FYI ......Sensenbrenner's Financial Statement

[LibertyorDeath]

This shit weasel opposes blind trusts

Mr. Sensenbrenner opposes a bill that would mandate blind trusts for the financial holdings of congress members so they could not introduce or favor laws that they knew would benefit their current or future personal wealth. Unreasonable? He thinks so. When Members of Congress own stocks in banking, television, telecommunications and petroleum industries, and are then allowed to introduce, block or otherwise influence congressional votes on banking, FCC, and off-shore drilling regulations, a serious conflict of interest exists that ultimately costs the taxpayers.

RESIDENCES
Single Family Residence - Alexandria VA 619,100.00
25/44ths Single Family Residence - Chenequa, WI 320,852.27
Condominium - Menomonee Falls, WI 91,800.00
BANKING
FirstStar Corp. 37,180.00
COMMUNICATIONS - WIRE
Bell South Corp. 24,346.09
Ameritech 23,677.00
SBC Communications 20,100.20
American Telephone & Telegraph 19,158.93
Bell Atlontic Corp. 15,739.00
NYNEX, Inc 12,751.83
U.S. West, Inc 9,588.13
Lucent Technologies 9,135.00
Airtouch Communications 3,404.00
COMMUNICATIONS - BROADCAST
A.C. Nielsen Co. 12,495.00
PETROLEUM - CHEMICAL
Monsanto Corporation 319,770.00
Exxon Corp. 262,048.00
Amoco Corp. 117,642.76
Halliburton Company 67,750.00
E.I. DuPont de Nemours Corp. 63,600.00
Tenneco Corp 31,772.13
Eastman Chemical Co. 14,512.50
MINING
Benton County Mining Company 0.00
INSURANCE
Allstate Corporation 10,984.38
Highlands Insurance Group, Inc. 2,037.50
FOOD
Kellogg Corp. 107,600.00
General Mills, Inc. 89,460.00
FINANCE
Bank One Corp. 124,298.25
Dunn & Bradstreet, Inc. 63,437.50
Dean Whitter Discover 5,440.50
AUTOMOBILE
General Motors Corp. 16,834.00
PHARMACEUTICALS
Merck & Co., 1,317,585.75
Abbott Laboratories, Inc. 342,362.50
Warner Lambert Co. 196,182.00
ENERGY
Wisconsin Energy Corp. 25,039.00
Ogden Corp. 19,223.75
Houston Industries 6,262.50
El Paso Natural Gas 4,246.88
Pacific Gas & Electric 4,112.50
DEFENSE
General Electric Co. 258,050.00
Newport News Shipbuilding 1,1770.93
MANUFACTURING
Kimberly-Clark Corp. 2,097,858.00
Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing 84,375.00
Eastman Kodak 82,080.00
RESTAURANTS
Darden Restaurants, Inc. 11,340.00
MISC
Newell Corp. 56,146.00
Cognizant Corp 73,125.00
Sears Roebuck & Co. 10,025.00
Pacific Telesis, Inc. 5,587.00
Unisys, Inc. Preferred 3,562.50
Imation Corp. 2,475.00
Sandusky Voting Trust 2,210.00
NCR Corp. 1,908.25

http://my.execpc.com/~jlohman/sensenbrenner_investments.html

[acmejack]

1. He is in a lot of pockets.

The major problem the majority of our politicians.

[LibertyorDeath]

2. Yes these ones jump out at me

PETROLEUM - CHEMICAL
Monsanto Corporation 319,770.00
Exxon Corp. 262,048.00
Amoco Corp. 117,642.76
Halliburton Company 67,750.00

and

Kimberly-Clark Corp. 2,097,858.00

[Cassandra]

6. His family money is from Kimberly-Clark

Americablog says call him Tex, because his family fortune is from Kotex.

[LibertyorDeath]

7. Kotex LOL

somehow that makes sense he is such s douchbag !

[FreedomAngel82]

15. Bingo

Halliburton. Shows who is real boss is eh? I wonder how many other of them are with Halliburton. Any way to find out?

[acmavm]

3. I can see why. He could make a himself a lot of money pandering for

these companies.

[chalky]

4. Check out this thread:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=3833492&mesg_id=3833492

The campaign contributions say a lot.
Big Media? Check
Pharmaceuticals? Check
Big Oil? Check...

[LibertyorDeath]

8. Thanks...

[WillowTree]

5. I have to admit...

....that I'm a certifiable idiot when it comes to such things. It's like a foreign language.

So could someone explain to me, preferrably in small words, how congresspersons placing their investments in blind trusts would prevent them from introducing or favoring laws that they knew would benefit their current or future personal wealth.

[LibertyorDeath]

9. Blind Trust

A trust in which the beneficiaries do not have knowledge of the trust's specific assets, and in which a fiduciary third party has complete management discretion.

[acmejack]

10. I found this booklet for incoming Congresspeople

If you are knowledgeable, I will wait until you read it. But I think it makes a reporting exception for a trust which meets certain conditions. It appears to be a giant loophole!

http://www.house.gov/ethics/FD_Instructions_2003.htm


Edited to include url, duh...

[WillowTree]

17. Thanks!

Even I'm able to understand that.

[Jose Diablo]

11. When it comes time to give America an enema

I think we have found a good place to insert the syringe.

[Cleita]

12. That's not his financial statement but only part of it, his list of assets

if they are his. Your source doesn't seem to reference where they got this or how.

[LibertyorDeath]

13. Here

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?r103:E13MY4-283:


Mr. Sensenbrenner's Financial Statement (5/17/97). The issue is not how much
Congress members own in stock, but whether voting in favor of (or against) ...
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Sensenbrenner
A review of his disclosed financial statement ---- Sensenbrenner votes to weaken
House Ethics Rules ---- Sensenbrenner refused to move campaign finance ...
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THIS SEARCH THIS DOCUMENT THIS CR ISSUE GO TO Next Hit Forward ...
REPRESENTATIVE SENSENBRENNER'S FINANCIAL STATEMENT -- (Extension of Remarks -
May 13, 1994). Beginning REPRESENTATIVE SENSENBRENNER'S FINANCIAL STATEMENT ...
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http://my.execpc.com/~jlohman/sensenbrenner.html


Update 2002: Leave it to Jim Sensenbrenner. First he voted against the Shays-Meehan bill (the McCain-Feingold equivalent that passed without him), and then he voted on a bill to weaken even further the IRS Section 527 disclosures (the new soft money loophole). Seems Mr. Sensenbrenner just can't stand cutting off his special interest funders that have corrupted our political system.

He claims that it's "a First Amendment issue" with him -- yet he voted to ban flag burning that, as despicable as it may be to some, is the only freedom of speech some members of our society can afford (given that all other forms of political speech require cash).

My representative US Rep F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr.
The "Mitch McConnell" of the House

---- refuses to support campaign finance reform -- Here are his votes
---- He also Stacks The Deck to get the right answers from his constituents
---- Has refused to sponsor a bill to eliminate soft money (he calls it "freedom of speech")
---- A review of his disclosed financial statement
---- Sensenbrenner votes to weaken House Ethics Rules
---- Sensenbrenner refused to move campaign finance reform to House floor for debate (10/25/97)
---- Chastises Janet Reno for not appointing an independent counsel (yet has not taken it
upon himself to start impeachment procedings, which Congress can do without an
independent counsel)

[Cleita]

22. Thanks for the additional information.

I agree, that Sensenbrenner and the rest of the crooks need to be indicted and made to answer some questions somewhere somehow.

[ohio_liberal]

14. 25/44ths Single Family Residence

What does this mean?

[LibertyorDeath]

16. I don't know maybe a designation for internal office use

:shrug:

[Cyndee_Lou_Who]

18. It means:

Undivided 25/44ths interest in single family residence at N52 W32654 Maple Lane, village of Chenequa, Waukesha County, WI, at 25/44ths of assessor's estimated market value of $303,900

His interest assessed at: 172,670.45

from: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?r103:E30AP3-51:

On edit: that was in '93, I am sure it's assessed much higher in that neighborhood. Chenequa is quite exclusive.

[WillowTree]

19. Could it be a co-op?

[LibertyorDeath]

21. Thanks...Cyndee_Lou_Who

[Douglas Carpenter]

20. Here is Sensenbrenner's Contact Info:

:bounce:

Wisconsin district 5 (R)

Web:

http://www.house.gov/sensenbrenner /


Email:

[e-mail]


Phone:

[phone]


Address:
Congressman James Sensenbrenner
United States House of Representatives
2449 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, District of Columbia 20515
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