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The Un-Kosher Congress

Sunday, July 11th, 2004

Tennesee Rep. Bill Jenkins chairs the House subcommittee that oversees tobacco farming. He also helped write, push, and pass the $9.6 billion buyout for tobacco farms that was part of the pork-laden corporate tax bill.

How convenient, then, that Jenkins himself owns a tobacco farm. And that the bill he helped draft and push through the house will land he and his wife a cool $55,000. In a day’s work, Jenkins netted himself more money from U.S. taxpayers than most of his constituents make in a year.

Congressmen are always quick to exempt themselves and their offices from most of the laws they pass. Funny how they forget to include those exemptions when the bill gives them a stall at the public trough.

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This entry was posted on Sunday, July 11th, 2004 at 9:16 am by Radley Balko and is filed under Uncategorized. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

4 Responses to “The Un-Kosher Congress”

  1. #1 |  Joshua Claybourn's Domain |  July 11th, 2004 at 10:44 am

    The Noble Congress

    From the Agitator:Tennesee Rep. Bill Jenkins chairs the House subcommittee that oversees tobacco farming. He also helped write, push, and

  2. #2 |  Frank N |  July 12th, 2004 at 7:24 am

    I feel sick. Very sick.

  3. #3 |  dvision |  July 12th, 2004 at 1:26 pm

    Throw the bums out!

  4. #4 |  van |  July 13th, 2004 at 4:13 pm

    I am embarassed to be from Tennessee, a “conservative state.”