"Yes, and that point is 7 years of tax returns. See? Easy!" Seven years of tax returns for a member of congress will not show much about the children of a 67 year old.
Take for example George Miller, who has been in office since 1975 and is 67 years old. He has a son, George Miller IV who is a lobbyist. Some examples of some suspicious activity follow. And yes, there are records of payments to the lobby firm. But what's left out? It was reported that Miller and his son, George Miller IV, a lobbyist, were involved in the controversy surrounding the U.S. Department of Energy awarding a $1.2 billion loan to the struggling SunPower Corporation. The loan was awarded hours before the DOE program was set to expire. It was reported that by April 2012, the company's stock had fallen nearly 50% since the loan had been awarded. SunPower has paid Miller's son and his lobbying firm US$138,000 to represent them. Miller asserts that he and his son never discusses legislation; his son, however, does boast of political connections in Washington openly. George Miller IV was paid $320,000 to lobby for the Seeno Construction through 2009 according to federal lobbying disclosures. Seeno Construction is a California-based company owned by the Seeno family. The Seenos have a long history of giving money to Democrats, according to Federal Election Commission records. Donations of the Seeno family include $4,870 to Rep. Miller, $90,000 to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D Nev.), and to Democratic congressional committees, more than $120,000. In 2004, Miller IV lobbied against the relocation of a county airport where the Seenos owned 1 million square feet of office space. Rep. Miller wrote a letter pressuring the Federal Aviation Administration to block the move. The airport remains there today. In 2005, Miller IV lobbied again on behalf of the Seeno, this time to remove an easement allowing Seenos to build a 1,400 home subdivision. Though environmental groups opposed the removal of the easement and tried to defeat the removal in a ballot measure, Rep. Miller wrote a letter supporting the Seenos position interestingly inconsistent given his green voting record. The letter was sent to Millers constituents and the ballot measure passed in Rep. Millers congressional district by a small margin. J - Ninety percent of politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation. - Henry Kissinger Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the tunnel, go out and buy some more tunnel. - John Qu ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:352945 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
