It has been awhile since I've checked TheMiddleClass.org to see how our elected officials are doing in helping regular Americans. Here is some information from TheMiddleClass.org:
Rep. Mary Jo Kilroy (OH-15-Democrat) = (2009 year to date total) 100%
According to TheMiddleClass.org, Kilroy has voted for legislation that helps the Middle Class:
H.R. 3962 Affordable Health Care for America Act, H.R.3639 Expedited Card Reform for Consumers Act of 2009, H.R. 3548 Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2009, H.R. 3269 Corporate and Financial Institution Compensation Fairness Act of 2009, Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009, ........
You get the picture. Kilroy has voted for legislation that helps average Americans.
In contrast, Rep. Steve Austria (OH-7th-Republican) has been given a grade of 29% by TheMiddleClass.org because of he has voted against average Americans.
Rep. Pat Tiberi (OH-12-Republican) garnered a 45% from TheMiddleClass.org for his voting record.
Republican leader, Rep. John Boehner (OH-8th) got a fabulous 5% from TheMiddleClass.org for his record.
Cincinnati.com has been collecting information on John Boehner's political fundraising activity:
House Minority Leader John Boehner has crisscrossed the country like a traveling salesman to make the pitch for the GOP, but it could hardly be described as drudge work....
Cincinnati.com also has information from a Gannett analysis which includes this:
...He has stayed at the Peninsula Beverly Hills, the highest-rated luxury hotel in Southern California, where the cheapest room goes for more than $500 a night....
...In all, Boehner has traveled to more than three dozen stately and sunny resorts in places like Naples, Fla., and Palm Desert, Calif., since 2007, with the tab covered by contributions often made by lobbyists and special interests to his congressional campaign committee and the Freedom Project, a "leadership committee" set up by Boehner to raise money for other Republican candidates.
How many middle class voters do you think Boehner saw at the Peninsular Beverly Hills or on any of those lobbyist funded golf trips? Probably zero.
For further review, check out the Data Center at Cincinnati.com for additional info on Boehner's campaign expenditures. The list is quite extensive and this is only a sampling---
Expenses: $88,922.60......Place: Cantina Marina....
Expenses: $60,893.98.....Place: Wetherington Golf & Country Club....
Expenses: $41,374.26.......Place: Muirfield Village Golf Club....
This all seems obscene considering the state of the economy.