Bob Murphy sends me an email to a link on some preliminary investigative work he has done on Congressmen who changed their vote from "no" to "yes" on TARP, and then lost their bid for re-election in 2008.
His focus at this point, and he is looking for help on this, is on whether any of these vote changers, who have lost their re-election bids, have gained any type of subsequent benefit from the financial sector.
If you are in an investigative mood, here is Murphy's preliminary work.
His focus at this point, and he is looking for help on this, is on whether any of these vote changers, who have lost their re-election bids, have gained any type of subsequent benefit from the financial sector.
If you are in an investigative mood, here is Murphy's preliminary work.
Look no further than ex-Sen. John Sununu (R-NH). He didn't switch his vote, but he has been taken care of since he went down in defeat probably due to his YES vote on TARP.
ReplyDeleteHe was given a seat on the Congressional Oversight Panel (COP) for the Troubled Asset Relief Program funds.
He was then appointed to the Board of Managers of ConvergEx Holdings, a holding company for BNY ConvergEx Group, an affiliate of Bank of New York Mellon, which holds a 33.8 percent stake in BNY ConvergEx Group.
Coincidence?