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LCV 11%  energy 0%

 </p><p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">=</font></p><p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1464970133028_83781" style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1464970133028_83780" style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px;"> quintet of House incumbents and challengers are far more reliant on the financial world to fuel their campaigns than most others running for a seat in that body — they’ve received twice as much from the securities and investment industry in the 2016 election cycle as they have from their next highest donor industry, OpenSecrets‘ Anomaly Tracker shows. A bipartisan bunch, they are: Reps. Seth Moulton (D-Mass.), <b>Scott Garrett (R-N.J.)</b> and David Jolly (R-Fla.) and candidates Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) and Andrew Heaney (R-N.Y.).<br style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px;" />The two non-incumbents have raised the most from the Wall Street-centered industry. That makes sense, considering they’re running to represent two of the country’s most prominent Valleys in the financial realm: Silicon and Hudson.<br style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px;" />Khanna, a former Obama administration official headed into a rematch in the California Democratic primary this month with Rep. Mike Honda (D-Calif.), has long projected himself as the new, young face that can represent Silicon Valley better than the Baby Boomer currently occupying the seat and collecting ethics complaints.</span></span><br style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" /><br style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" /><span style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px;">Click here to <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://opensecrets.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=aa7cf182bf7041258bb250f9d&id=4724d6b996&e=44dfb36771" style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; outline: none; background: transparent;">read the full article</a>.</span></span></font></p><p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"></font>

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<p style=" border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1.4em; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; max-width: 100%;"><b style=" max-width: 100%;"><span style=" background-color: #FFF200;">2.</span></b><span class="Apple-converted-space"><span style=" background-color: #FFF200;"> </span></span><b style=" max-width: 100%;"><span style=" background-color: #FFF200;">Regulatory Accountability Act.</span></b><span class="Apple-converted-space"><span style=" background-color: #FFF200;"> </span></span><span style=" background-color: #FFF200;">Would require agencies to conduct estimates of all the “indirect” costs and benefits of a proposed rule and to choose the least costly rule possible. It would then allow industry groups to sue if they think the rule was not the least costly.</span> “The legislation has no definition of what constitutes an indirect cost, or doesn’t, so there are no bounds,” says Amit Narang, regulatory policy advocate at Public Citizen. “Agencies would be on a goose chase because of that ambiguity.” This could lead to some pretty perverse and anti–free market outcomes. For example, if a rule incentivizes companies to shift their regulatory compliance paperwork online, that could be construed as imposing an indirect cost on paper companies that would lose business. This, of course, is technically true but completely at odds with a free-market approach that accepts there will be winners and losers from technological innovation. The least-costly provision could lead to rules so weak as to be utterly toothless. “Courts have found that the least costly manner of regulating asbestos could mean just providing warnings of the dangers of asbestos as opposed to actually removing it,” notes Narang. “Based on the history of adopting the least costly regulations to industries, they end up being the most costly to public safety and the environment.”

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<a class="name" href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/scott_garrett/400145" style=" box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgb(243, 241, 233); color: rgb(203, 75, 22); text-decoration: underline; font-family: Calluna; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 21.428571701049805px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial initial;">Rep. Scott Garrett [R-NJ5]</a></p>

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<h2><span style=" font-size: large;">Corporate bosses are the radicals</span></h2>

<div class="info"> By <a href="http://www.hightowerlowdown.org/blog/7">Jim Hightower</a><em> - Sun., 6/9/13</em>

</a><div class="content"><a class="addthis_button" href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=300&pubid=jimhightower">

</a><p><a class="addthis_button" href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=300&pubid=jimhightower"><b><span style=" color: #ED1C24;">"Outside radical groups!" </span></b>squawked Rep. Scott Garrett at a recent Republican inquisition into a citizens' petition presented to the Securities and Exchange Commission.</a>

Garrett is foaming at the mouth on behalf of corporate chieftains who're pouring unlimited (and untold) amounts of their shareholders' money into our elections. More than 500,000 citizens signed this petition asserting that shareholders have a right to be told how much of their money is being spent on behalf of which candidates.

Who are these scary citizens, considered such a threat to corporate power that a Congress critter is tarring them publicly as outside radicals? They're professors from leading law schools, state and national elected officials, pension fund directors, public interest advocates, and corporate shareholders. Not exactly outsiders, much less radicals.

And that's what makes them so dangerous to the autocratic elites who run corporations as their own fiefdoms. Top executives want no accountability for the hundreds-of-millions of shareholder dollars they're spending to elect corporate lickspittles like Garrett. Don't question us, they demand, just trust us.

Uh... no. Far from earn- ing trust, they've already wrecked our economy and betrayed our nation's egalitarian ideals. Now they want free reign to pervert America's democratic process with clandestine election campaigns secretly financed with other people's money.</p>

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<a class="addthis_button" href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=300&pubid=jimhightower">These kleptocrats are the real radicals. Public Citizen is leading an effort to disclose their thievery, and ultimately to outlaw it, and return elections to the people. Check it out at </a><a href="http://www.citizen.org" target="_blank">www.citizen.org</a>.</p>

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<table id="topContrib" class="tablesorter"><tbody><tr class="rowTint"><td>ACA International</td><td class="number">$56,000</td><td class="number">$2,500</td><td class="number">$53,500</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td style=" height: 13px;">Computer Crafts</td><td class="number" style=" height: 13px;">$55,850</td><td class="number" style=" height: 13px;">$55,850</td><td class="number" style=" height: 13px;">$0</td></tr><tr class="rowTint"><td style=" height: 33px;">Wachtell, Lipton et al</td><td class="number" style=" height: 33px;">$55,450</td><td class="number" style=" height: 33px;">$55,450</td><td class="number" style=" height: 33px;">$0</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td>Elliott Management</td><td class="number">$55,100</td><td class="number">$55,100</td><td class="number">$0</td></tr><tr class="rowTint"><td>Bank of America</td><td class="number">$52,150</td><td class="number">$3,650</td><td class="number">$48,500</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td>Citigroup Inc</td><td class="number">$50,952</td><td class="number">$29,952</td><td class="number">$21,000</td></tr><tr class="rowTint"><td>KPMG LLP</td><td class="number">$50,450</td><td class="number">$5,950</td><td class="number">$44,500</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td>Indep Insurance Agents & Brokers/America</td><td class="number">$47,000</td><td class="number">$0</td><td class="number">$47,000</td></tr><tr class="rowTint"><td>National Assn of Home Builders</td><td class="number">$46,000</td><td class="number">$0</td><td class="number">$46,000</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td>National Beer Wholesalers Assn</td><td class="number">$45,500</td><td class="number">$0</td><td class="number">$45,500</td></tr><tr class="rowTint"><td>Right To Life</td><td class="number">$45,325</td><td class="number">$0</td><td class="number">$45,325</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td>UBS AG</td><td class="number">$44,850</td><td class="number">$12,350</td><td class="number">$32,500</td></tr><tr class="rowTint"><td>Associated Builders & Contractors</td><td class="number">$43,500</td><td class="number">$0</td><td class="number">$43,500</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td>PricewaterhouseCoopers</td><td class="number">$42,975</td><td class="number">$3,475</td><td class="number">$39,500</td></tr><tr class="rowTint"><td>NorPAC</td><td class="number">$41,700</td><td class="number">$15,000</td><td class="number">$26,700</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td>BASF Corp</td><td class="number">$41,000</td><td class="number">$500</td><td class="number">$40,500</td></tr><tr class="rowTint"><td>New York Life Insurance</td><td class="number">$40,250</td><td class="number">$250</td><td class="number">$40,000</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td>National Auto Dealers Assn</td><td class="number">$38,000</td><td class="number">$0</td><td class="number">$38,000</td></tr><tr class="rowTint"><td>Credit Union National Assn</td><td class="number">$35,500</td><td class="number">$0</td><td class="number">$35,500</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td>Sidley Austin LLP</td><td class="number">$35,400</td><td class="number">$25,400</td><td class="number">$10,000</td></tr></tbody></table>

<table id="topIndus" class="datadisplay"><tbody><tr class="rowTint"><td>Securities & Investment</td><td class="number">$1,116,937</td></tr><tr><td>Insurance</td><td class="number">$664,291</td></tr><tr class="rowTint"><td>Real Estate</td><td class="number">$428,722</td></tr><tr><td>Retired</td><td class="number">$415,297</td></tr><tr class="rowTint"><td>Lawyers/Law Firms</td><td class="number">$408,900</td></tr><tr><td>Commercial Banks</td><td class="number">$317,899</td></tr><tr class="rowTint"><td>Leadership PACs</td><td class="number">$278,944</td></tr><tr><td>Misc Finance</td><td class="number">$233,260</td></tr><tr class="rowTint"><td>Republican/Conservative</td><td class="number">$221,496</td></tr><tr><td>Accountants</td><td class="number">$198,067</td></tr><tr class="rowTint"><td>Lobbyists</td><td class="number">$183,092</td></tr><tr><td>Oil & Gas</td><td class="number">$173,500</td></tr><tr class="rowTint"><td>Finance/Credit Companies</td><td class="number">$161,200</td></tr><tr><td>Business Services</td><td class="number">$153,155</td></tr><tr class="rowTint"><td>Health Professionals</td><td class="number">$141,970</td></tr><tr><td>Pharmaceuticals/Health Products</td><td class="number">$119,870</td></tr><tr class="rowTint"><td>Computers/Internet</td><td class="number">$117,550</td></tr><tr><td>Automotive</td><td class="number">$109,900</td></tr><tr class="rowTint"><td>Abortion Policy/Anti-Abortion</td><td class="number">$101,631</td></tr><tr><td>Pro-Israel</td><td class="number">$91,550</td></tr></tbody></table>

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<h1 class="ruleAbove"><a id="sec" name="sec"> </a>Sector Totals</h1>

<table id="topSect" class="datadisplay"><tbody><tr class="rowTint"><th>Sector</th><th>Total</th><th>PACs</th><th>Indivs</th></tr><tr><td>Agribusiness</td><td class="number">$81,225</td><td class="number">$42,500</td><td class="number">$38,725</td></tr><tr class="rowTint"><td>Communications/Electronics</td><td class="number">$290,079</td><td class="number">$110,750</td><td class="number">$179,329</td></tr><tr><td>Construction</td><td class="number">$276,439</td><td class="number">$140,039</td><td class="number">$136,400</td></tr><tr class="rowTint"><td>Defense</td><td class="number">$72,400</td><td class="number">$56,600</td><td class="number">$15,800</td></tr><tr><td>Energy & Natural Resources</td><td class="number">$301,372</td><td class="number">$182,750</td><td class="number">$118,622</td></tr><tr class="rowTint"><td>Finance, Insurance & Real Estate</td><td class="number">$3,235,445</td><td class="number">$1,804,097</td><td class="number">$1,431,348</td></tr><tr><td>Health</td><td class="number">$383,335</td><td class="number">$151,120</td><td class="number">$232,215</td></tr><tr class="rowTint"><td>Lawyers & Lobbyists</td><td class="number">$591,992</td><td class="number">$91,750</td><td class="number">$500,242</td></tr><tr><td>Transportation</td><td class="number">$199,049</td><td class="number">$115,249</td><td class="number">$83,800</td></tr><tr class="rowTint"><td>Misc Business</td><td class="number">$625,991</td><td class="number">$220,900</td><td class="number">$405,091</td></tr><tr><td>Labor</td><td class="number">$11,500</td><td class="number">$11,500</td><td class="number">$0</td></tr><tr class="rowTint"><td>Ideological/Single-Issue</td><td class="number">$830,137</td><td class="number">$606,092</td><td class="number">$224,045</td></tr><tr><td>Other</td><td class="number">$482,197</td><td class="number">$0</td><td class="number">$482,197</td></tr></tbody></table>

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<span class="style31"><strong><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="4">In 2002, Scott Garrett ran as a moderate, mainstream Republican. Two years in Congress have proven that nothing could be further from the truth.</font></strong></span>

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<table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="3" width="100%"><tbody><tr bgcolor="eeeeee" valign="top"><td class="style4" width="50%"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><span class="style21"><a id="women" name="women"><strong>Against Women's Rights!</strong></a> The <a href="http://www.aauw.org/takeaction/Voting_record_108th.pdf" target="blank">American Association of University Women</a> gives Garrett a rating of 0. However, the extremist <a href="http://www.vote-smart.org/issue_rating_detail.php?sig_id=002901M" target="blank">"Concerned Women for America"</a> gives Garrett a rating of 100.</span></font></td><td><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><span class="style4"><a name="environment" id="environment"><strong><span style=" background-color: #FFF200;">Enemy of the Environment! </span></strong></a><a href="http://www.vote-smart.org/issue_rating_category.php?can_id=BS022393#Environmental%2BIssues" target="blank"><span style=" background-color: #FFF200;">Environmental groups</span></a><span style=" background-color: #FFF200;"> give Garrett a rating of 10 or less, the worst environmental record of </span><em><span style=" background-color: #FFF200;">any politician in America</span></em><span style=" background-color: #FFF200;"> since such ratings were introduced in the 1970's.</span></span></font></td></tr><tr bgcolor="dddddd" valign="top"><td class="storyLeft style10 style9 style13" width="50%"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><a id="minority" name="minority"><strong>Against Civil Rights! </strong></a><a href="http://www.vote-smart.org/issue_rating_category.php?can_id=BS022393#Civil%2BRights" target="blank">2 of the 3 largest civil rights groups in America</a> give Garrett a rating of 0.</font></td><td><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><span class="style4"><a id="develop" name="develop"><strong>Pro-Development and Against Wildlife! </strong></a><a href="http://www.vote-smart.org/issue_rating_category.php?can_id=BS022393#Animal%2BRights%2Band%2BWildlife%2BIssues" target="blank">Wildlife groups</a> give Garrett a rating of 11.</span></font></td></tr><tr bgcolor="eeeeee" valign="top"><td class="storyLeft style10 style9 style13" width="50%"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><a id="right" name="right"><strong>Far to the Right of New Jersey! </strong></a><a href="http://www.cc.org/2003scorecard.pdf" target="blank">The extremist right wing Christian Coalition</a> gives Garrett a rating of 100. (0-100)</font></td><td><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><span class="style21"><a id="educate" name="educate"><strong>Against Education!</strong></a> The <a href="http://capwiz.com/nea/scorecard/?chamber=H&session=1081&x=11&y=13#NJ" target="blank">National Education Association</a> gives Garrett a rating of 17.</span></font></td></tr><tr bgcolor="dddddd" valign="top"><td class="storyLeft style10 style9 style13" width="50%"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><a name="israel" id="israel"><strong>Commitment to Middle East Peace?</strong></a> <a href="http://www.vote-smart.org/issue_rating_category.php?can_id=BS022393#Foreign%2BAid%2Band%2BPolicy%2BIssues" target="blank">Jews for Peace in Palestine and Israel</a> (JPPI) gives Garrett a rating of minus 2 on a scale of minus 7 to plus 9.</font></td><td><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><a id="womenchoice" name="womenchoice"><strong>Against a Woman's Right to Choose!</strong></a> <a href="http://www.vote-smart.org/issue_rating_detail.php?sig_id=002931M" target="blank">NARAL</a> and <a href="http://www.ppaction.org/ppvotes/person-vote.html?person_id=3736" target="blank">Planned Parenthood</a> give Scott Garrett a rating of 0.</font></td></tr><tr bgcolor="eeeeee" valign="top"><td class="storyLeft style10 style9 style13" width="50%"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><a id="guns" name="guns"><strong>Pro Assault Weapons!</strong></a> The <a href="http://www.bradycampaign.org/facts/scorecard/scorecard.php?indh=248" target="_blank">Brady Campaign to Stop Gun Violence</a> gives Garrett a rating of 0.</font></td><td><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><span class="style21"><a id="labor" name="labor"><strong>Against Working Families!</strong></a> <a href="http://www.vote-smart.org/issue_rating_category.php?can_id=BS022393#Labor">Every major labor union in America</a> gives Scott Garrett a below 30 rating.</span></font></td></tr></tbody></table>

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<h4>Conservative</h4>

<table><tbody><tr><td>2012</td><td><a href="http://votesmart.org/interest-group/1481/rating/6734">American Conservative Union - Lifetime Score</a></td><td>100%</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td>2012</td><td><a href="http://votesmart.org/interest-group/1481/rating/6733">American Conservative Union - Ratings of Congress</a></td><td>100%</td></tr><tr><td>2011-2012</td><td><a href="http://votesmart.org/interest-group/2061/rating/6513">Heritage Action for America - Positions</a></td><td>90%</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td>2011</td><td><a href="http://votesmart.org/interest-group/1481/rating/5997">American Conservative Union - Lifetime Score</a></td><td>100%</td></tr><tr><td>2011</td><td><a href="http://votesmart.org/interest-group/1481/rating/5996">American Conservative Union - Positions</a></td><td>96%</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td>2011</td><td><a href="http://votesmart.org/interest-group/134/rating/5981">Concerned Women for America - Positions</a></td><td>96%</td></tr><tr><td>2011</td><td><a href="http://votesmart.org/interest-group/1513/rating/5990">Eagle Forum - Positions</a></td><td>76%</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td>2011</td><td><a href="http://votesmart.org/interest-group/2061/rating/6261">Heritage Action for America - Positions (House Only)</a></td><td>100%</td></tr><tr><td>2011</td><td><a href="http://votesmart.org/interest-group/1868/rating/5947">National Journal - Liberal Composite Score</a></td><td>31%</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td>2011</td><td><a href="http://votesmart.org/interest-group/1868/rating/5952">National Journal - Conservative on Economic Policy Score</a></td><td>55%</td></tr><tr><td>2011</td><td><a href="http://votesmart.org/interest-group/1868/rating/5949">National Journal - Liberal on Social Policy</a></td><td>0%</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td>2011</td><td><a href="http://votesmart.org/interest-group/1868/rating/5950">National Journal - Liberal on Foreign Policy Score</a></td><td>38%</td></tr><tr><td>2011</td><td><a href="http://votesmart.org/interest-group/1868/rating/5951">National Journal - Liberal on Economic Policy Score</a></td><td>45%</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td>2011</td><td><a href="http://votesmart.org/interest-group/1868/rating/5946">National Journal - Conservative Composite Score</a></td><td>69%</td></tr><tr><td>2011</td><td><a href="http://votesmart.org/interest-group/1868/rating/5953">National Journal - Conservative on Foreign Policy Score</a></td><td>60%</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td>2011</td><td><a href="http://votesmart.org/interest-group/1868/rating/5948">National Journal - Conservative on Social Policy Score</a></td><td>100%</td></tr><tr><td>2011</td><td><a href="http://votesmart.org/interest-group/1734/rating/6020">The Club for Growth - Positions</a></td><td>99%</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td>2011</td><td><a href="http://votesmart.org/interest-group/1627/rating/6276">The John Birch Society - Positions (Spring-Summer)</a></td><td>90%</td></tr><tr><td>2011</td><td><a href="http://votesmart.org/interest-group/1627/rating/6279">The John Birch Society - Positions (Summer-Fall)</a></td><td>85%</td></tr></tbody></table>

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<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Scott_Garrett">http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Scott_Garrett</a></p>

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<b>E. Scott Garrett</b>, a <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Republican_Party_U.S.A." title="Republican Party U.S.A." class="mw-redirect">Republican</a>, has represented the Fifth Congressional District of District of <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Category:Members_of_the_U.S.Congress_from_New_Jersey" title="Category:Members of the U.S. Congress from New Jersey">New Jersey</a> in the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/U.S.House_of_Representatives" title="U.S. House of Representatives" class="mw-redirect">U.S. House of Representatives</a> since 2003 (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/images/preview/congdist/nj05_109.gif">map</a>).</p>

<h2>Contents</h2>

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<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Scott_Garrett#Record_and_controversies"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Record and controversies</span></a>

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<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-3"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Scott_Garrett#Environmental_record"><span class="tocnumber">1.2</span> <span class="toctext">Environmental record</span></a></li>

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<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Scott_Garrett#Congressional_career"><span class="tocnumber">2.1</span> <span class="toctext">Congressional career</span></a>

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<li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-6"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Scott_Garrett#2006_elections"><span class="tocnumber">2.1.1</span> <span class="toctext">2006 elections</span></a></li>

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<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-7"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Scott_Garrett#Money_in_politics"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Money in politics</span></a></li>

<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-8"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Scott_Garrett#Committees_and_Affiliations"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Committees and Affiliations</span></a>

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<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-9"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Scott_Garrett#Committees"><span class="tocnumber">4.1</span> <span class="toctext">Committees</span></a>

<ul>

<li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-10"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Scott_Garrett#Committee_assignments_in_the_109th_Congress_.282005-2006.29"><span class="tocnumber">4.1.1</span> <span class="toctext">Committee assignments in the 109th Congress (2005-2006)</span></a></li>

</ul>

</li>

</ul>

</li>

<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-11"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Scott_Garrett#More_Background_Data"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">More Background Data</span></a></li>

<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-12"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Scott_Garrett#Contact"><span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">Contact</span></a></li>

<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-13"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Scott_Garrett#Articles_and_Resources"><span class="tocnumber">7</span> <span class="toctext">Articles and Resources</span></a>

<ul>

<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-14"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Scott_Garrett#Local_blogs_and_discussion_sites"><span class="tocnumber">7.1</span> <span class="toctext">Local blogs and discussion sites</span></a></li>

</ul>

</li>

</ul>

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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Record_and_controversies">Record and controversies</span></h2>

<div style=" margin: 0.5em 0.75em 0.5em 0.75em; border-collapse: collapse; background: #dce8f8; border: 1px solid #5c79b5; padding: .25em .25em 0.25em .25em;"><span>General information about important bills and votes for can be found in Congresspedia's <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Category:U.S._legislation" title="Category:U.S. legislation">articles on legislation</a>. You can add information you find on how Scott Garrett voted by clicking the "[edit]" link to the right and typing it in. Remember to <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Help:References" title="Help:References">cite your sources</a>!</span></div>

<div style=" margin: 0.5em 0.75em 0.5em 0.75em; border-collapse: collapse; background: #dce8f8; border: 1px solid #5c79b5; padding: .25em .25em 0.25em .25em;"><span>For more information see the chart of <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/U.S._House_of_Representatives_votes_on_the_Iraq_War" title="U.S. House of Representatives votes on the Iraq War">U.S. House of Representatives votes on the Iraq War</a>.</span></div>

<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Environmental_record">Environmental record</span></h3>

<p><i>For more information on environmental legislation, see the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Portal:Energy_and_Environment_Policy_%28U.S.%29" title="Portal:Energy and Environment Policy (U.S.)">Energy and Environment Policy Portal</a></i></p>

<p>Garrett was born July 9, 1959 in Englewood, New Jersey. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Montclair State University in 1981 and a J.D. from Rutgers School of Law in Camden in 1984.

Prior to being elected to the House, Garrett served in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Jersey_General_Assembly" class="extiw" title="w:New Jersey General Assembly">New Jersey General Assembly</a> (the lower house of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Jersey_Legislature" class="extiw" title="w:New Jersey Legislature">New Jersey Legislature</a>) from 1990 to 2002 representing the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Jersey_Legislature#District_24" class="extiw" title="w:New Jersey Legislature">24th legislative district</a>, covering all of Sussex County and several municipalities in Morris and Hunterdon counties.</p>

<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Congressional_career">Congressional career</span></h3>

<p>He made two previous runs for the 5th District seat in the Republican primary, but was defeated each time by longtime incumbent <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Marge_Roukema&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Marge Roukema (page does not exist)">Marge Roukema</a>. When Roukema decided not to seek a 12th term in 2002, Garrett ran for and won the Republican nomination despite Roukema endorsing his major opponent. He faced Anne Sumers, a former Republican turned Democrat, in the general election. Sumers' chances decreased significantly after she made several ill-advised comments about the U.S.-Taliban conflict on an Internet message board, and Garrett won in a rout. He was reelected almost as easily in 2004 with 58% of the vote. He declined to debate <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Anne_Wolfe&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Anne Wolfe (page does not exist)">Anne Wolfe</a>, his Democratic opponent, several times.

Garrett is one of the most conservative Republicans to represent New Jersey in Congress in a long time. He has the highest rating from the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Conservative_Union" title="American Conservative Union">American Conservative Union</a> of any congressman from the Northeast, at a perfect 100.</p>

<h4><span class="mw-headline" id="2006_elections">2006 elections</span></h4>

<p>In 2006, the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Democratic_Party" title="Democratic Party" class="mw-redirect">Democrats</a> nominated <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Paul_Aronsohn&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Paul Aronsohn (page does not exist)">Paul Aronsohn</a> to face Garrett in his November 2006 bid for reelection. (See <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/U.S._congressional_elections_in_2006" title="U.S. congressional elections in 2006" class="mw-redirect">U.S. congressional elections in 2006</a>) <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://opensecrets.org/states/election.asp?State=NJ&year=2006">[1]</a> Garrett retained his seat.</p>

<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Money_in_politics">Money in politics</span></h2>

<p>This section contains links to – and feeds from – money in politics databases. <crpcontribdata>cid=N00000743&cycle=2006</crpcontribdata></p>

<table class="prettytable"><tbody><tr><th colspan="3">Links to more campaign contribution information for Scott Garrett

from the Center for Responsive Politics' <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.opensecrets.org">OpenSecrets.org</a> site.</th></tr><tr><td>Fundraising profile:</td><td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.asp?cycle=2006&cid=N00000743">2006 election cycle</a></td><td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/allsummary.asp?cid=N00000743">Career totals</a></td></tr><tr><td>Top contributors by organization/corporation:</td><td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/contrib.asp?cycle=2006&cid=N00000743">2006 election cycle</a></td><td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/allcontrib.asp?cid=N00000743">Career totals</a></td></tr><tr><td>Top contributors by industry:</td><td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/indus.asp?cycle=2006&cid=N00000743">2006 election cycle</a></td><td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/allindus.asp?cid=N00000743">Career totals</a></td></tr></tbody></table>

<ul>

<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.opensecrets.org/revolving/search_result.asp?mem=Garrett%2C+Scott">Revolving door profile for Scott Garrett</a> from the Center for Responsive Politics' <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.OpenSecrets.org">OpenSecrets.org</a> website.</li>

<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/travel.asp?CID=N00000743">2006 privately funded travel profile for Scott Garrett</a> from the Center for Responsive Politics' <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.OpenSecrets.org">OpenSecrets.org</a> website.</li>

<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.opensecrets.org/pfds/candlook.php?CID=N00000743">Personal finance profile for Scott Garrett</a> from the Center for Responsive Politics' <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.OpenSecrets.org">OpenSecrets.org</a> website.</li>

</ul>

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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Committees_and_Affiliations">Committees and Affiliations</span></h2>

<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Committees">Committees</span></h3>

<ul>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/House_Committee_on_Financial_Services" title="House Committee on Financial Services">House Committee on Financial Services</a>

<ul>

<li>Subcommitee on Capital Markets, Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises</li>

<li>Subcommitee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit</li>

<li>Subcommitee on Housing and Community Opportunity</li>

</ul>

</li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/House_Committee_on_Budget" title="House Committee on Budget">House Committee on Budget</a></li>

</ul>

<h4><span class="mw-headline" id="Committee_assignments_in_the_109th_Congress_.282005-2006.29">Committee assignments in the 109th Congress (2005-2006)</span></h4>

<ul>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/House_Committee_on_Budget" title="House Committee on Budget">House Committee on Budget</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/House_Committee_on_Financial_Services" title="House Committee on Financial Services">House Committee on Financial Services</a>

<ul>

<li>Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit</li>

<li>Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations</li>

</ul>

</li>

</ul>

<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="More_Background_Data">More Background Data</span></h2>

<ul>

<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.vote-smart.org/bio.php?can_id=BS022393">Background information on Scott Garrett from Project Vote Smart</a></li>

</ul>

<ul>

<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.vote-smart.org/issue_rating_category.php?can_id=BS022393">Interest group scorecard ratings for Scott Garrett from Project Vote Smart</a></li>

</ul>

<ul>

<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/g000548">Voting record for Scott Garrett from the Washington Post database</a></li>

</ul>

<ul>

<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.congressmerge.com/onlinedb/cgi-bin/newmemberbio.cgi?lang=&member=NJ05&site=congressmerge">Information on Scott Garrett from Congress Merge</a></li>

<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.vis.org/candlist/Candidates.aspx?pid=273">2006 New Jersey CD 5 Candidate List from VIS</a></li>

</ul>

<p><i><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia">Wikipedia</a> also has an article on <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Garrett">Scott Garrett</a>. This article may use content from the Wikipedia article under the terms of the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GFDL">GFDL</a>.</i></p>

<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Contact">Contact</span></h2>

<p><b>DC Office:</b>

1318 Longworth House Office Building

Washington, DC 20515

Phone: 202-225-4465

Fax: 202-225-9048

<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.house.gov/garrett/contact.shtml">Web Email</a>

<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.house.gov/garrett/">Website</a>

<b>District Office- Newton:</b>

93 Main Street

Newton, NJ 07860

Phone: 973-300-2000

Fax: 973-300-1051

<b>District Office- Paramus:</b>

210 Route 4 East, Suite 206

Paramus, NJ 07652

Phone: 201-712-0330

Fax: 201-712-0930

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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Articles_and_Resources">Articles and Resources</span></h2>

<ul>

<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.house.gov/garrett/">Official website</a></li>

<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.garrettforcongress.com">Campaign website</a></li>

<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000548">bioguide.congress.gov Official bio for Scott Garrett</a></li>

<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.DumpGarrett.com">Criticism of Scott Garrett</a></li>

<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://opensecrets.org/races/index.asp">Open Secrets</a> - 2006 congressional races database</li>

</ul>

<h4><span class="mw-headline" id="Local_blogs_and_discussion_sites">Local blogs and discussion sites</span></h4>

<ul>

<li><i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.bluejersey.net/frontPage.do">Blue Jersey</a></i></li>

</ul>

<p><b>Corresponding article on <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Garrett">Wikipedia</a> and <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.causecaller.com/wiki/Scott_Garrett">Cause Caller</a>. (If Cause Caller link does not work, pick from its list of <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.causecaller.com/wiki/Senator">senators</a> and <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.causecaller.com/wiki/Representative">representatives</a>.)</b></p>

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<h4>Energy</h4>

<table><tbody><tr><td>2007-2008</td><td><a href="http://votesmart.org/interest-group/1865/rating/4699">Alliance to Stop the War on the Poor - Positions on Affordable Energy</a></td><td>94%</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td>2007</td><td><a href="http://votesmart.org/interest-group/1867/rating/4696">Consumer Alliance for Energy Security - Positions</a></td><td>100%</td></tr><tr><td>2007</td><td><a href="http://votesmart.org/interest-group/1833/rating/5935">League of Women Voters - Energy Score</a></td><td>0%</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td>2005-2006</td><td><a href="http://votesmart.org/interest-group/1359/rating/3500">Campaign for America's Future - Energy Score</a></td><td>0%</td></tr></tbody></table>

</div>

<li class="public-statements-icon"><a title="Public Statements" href="http://votesmart.org/candidate/public-statements/4430/scott-garrett/83/entitlements-and-the-safety-net">Public Statements</a></li>

<li class="key-votes-icon"><a title="Key Votes" href="http://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/4430/scott-garrett/83/entitlements-and-the-safety-net">Key Votes</a></li>

</ul>

<h4>Entitlements and the Safety Net</h4>

<table><tbody><tr><td>2011</td><td><a href="http://votesmart.org/interest-group/959/rating/5956">Alliance for Retired Americans - Positions</a></td><td>0%</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td>2009</td><td><a href="http://votesmart.org/interest-group/959/rating/4880">Alliance for Retired Americans - Lifetime Score</a></td><td>7%</td></tr><tr><td>2009</td><td><a href="http://votesmart.org/interest-group/959/rating/4879">Alliance for Retired Americans - Positions</a></td><td>0%</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td>2008</td><td><a href="http://votesmart.org/interest-group/959/rating/4477">Alliance for Retired Americans - Lifetime Score</a></td><td>9%</td></tr><tr><td>2008</td><td><a href="http://votesmart.org/interest-group/959/rating/4475">Alliance for Retired Americans - Positions</a></td><td>10%</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td>2007</td><td><a href="http://votesmart.org/interest-group/959/rating/3961">Alliance for Retired Americans - Positions</a></td><td>10%</td></tr><tr><td>2006</td><td><a href="http://votesmart.org/interest-group/959/rating/3701">Alliance for Retired Americans - Positions</a></td><td>10%</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td>2005</td><td><a href="http://votesmart.org/interest-group/959/rating/3217">Alliance for Retired Americans - Positions</a></td><td>0%</td></tr><tr><td>2004</td><td><a href="http://votesmart.org/interest-group/959/rating/713">Alliance for Retired Americans - Positions</a></td><td>0%</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td>2003</td><td><a href="http://votesmart.org/interest-group/959/rating/2480">Alliance for Retired Americans - Positions</a></td><td>20%</td></tr></tbody></table>

</div>

<li class="public-statements-icon"><a title="Public Statements" href="http://votesmart.org/candidate/public-statements/4430/scott-garrett/30/environment">Public Statements</a></li>

<li class="key-votes-icon"><a title="Key Votes" href="http://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/4430/scott-garrett/30/environment">Key Votes</a></li>

</ul>

<h4>Environment</h4>

<table><tbody><tr><td>2011-2012</td><td><a href="http://votesmart.org/interest-group/1834/rating/6000">Irregular Times/Progressive Patriots/That's My Congress - Conservative Action Score</a></td><td>72%</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td>2011-2012</td><td><a href="http://votesmart.org/interest-group/1834/rating/5999">Irregular Times/Progressive Patriots/That's My Congress - Liberal Action Score</a></td><td>9%</td></tr><tr><td>2011-2012</td><td><a href="http://votesmart.org/interest-group/1834/rating/5998">Irregular Times/Progressive Patriots/That's My Congress - Net Congressional Score</a></td><td>19%</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td>2011</td><td><a href="http://votesmart.org/interest-group/1826/rating/6161">Environment America - Positions</a></td><td>3%</td></tr><tr><td>2011</td><td><a href="http://votesmart.org/interest-group/1012/rating/5944">League of Conservation Voters - Positions</a></td><td>9%</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td>2011</td><td><a href="http://votesmart.org/interest-group/1012/rating/5945">League of Conservation Voters - Lifetime Score</a></td><td>11%</td></tr><tr><td>2011</td><td><a href="http://votesmart.org/interest-group/657/rating/6046">Sierra Club - Positions on Clean Water (House Only)</a></td><td>0%</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td>2010</td><td><a href="http://votesmart.org/interest-group/1012/rating/5738">League of Conservation Voters - Positions</a></td><td>0%</td></tr><tr><td>2010</td><td><a href="http://votesmart.org/interest-group/1012/rating/5739">League of Conservation Voters - Lifetime Score</a></td><td>12%</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td>2009-2010</td><td><a href="http://votesmart.org/interest-group/1834/rating/6582">Irregular Times/Progressive Patriots/That's My Congress - Progressive Action Score</a></td><td>6%</td></tr><tr><td>2009-2010</td><td><a href="http://votesmart.org/interest-group/1834/rating/6584">Irregular Times/Progressive Patriots/That's My Congress - Net Congressional Score</a></td><td>20%</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td>2009-2010</td><td><a href="http://votesmart.org/interest-group/1834/rating/6583">Irregular Times/Progressive Patriots/That's My Congress - Regressive Action Score</a></td><td>67</td></tr><tr><td>2009-2010</td><td><a href="http://votesmart.org/interest-group/1012/rating/5737">League of Conservation Voters - Positions</a></td><td>0%</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td>2009</td><td><a href="http://votesmart.org/interest-group/664/rating/5068">ConservAmerica - Positions</a></td><td>6</td></tr><tr><td>2009</td><td><a href="http://votesmart.org/interest-group/1826/rating/4874">Environment America - Positions</a></td><td>20%</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td>2009</td><td><a href="http://votesmart.org/interest-group/1012/rating/4764">League of Conservation Voters - Positions</a></td><td>0%</td></tr><tr><td>2008-2011</td><td><a href="http://votesmart.org/interest-group/2136/rating/6505">Global Exchange - Percent Loyalty to Finance, Insurance, Real Estate Lobby</a></td><td>86%</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td>2008</td><td><a href="http://votesmart.org/interest-group/1826/rating/4170">Environment America - Positions</a></td><td>8%</td></tr><tr><td>2007-2008</td><td><a href="http://votesmart.org/interest-group/664/rating/4411">ConservAmerica - Positions</a></td><td>16</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td>2007-2008</td><td><a href="http://votesmart.org/interest-group/109/rating/4485">Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund - Positions</a></td><td>13%</td></tr><tr><td>2007-2008</td><td><a href="http://votesmart.org/interest-group/1012/rating/4320">League of Conservation Voters - Positions</a></td><td>15%</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td>2007</td><td><a href="http://votesmart.org/interest-group/664/rating/3974">ConservAmerica - Positions</a></td><td>20</td></tr><tr><td>2007</td><td><a href="http://votesmart.org/interest-group/109/rating/3939">Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund - Positions</a></td><td>20%</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td>2007</td><td><a href="http://votesmart.org/interest-group/1012/rating/3917">League of Conservation Voters - First Session Score</a></td><td>20%</td></tr><tr><td>2007</td><td><a href="http://votesmart.org/interest-group/916/rating/4109">League of Private Property Voters - Land Rights Advocacy Score</a></td><td>83</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td>2006</td><td><a href="http://votesmart.org/interest-group/1702/rating/3639">American Wind Energy Association - Positions</a></td><td>100%</td></tr><tr><td>2006</td><td><a href="http://votesmart.org/interest-group/664/rating/3629">ConservAmerica - Positions</a></td><td>33</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td>2006</td><td><a href="http://votesmart.org/interest-group/1012/rating/3521">League of Conservation Voters - Positions</a></td><td>25%</td></tr><tr><td>2006</td><td><a href="http://votesmart.org/interest-group/916/rating/3429">League of Private Property Voters - Positions</a></td><td>100%</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td>2005-2006</td><td><a href="http://votesmart.org/interest-group/934/rating/3601">American Lands Alliance - Positions</a></td><td>11%</td></tr><tr><td>2005-2006</td><td><a href="http://votesmart.org/interest-group/1081/rating/3542">American Wilderness Coalition - Positions</a></td><td>16%</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td>2005-2006</td><td><a href="http://votesmart.org/interest-group/109/rating/3574">Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund - Positions</a></td><td>10%</td></tr><tr><td>2005-2006</td><td><a href="http://votesmart.org/interest-group/1716/rating/3681">Partnership for America - Positions</a></td><td>87%</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td>2005</td><td><a href="http://votesmart.org/interest-group/1081/rating/3102">American Wilderness Coalition - Positions</a></td><td>0%</td></tr><tr><td>2005</td><td><a href="http://votesmart.org/interest-group/664/rating/3214">ConservAmerica - Positions</a></td><td>17</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td>2005</td><td><a href="http://votesmart.org/interest-group/1012/rating/3154">League of Conservation Voters - Positions</a></td><td>11%</td></tr><tr><td>2005</td><td><a href="http://votesmart.org/interest-group/916/rating/3281">League of Private Property Voters - Positions</a></td><td>100%</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td>2004</td><td><a href="http://votesmart.org/interest-group/109/rating/3080">Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund - Positions</a></td><td>40%</td></tr><tr><td>2004</td><td><a href="http://votesmart.org/interest-group/916/rating/2514">League of Private Property Voters - Positions</a></td><td>82%</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td>2003-2004</td><td><a href="http://votesmart.org/interest-group/934/rating/2928">American Lands Alliance - Positions</a></td><td>10%</td></tr><tr><td>2003-2004</td><td><a href="http://votesmart.org/interest-group/1081/rating/2230">American Wilderness Coalition - Positions</a></td><td>18%</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td>2003-2004</td><td><a href="http://votesmart.org/interest-group/1012/rating/2931">League of Conservation Voters - Positions</a></td><td>13%</td></tr><tr><td>2003-2004</td><td><a href="http://votesmart.org/interest-group/922/rating/2986">National Parks Conservation Association - Positions</a></td><td>17%</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td>2003</td><td><a href="http://votesmart.org/interest-group/934/rating/2533">American Lands Alliance - Positions</a></td><td>0%</td></tr><tr><td>2003</td><td><a href="http://votesmart.org/interest-group/109/rating/3081">Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund - Positions</a></td><td>7%</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td>2003</td><td><a href="http://votesmart.org/interest-group/1012/rating/2488">League of Conservation Voters - Positions</a></td><td>10%</td></tr><tr><td>2003</td><td><a href="http://votesmart.org/interest-group/916/rating/2493">League of Private Property Voters - Positions</a></td><td>92%</td></tr></tbody></table>

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"Outside radical groups," squawked Rep. Scott Garrett at a recent Republican inquisition into a <b>citizens' petition that's been submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission.</b>

Garrett is foaming at the mouth on behalf of corporate chieftains who're pouring unlimited (and untold) amounts of their shareholders' money into our elections. The great majority of Americans agree that, at the very least, shareholders have a right to be told how much of their money is being spent on behalf of which candidates. So, more than 500,000 citizens have petitioned the SEC for such a <b><span style=" color: #ED1C24;">disclosure rule.</span></b>

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Uh… no. Far from earning trust, they've already wrecked our economy and betrayed our nation's egalitarian ideals – while feathering their own plutocratic nests. Now they want free reign to pervert America's democratic process with clandestine election campaigns secretly financed with other people's money.

This is Jim Hightower saying… NO! These kleptocrats are the real radicals. It's time to stop them, not only by disclosing their thievery, but ultimately by outlawing it – and retuning elections to the people. To join the effort, contact Public Citizen: www.citizen.org.

<em>http://www.citizen.org/Page.aspx?pid=183</em>

<em>"Investors urging openness on political spending," The Washington Post, May 18, 2013.</em>

<em>"SEC pressed to abandon rule on political disclosure," The Washington Post,

May 17, 2013.</em>

<em>"Angry outbursts raise risk of heart attacks," Washington Post, May 21, 2013.</em></p>

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Take Scott Garrett, a New Jersey Republican who recently came unglued at a public hearing before the House financial services committee. <b>Mary Jo White, Chairwoman of the Securities and Exchange Commission</b>, had been summoned by GOP inquisitors to answer to a modest, straightforward proposal involving the disclosure of corporate political donations. Actually, it is not her proposal, but a citizen petition – signed by a record half-a-million people – asking the SEC to require that corporate executives reveal to shareholders how their money is being spent in elections.</p>

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That's entirely reasonable – unless, like Garrett, you've got the political temperament of a live grenade. He exploded on Chairwoman White, demanding in a bullying manner that she "refuse to be bullied by these outside radical groups" who submitted the petition. He insisted that she declare, then and there, that the agency would not even consider the citizens' proposal.</p>

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Yes, Garrett is a corporate toady, but that can't explain his foam-at-the-mouth hissy fit. Then I learned about a new medical report about how conflicts at work cause some people's brains to release hormones that prompt them to fly into a rage and even threaten others. These corrosive hormones can make blood platelets stickier, causing the brain to go "boom," creating angry outbursts of stupidity.

This is Jim Hightower saying… So maybe Scott's problem is not merely toadyism, but sticky platelets in his brain.

<em>"Angry outbursts raise risk of heart attacks," Washington Post, May 21, 2013.</em></p>

Garrett, Rep

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