Bryan Kennedy questions Sensenbrenner's Stand on Ethics

[undeterred]

Congressman Sensenbrenner voted to weaken House ethics rules in 2005, and then flip-flopped on the issue after realizing that people actually care about ethics in Congress. In light of the recent Washington scandals with Tom DeLay and Jack Abramoff, Sensenbrenner’s opponent, Bryan Kennedy, is questioning Sensenbrenner’s support of making Congress less accountable to the public.

“No matter what party you are from, it is obvious that scandal is plaguing Washington DC, and I can’t imagine why Congressman Sensenbrenner wouldn’t want to fix that,” said Kennedy. He continued, “When Jim Sensenbrenner voted to weaken ethics rules, he voted against the families that he represents in Wisconsin, and that’s wrong. I’m glad to see he flip-flopped, but I question his motives. When real reform was introduced, he voted against it.”

Kennedy says that he is not surprised that Sensenbrenner voted to weaken the rules. “Just look at how he operates in Washington. He votes to help corporations in which he owns stock, and then watches his portfolio soar. With standards like that, he’s obviously not too concerned about ethics in government.”

Kennedy is running to replace Jim Sensenbrenner in Wisconsin’s 5th Congressional District. The 5th Congressional District includes all of Ozaukee and Washington counties, and portions of Milwaukee, Jefferson and Waukesha counties.

Vote to weaken ethics rules: H Res. 5, Roll Call #6, 1/4/05YES

Vote to repeal weakened ethics rules: H Res. 241, Roll Call #145, 4/27/05YES

Votes to table solution:
H. Res. 153, Roll Call #70, 3/15/05 YES
H. Res. 213, Roll Call #106, 4/14/05 YES

Bryan Kennedy is a terrific progressive candidate- See my signature for link to his campaign website!

[midnight]

1. We voted for Brian Kennedy

We didn't have much info. about this candidate prior to the election, but we voted for him anyway.

[undeterred]

2. That means you have Sensenbrenner as a Congressman

I'm sorry. :hug:

1st time campaigns against an incumbent are very tough. Hopefully he will have much higher visibility this time and the Dems will gain back this seat.

[LittleClarkie]

4. Can I have one of those too?

I have Mr. "I'm taking my gavel and going home" as a Congressman as well. We have a chance. The district was redone a couple of years ago, and there are more Dems now. Not a ton, but enough to give Bryan a bigger peice of the pie than any Dem had gotten in the district before. The party in that county is trying to build itself up to be something as well. Still working on it, but at least we're not so small a group that we could meet in a phone booth, which is what the joke used to be.

I'm hoping my neighbors can get rid of Delay lackey Paul Ryan too, but the candidate I met who was going to run against him backed out already. Good news is he probably backed out because the slate of candidates is loaded. Hears to hoping.

[undeterred]

5. Hopefully BK will get support from around the country

I'm sorry for your power loving arrogant representation :hug:

I feel so lucky to have Tammy Baldwin, she's wonderful.

There was a progressive candidate who planned to run against Paul Ryan at Camp Wellstone in Feb but I didn't get to talk to him. It takes a lot of money to run against an incumbent, and the primaries are so late here in WI that it really makes things tough.

[LittleClarkie]

6. When I met Justin Sowa, I thought he might be good

even if I couldn't vote for him, I still took a bumpersticker, and when I found someone who was in his district, I gave it to them. That's when I found out he'd left the race. Rats. He sounded like he was so sure he could beat Ryan, having cut his teeth on Lousisana politics. His heroes are Dean and Wellstone. But I think the field of candidates grew since I spoke with him at one of our monthly Dem meetings. I was disappointed.

Yep, you're lucky. Hopefully Tammy will be there for a while. My neighbors to the east are also lucky. They have Gwen Moore. I think she's going to be pretty safe too.

[dragonlady]

3. Thanks for posting this, Undeterred!

The Kennedy campaign comes out with some really good press releases that stick it to Sensenbrenner the way it needs to be done. I hadn't seen this yet.

[magellan]

7. I just donated what I could

Kennedy sounds wonderful. Hope he throws that bum Senseless-n-brainless out on his ear!

[undeterred]

8. Thank you!

:kick: :kick: :kick: :kick: :kick:

This race affects the whole country...