Banks  (#1)
• Food & Beverage  (#1)
• Food and kindred products manufacturing  (#1)
• Food Process/Sales  (#1)
• Food stores  (#1)
• Leadership PACs  (#1)
• Lodging/Tourism  (#1)
• Mining  (#1)
• Misc Services  (#1)
• Oil & Gas  (#1)
• Republican leadership PAC  (#1)
• Restaurants & drinking establishments  (#1)
• Trucking  (#1)
• Auto manufacturers  (#2)
• Dentists  (#2)
• Livestock  (#2)
• Pharmaceutical manufacturing  (#2)
• Dairy  (#3)
• Railroads  (#3)
• Meat processing & products  (#4)
• Poultry & Eggs  (#4)
• Candidate Cmtes  (#6)

Percent of Contributions Coded

	Coded	$8,981,702	(82.0%)
	Not Coded	$2,026,999	(18.4%)

METHODOLOGY

NOTE: All the numbers on this page are for the 2009-2010 election cycle and based on Federal Election Commission data available electronically on Monday, February 28, 2011. ("Help! The numbers don't add up...") Feel free to distribute or cite this material, but please credit the Center for Responsive Politics. For permission to reprint for commercial uses, such as textbooks, contact the Center. 

 If you are unable to read between the lines and determine what this information mean for the Average Missourian?  

• He receives an awful lot of money from sources that do not have your best interests at heart.  Many of the Contributors pay or should I say BUY Mr Blunts-votes on the issues that remove the safe guards that are protecting the Average Missourian.

Need I also mention the the Party he belongs too represents Big Business in all their voting affairs.  With Contributions that number in Multi-Millions how can someone keep a clear head and vote for responsible laws that dictate how the Americans Live.

 

View additional Articles in re to Roy Blunts Activities at the following web pages:

• Roy Blunt-Political News-Worst of Washington 

  MO Senator Roy Blunt on the EPA

  Note: I do not support Senator Roy Blunt.  I provided his latest email to me because I think my Fellow Missourian's deserve to know how he stands on the Environmental Issues Facing our State and Nation. Besides his stand with the Big Oil and Big Coal Industry with his fellow Republicans. I believe and the facts from his previous Lobbying / Lobbyist Activities not to mention the Earmarks he supported creates conflicts of Interest-Scotty" 
  
  
• Mr Blunts past behavior of
1. Ear Marks,
2. reckless and wasteful spending habits,
3. Lobbying Activities create Conflict of Interest,
4. He is Part of the Reason that "Washington is Broken"
• Mr Blunt supports Big Business. (from:http://stlouisrenewableenergy.blogspot.com/2010/10/robin-carnahan-election-news-invitation.html)
  

Prior St Louis Renewable Energy Blog Posts in re to Roy Blunt:

• Roy Blunt-Political News-Worst of Washington Sep 19, 2010
• Re: Did Roy Blunt Hire an Illegal Worker? Oct 21, 2010
• Carnahan Election News-Message to Roy Blunt Oct 28, 2010
• A musing about Roy Blunt Oct 05, 2010
• Robin's Carnahan vs Roy Blunt Debate News Oct 14, 2010

Earmarks Data from Open Secrets (http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/otherdata.php?cid=N00005195&cycle=2010)

Roy Blunt sponsored or co-sponsored 22 earmarks totaling $22,602,000 in fiscal year 2010, ranking 188th out of 435 representatives. See details. To learn more about earmarks, visit our Earmarks section.

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References

Roy Blunt-Political News-Worst of Washington

Morris Comes Full Circle, Poorly

It's pretty amusing to read about Dick Morris' hackery on behalf of Roy Blunt at yesterday's 9/12 rally.  That Morris is campaigning on behalf of Blunt at all is incredible, considering his previous declaration that Blunt "deserve[s] to be thrown out of leadership" for abusing his public office to benefit his family. Recall this excerpt from Morris' November 2006 column in The Hill, Oust Boehner and Blunt:

By the same token, Rep. John Shadegg (R-Ariz.) also stands for principled politics and deserves the support of those who understand what hit them on Nov. 7. Not so of his opponent. Majority Whip Roy Blunt's (R-Mo.) wife, Abigail Perlman, and his son, Andrew, both lobby for Altria, which is the newly sanitized name for Philip Morris. If Blunt is limited to the standard congressional salary of $165,500, there is no reason why he shouldn't take care of his family finances by letting lobbying firms that represent this death-dealing industry hire his son.
Blunt and Boehner deserve to be thrown out of leadership.

Quite the about face, no? 
Second, Morris' hatred for Democrats is so strong -- and intellectual integrity so weak -- that he attacked Robin Carnahan for simply being the Secretary of State.  Never mind that Roy Blunt and Matt Blunt are former SOS's, and Blunt is featuring his SOS work in his U.S. Senate campaign. 

Republican Senate hopeful Roy Blunt was allowed on stage but was kept away from the microphone as one of the day's more well-known speakers — political strategist turned conservative commentator Dick Morris — offered a campaign pitch on his behalf.
Morris, though, did not seem well-versed in Blunt's biography.
Morris derided Blunt's Democratic opponent, Missouri Secretary of State Robin Carnahan, as being "named" to a position where "they don't do anything."
Both Blunt and his son previously served as Missouri secretary of state, an elected position.
"I think that all three of us — Matt Blunt, Robin Carnahan and I — would have some disagreement," Blunt said when asked about Morris' comments.

To summarize: Dick Morris says Roy Blunt is too corrupt to serve as a leader in Congress, but ought to represent Missouri in the U.S. Senate because being the Secretary of State is a fake job.   Makes sense to me. 
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