Tom Davis is hanging on the Republican bandwagon, even though it's on fire, and the natives are circling. Even though he promised Virginia voters he is "his own man." Davis will lead the NRCC in 2007-2008 and he'll play an important role in NRC annual meeting in D.C. this week. He's not a Whip, but he'll be writting more checks for the next Congressional race. With those checks, he'll be punishing the Congressional reps who voted with the Democrats in the First 100 hours with his decisions to withhold money for their races.You're freer to vote your conscience," said Rep. Jo Anne Emerson (R-Mo.), who received an 88 percent voting record from the American Conservative Union in 2005 but has so far sided with Democrats..."
Tom Davis voted his conscience, and it's all RED. He told Va voters he was "his own man." Yet he voted with Bush all but a single vote in the first 100 hours.
Of course, the more money the new Republican "Hammer" can withhold from national Congressional races, the more he can contribute to his wife's local campaign. Be sure to volunteer and contribute to her opponent, Chap Petersen.
Rep. John T. Doolittle (R-Calif.) said yesterday that he will no longer employ his wife as his campaign fundraiser, an arrangement that allowed her to collect a 15 percent cut of donations to his campaign and political action committees -- more than $100,000 since 2003.
Meanwhile, Tom's second wife makes sure ICG clients know she sells access to her second husband (cached page here in case she ever takes down the current page). She gets paid handsomely from ICG, from Tom's PAC, and from Tom's other "employer" the RNCC.
There are way way too many profiteers in the mix ; it's depressing.
The matter was brought up before a subcommittee that Doolittle sat on. The industry group met earlier with Rep. Henry Bonilla, then Chair of the subcommittee (Bonilla lost a runoff in December). Bonilla, in a joint effort with the Dems on the Committee, overruled Bush and reinstated funding ($6 million, a trifle in the Federal Budget).
3 months later, Doolittle meets with the industry group. He claims, falsley, that he was responsible for the subcommittee action. He is practically begging for donations. However, at a fundraiser held in his honor a few weeks later, the industry only donates $1500, far less than the $10,000 he expected. I did not attend the fundraiser and sent what I could to Doolittle's opponent.
By the way, with the change in control and the failure of the Republicans to pass a budget before they turned over control, the issue is back up in the air.
Both Doolittle and Bonilla received $5,000; so did Virginians Goode, Wolf and Allen. Drake received $10,000.
Go ahead, Tom -- make our day!
Eighty-two Republicans joined a unanimous Democratic front to vote to increase the minimum wage, while 54 Republicans voted against their [Republican] leadership's counteroffer.
The homeland security bill -- designed to implement most of the remaining recommendations of the commission that examined the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks -- even garnered the vote of Rep. Peter T. King (R-N.Y.), who as chairman of the Homeland Security Committee last year, thwarted one of its central provisions, the screening of all shipping containers heading to U.S. ports.
Funny, the story doesn't mention "moderate" Tom Davis's voting record.
It should be noted that he is not heading the NRCC, but their Exec Committee. Tom Cole is in charge of NRCC for this cycle.