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Harry Reid
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More information on Harry Reid
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The watchdog groups rate Harry Reid as follows:
On abortion he is rated as
On left or right leanings he is rated a
On Gun Issues he is rated as
On Illegal Immigration he is rated
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Our policy is to lean our interpretation of the watchdog groups
ratings towards the middle-of-the-road if there is any question
in our minds. It is easy to look at the data yourself by clicking
below.
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One intent of this section is to give those who don't
follow politics closely an idea of what an earmark is.
This section also includes a link to a list of earmarks
so you can see whom Harry Reid is favoring. Perhaps your
company, college or city can hire a lobbyist to apply to the
Senator for your very own earmark.
An entry from a table of earmarks by Harry Reid is shown below.
The Senator forced 17,712,000 dollars from the Energy and
Water budget to be spent on an "Nevada Test Site, Operations
and Infrastructure Improvements". The folks responsible for
spending the money in the Energy and Water budget may very
well have wanted these improvements
made to this particular test site
anyway. Of course it is possible they might have preferred to spend the
money on something they considered more important in another
state. Makes no difference as Harry Reid made this decision for
them. This is how earmarks work.
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Earmark
Details
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Year
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Description
(bill)
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Amount
(desc)
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Additional
sponsors
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Locations
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Receiving
Organization
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2008
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Nevada Test Site, Operations and Infrastructure Improvements
(Energy and Water)
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$17,712,000
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No additional Sponsers indicated
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Nevada
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The above entry was from the web site of a watchdog group
called "Legistorm". For the complete table of earmarks by
Harry Reid, click on the link below.
The link below shows only ten earmarks per page.
There there are more than fifty pages.
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It has been said that 90 percent of the time your first
impressions are correct. Most people's first impression when
they learn what an earmark is, is that it is a corrupt process.
If this is true, was Senator Reid wrong to make the earmarks
listed above in the current climate that
exists in Washington? There is at least one extremely strong
argument that he was not wrong to do so.
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Read More >>
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How do people form their opinions of others? It is hard to
beat seeing someone in person. Body language, voice variations,
and eye contact make most people trust the opinions they form
by seeing someone in person. Video is the next best thing.
The following video is from a search on Youtube. A video
does give a better idea about a person than a picture does.
Surprisingly there are few videos of the Senator answering
a question without a long lead-in by a media personality. One
of the main concepts of this web site is to get grassroots
groups to ask questions of candidates. An example of this concept
follows the video below.
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Click on the "button" below to go to a list of questions and
answers for a candidate in South Carolina. Have the grassroots
been missing a huge opportunity? If the people started asking
questions more would be known about incumbents and candidates
than in any previous election. The technology is here. Is it
time for the people to start asking the questions? Is it time
for our representatives and candidates to answer us?
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An "A" grade is a leader that believes Americans
should all speak one common language again. Incumbents
with "D" and "F" grades will likely pass some type of amnesty bill.
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Currently there are no articles listed here. It is
likely there are some out there. Donate. The
CongressOfHope.com will hire people to find them.
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- $9,134,676
- $6,622,659
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Total raised for cycle ending 5/19/2010 - $12,440,982
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From individuals - $8,926,048
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From Political Action Comitees - $2,717,941
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From the Democratic Party - $0
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From other sources - $796,993
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Note: Amounts listed above are from the FEC (Federal Election
Commission) web site. The most important numbers are "Cash on
hand" and "Disbursements". Yes those numbers are real. Harry Reid
has well over 9 million dollars on hand. The media outlets in
Nevada are going to have a good year as far as advertising revenue
goes. It is likely Senator Reid is going to have to spend a big
chunk of it as polls show the people are not very happy with
incumbents right now. He has already spent over six million dollars.
The FEC reports show the Senator has received 2,717,941 dollars
from Political Action Committees (PACs). These are the organizations
that have a reputation of wanting something in return for their
investment. It should be noted that these higher than normal PAC
contributions are complemented by higher than normal earmarks.
It should also be noted that Harry Reid received 8,926,048 dollars
in campaign contributions from individuals. This is normally a
good sign and reduces the size of the PAC contributions if you
look at them from the point of view of percentage of the total
money raised.
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The following is a link to some biographic information on
Senator McCain. It contains details such as education,
marital status, religion, etc.
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Observations from the CongressOfHope.com
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