Who Roy Blunt Is (I am from his district)

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Who Roy Blunt Is (I am from his district)

Edited on Wed Sep-28-05 08:17 PM by usregimechange

Those of us in SWMO know who Roy Blunt is and he could quite possibly be worse than Delay. Please read the articles below for a good idea of who he is and the culture of money and corruption he represents.

Remember this WP article?

GOP Whip Quietly Tried to Aid Big Donor
Provision Was Meant To Help Philip Morris
Wednesday, June 11, 2003; Page A01

Only hours after Rep. Roy Blunt was named to the House's third-highest leadership job in November, he surprised his fellow top Republicans by trying to quietly insert a provision benefiting Philip Morris USA into the 475-page bill creating a Department of Homeland Security, according to several people familiar with the effort.

The new majority whip, who has close personal and political ties to the company, instructed congressional aides to add the tobacco provision to the bill -- then within hours of a final House vote --even though no one else in leadership supported it or knew he was
trying to squeeze it in.

Once alerted to the provision, Speaker J. Dennis Hastert's chief of staff, Scott Palmer, quickly had it pulled out, said a senior GOP leader who requested anonymity. Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Tex.) also opposed what Blunt (Mo.) was trying to do, the member said, and "worked against it" when he learned of it.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?
pagename=article&contentId=A41839-2003Jun10¬Found=true

Group labels Blunt corrupt

U.S. Rep. Roy Blunt of Missouri's 7th District is being called one of the most corrupt members of Congress in a report released Monday.

The report criticized Blunt for what the group called the "misuse of his position for the benefit of his family."

http://www.joplinglobe.com/story.php?story_id=207129&c=87

Legislative Assistance to Family Members

Legislative Assistance for Philip Morris

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 benefitted Philip Morris, at the expense of competitors.

In addition, Rep. Blunt’s son Andrew lobbies on behalf of Philip Morris, a major client he picked up only four years out of law school. Notably, Altria is Rep. Blunt’s largest campaign contributor, having donated more than $270,000 to political committees tied to him.

Legislative Assistance for United Parcel Service, Inc. and FedEx Corp.

In 2003, Rep. Blunt also helped his lobbyist son Andrew 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. The provision required that military cargo be carried only by companies with no more than 25% foreign ownership. UPS and FedEx were seeking to block the expansion of a foreign-owned rival’s U.S. operations. Andrew Blunt lobbies on behalf of UPS in Missouri, and UPS and FedEx have contributed at least $58,000 to Rep. Blunt since 2001.

http://www.beyonddelay.org/beyond_delay/rep_roy_blunt_r_mo

This SW MO group has been on Blunt for years:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/swmo4progress/