Survey of 2006 House campaign websites: on Government Reform

Betty Sutton: Six Principles to Fight Corruption in Washington

Betty Sutton’s plan to bring an end to Washington’s culture of corruption includes the following six points:
1. The Junkets Must Go. Prohibit all privately financed travel.
2. Reveal the Strings and Start Cutting Them. Prohibit lawmakers from accepting meals and gifts from registered lobbyists
3. Open the People’s Business to the People
4. No More Secret Gifts for Corporate Interests
5. Slow Down the Revolving Door
6. Remove Those Convicted of a Felony in Office from the Public Payroll.

Brad Ellsworth: Pass new ethics laws, but must also replace the lawbreakers

David Loebsack: Public campaign financing to end politics-as-usual

Joe Donnelly: Fight for real campaign finance reform & more transparency

Steve Cohen: Lower monetary limits on campaign contributions

As a State Senator, I sponsored legislation:
• Forbidding public servants from accepting gifts from lobbyists
• Prohibiting politicians from converting campaign contributions to personal use
• Requiring conflict-of-interest disclosure by public servants
• Reducing the amount of money that candidates can be given as campaign contributions.

Tim Mahoney: Clean up corruption: No gifts. No meals. No trips.

Clean up cronyism and corruption in Washington
• No gifts. No meals. No trips.
• Cut the Pork (Earmark reform)
• No late-night votes (minimum legislative review period)
• Public disclosure of meetings between lobbyists and lawmakers
• An independent ethics counsel

Tim Walz: Ban all privately funded congressional trips

Yvette Clarke: Supports public financing of congressional campaigns

Cynthia McKinney: Proposed proportional or instant runoff voting for Congress

Authorizes a state entitled to more than one Representative in Congress to establish a number of districts for election of Representatives that is less tha the number of Representatives to which the state is entitled, as long as the Representatives are elected:

1. under a system meeting the constitutional standard of majority rule and of individuals having equal voting power;
2. the system ensures the election of any candidate in a multiseat district who receives a share of votes cast that is at least one vote greater than one-third of the total number of votes cast in the district; and
3. the number of residents per Representative is equal for all Representatives elected in the state.