So Who's Keeping Foley's Money -- And Who's Unloading It?
So here are the GOP House and Senate candidates or incumbents who have received money this cycle from Mark Foley's political action committee, Florida Republican Leadership PAC:
House of Representatives: Buchanan, Vernon (R-FL) $2,000 Davis, Geoff (R-KY) $1,000 Gerlach, Jim (R-PA) $1,000 Johnson, Nancy L (R-CT) $1,000 Ney, Bob (R-OH) $1,000 (No longer running for reelection) Pryce, Deborah (R-OH) $5,000 Shaw, E. Clay Jr (R-FL) $1,000 Weldon, Curt (R-PA) $1,000Senate:
Coleman, Norm (R-MN) $500
Allen, George (R-VA) $2,000
So who's keeping Foley's cash and who's getting rid of it? The Associated Press reports that Allen is giving his $2,000 in Foley-bucks to charity, along with GOP Rep Heather Wilson, who's getting rid of the $8,000 she's received from Foley between 1998 and 2002. The NRCC, meanwhile, is keeping the $550,000 it's received from Foley since 1996. A full list of recipients of Foley's cash in the three previous cycles after the jump.
Recipients of Foley's money:
2004Burns, Max (R-GA) $1,000
Carroll, Jennifer Sandra (R-FL) ($500)
Clay, Calder (R-GA) $1,000
Crane, Phil (R-IL) $1,000
Diedrich, Larry William (R-SD) $1,000
Kerr, Alice Forgy (R-KY) $1,000
Kilmer, Bev (R-FL) $1,000
Sessions, Pete (R-TX) $1,000
Bush, George W (R) $2,000
Isakson, Johnny (R-GA) $1,000
Martinez, Mel (R-FL) $2,0002002
Benjamin, Ann Womer (R-OH) $1,000
Brown-Waite, Ginny (R-FL) $2,000
Burns, Max (R-GA) $2,000
Buyer, Steve (R-IN) $2,500
Doolittle, John T (R-CA) $1,000
Feeney, Tom (R-FL) $2,500
Ferguson, Mike (R-NJ) $2,000
Fletcher, Dewey Lee (R-LA) $1,000
Grant, Carolyn W (R-NC) $1,000
Harris, Katherine (R-FL) $1,000
Hayes, Robin (R-NC) $1,500
Keller, Ric (R-FL) $1,000
Kennedy, Mark (R-MN) $3,000
Latham, Tom (R-IA) $1,000
Mica, John L (R-FL) $1,000
Morella, Connie (R-MD) $2,000
Rogers, Mike D (R-AL) $2,000
Simmons, Rob (R-CT) $2,000
Wilson, Heather (R-NM) $1,000
Wojtaszek, Henry F (R-NY) $1,0002000
Aderholt, Robert B (R-AL) $1,000
Bilbray, Brian P (R-CA) $2,000
Carroll, Jennifer Sandra (R-FL) $2,000
Chabot, Steve (R-OH) $2,000
Dickey, Jay (R-AR) $4,000
Donnelley, Shawn M (R-IL) $2,000
Fletcher, Ernie (R-KY) $2,000
Hayes, Robin (R-NC) $2,000
Keller, Ric (R-FL) $1,000
Ney, Bob (R-OH) $2,000
Nielsen, Mark (R-CT) $3,000
Pirozzi, Elia Vincent (R-CA) $1,000
Quinn, Jack (R-NY) $2,000
Rogan, James E (R-CA) $2,000
Roukema, Marge (R-NJ) $1,000
Tiberi, Patrick J (R-OH) $2,000
Wilson, Heather (R-NM) $2,000
(Source: OpenSecrets.org)
I'll find a citation and more details later in the day, but I read that Rep. Tom Reynolds, (R) NY, co-chair of Foley's House committee on exploited children, benefitted from $330,000 from Foley. A large part of this money came during the period when Reynolds had been officially notified about the incriminating emails and was deciding whether to investigate. He subsequently decided not to investigate. This money was probably transferred from Foley's campaign chest to Reynold's NY campaign.
October 3, 2006 6:55 AM | Reply | Permalink
This large sum may have been a donation from Foley to the House Caucus on Missing and Exploited Children, which Foley and Reynolds co-chaired, rather than directly to Reynolds. It's good to see that people are "following the money."
October 3, 2006 9:02 AM | Reply | Permalink