Open Letter to the People of Missouri's 7th District

"I offer nothing more than simple facts, plain arguments, and common sense . . ."
"That there are men in all countries who get their living by war, and by keeping up the quarrels of Nations, is as shocking as it is true; but when those who are concerned in the government of a country make it their study to sow discord, and cultivate prejudices among Nations, it becomes the more unpardonable."
“Thomas Paine”
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ROY BLUNT

In 2003, Rep. Blunt divorced his wife of 31 years to marry Philip Morris (now Altria) lobbyist Abigail Perlman. Before it was known publicly that Rep. Blunt and Ms. Perlman were dating – and only hours after Rep. Blunt assumed the role of Majority Whip – he tried to secretly insert a provision into Homeland Security legislation that would have benefited Philip Morris, at the expense of competitors. Notably, Altria is Rep. Blunt’s largest campaign contributor, having donated more than $270,000 to political committees tied to him.

In 2003, Rep. Blunt helped his son, Andrew Blunt, by inserting a provision into the $79 billion emergency appropriation for the war in Iraq to benefit U.S. shippers like United Parcel Service, Inc. and FedEx Corp. Andrew Blunt lobbies on behalf of UPS in Missouri, and UPS and FedEx have contributed at least $58,000 to Rep. Blunt since 2001.

Family connections have also helped Rep. Blunt’s son, Missouri Governor Matt Blunt, who received campaign contributions from nearly three dozen influential Missouri lobbyists and lawyers when he ran for governor of Missouri in 2004, half of whom had provided financial support to his father. In addition, in 2000, when Matt Blunt was running for Secretary of State, Rep. Blunt was involved in an apparent scheme to funnel money through a local party committee into Matt Blunt’s campaign committee.

Rep. Blunt and his staff have close connections to former lobbyist Jack Abramoff, who is the subject of criminal and congressional probes. In June 2003, Mr. Abramoff persuaded Majority Leader Tom DeLay to organize a letter, co-signed by Speaker Dennis Hastert, Whip Roy Blunt, and Deputy Whip Eric Cantor, that endorsed a view of gambling law benefiting Mr. Abramoff’s client, the Louisiana Coushatta, by blocking gambling competition by another tribe. Mr. Abramoff has donated $8,500 to Rep. Blunt’s leadership PAC, Rely on Your Beliefs. If, as it appears, Rep. Blunt was accepting campaign contributions from Mr. Abramoff in exchange for using his official position so support a view of gambling law that would benefit Mr. Abramoff’s client, he would be in violation of the law.

In 2006 Roy Blunt vote NO on every single issue related to Veterans. That’s right, if a bill came to the floor of the House of Representatives that HELPED Veterans he said NO! You can go to www.vawatchdog.org or to www.dav.org . Both are non political websites that follow what our government is doing to the Veterans of the United States of America. Blunt voted to charge Veterans more for medications and fees. He voted NO to raise the death insurance of Veterans, he thought $12,000 was all a soldiers life was worth.
In this report, Public Citizen compiles a disturbing dossier on Blunt, based on original research and a comprehensive compilation of news accounts of recent months. In the end, what emerges is a portrait of a legislative leader who not only has surrendered his office to the imperative of moneyed interests, but who has also done so with disturbing zeal and efficiency.
http://www.citizen.org/congress/govt_reform/ethics/congethics/articles.cfm?ID=14852
The 109th Congress-How did Roy Blunt vote? Go look. You will probably need to click on rotate.
http://www.citizen.org/congress/voting/
Roy Blunt and Tom Delay the Money Train.
http://www.tnr.com/doc.mhtml?i=20051107&s=judis110705
More on Roy Blunt and Tom Delay.
http://www.firedupamerica.com/blunt_backgrounder


People of the 7th District don’t you think it’s time for a change? Or at the least pay attention to what the man is doing that you elected to represent you? Time to wake up people, time to take control of those we hire to represent us. C-Span is a good source for information www.c-span.org