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POLITICO: FBI Probed Marino Trip to Israel
Dingman, PA - Last August, U.S. Rep.
Tom Marino went on a 9-day trip to Israel with all expenses paid by the
special interest group the American Israel Education Foundation,
according to a recently filed U.S. House ethics disclosure form. These
revelations come on the heels of Marino and his staff being caught with
conflicting stories about an appropriations vote that would "eviscerate
funding" to the region largest employer and cost the area hundreds of
jobs.
According
to a POLITICO report, the FBI probed events on the trip that involved
drinking, numerous freshmen lawmakers, congressional staffers and even
several intoxicated members and staffer (plus a nude member of Congress)
swimming in the Sea of Galilee.
"This
sounds more like a frat party than a respectable congressional
delegation," said Will Sharry, Phil Scollo's campaign manager. "The
people who Rep. Tom Marino represents deserve to have questions answered
about this trip, starting with: why were dozens of members of Congress
partying it up at a $1000/night resort in August 2011 when the U.S.
unemployment rate was at 9.1% and Pennsylvania families and seniors were
struggling to make ends meet?"
Other
questions for Marino: Was Marino or staff contacted during the FBI
investigation? Did they ever received persons of interest letters? Was
Marino and his staff at the dinner event in question? Were they drinking
excessively at it? Did Marino or staff swim in the Sea of Galilee? How
much per night were rooms they were staying in at this resort (reports
were that rooms were up to $1,000/night)?
Both,
local and national media outlets are beginning to question the
competence, seriousness and sincerity of many freshman lawmakers,
including Marino, given the recent spate of bad behavior, economically
crippling votes and conflicting explanations.
"Tom
Marino and his freshman buddies are clearly out of control and not up
to the job of representing their constituents. They are looking more
like college kids drunk with power and out of the house for the first
time every day," continued Scollo campaign manager Will Sharry. "The
people of northeast and central Pennsylvania deserve someone who is
focused on what matters to them - not someone who goes off globetrotting
with special interest money while cutting the jobs that are the very
lifeline of our area."
The whole POLITICO story on the FBI probe is available here:
Rep. Marino's most recent financial disclosure is here:
9 comments:
Ummmmmm..............
...WHAT I SAID HERE:
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
350,000 Israelis Protest Their Goverment while 1/5 of OUR Congress (traitors) takes "ALL EXPENSES PAID BRIBE BY A LOBBY FOR A FOREIGN COUNTRY (AIPAC/ISRAEL) TAKEN BY HOUSE REPS & THEIR FAMILIES FOR POLITICAL INFLUENCE BY A FOREIGN COUNTRY" (are BARLETTA & MARINO going, to get "trained" by Israel?)
http://bigdanblogger.blogspot.com/2011/08/350000-israelis-protest-their-goverment.html
not unlike a democratic president getting his cock sucked in the oval office.
didn't care about clinton shooting a load on an intern's dress, wonder if he got any on the carpeting, did the taxpayers have to pay to get out the stain?
i don't care about this
Anonymous: why not bring up Ted Kennedy and Chappaquiddick while you're at it?
Nice distraction like a 2nd grader, change the subject. When your mother asked if you did something wrong when you were a kid, did you say, "Well my sister broke a lamp the other day!"?
Stick to the subject.
DID LOU BARLETTA GO ON THIS TRIP, TOO? ANYONE KNOW?
Actually I wasn't changing the subject. I didn't care about Clinton and I don't care about this.
THAT WAS THE FUCKING POINT!!!!!!!!
Are you that stupid???????????
So you care enough about this post...to come here and tell us you don't care about it (?). Nice one.
Mostly I just enjoy yanking chains..
Good one Anon. These people take themselves so seriously.
To me, Marino's trip to Israel pales in comparison to his trip to Ohio to get life-saving surgery at a special clinic, paid for in part by us taxpayers. Then he comes home to spend most of his time in Congress bashing Obamacare! Instead of looking out for the health and welfare of his own constituents, all Marino cares about is destroying Obama. He is a shining example of todays Republican party.
Funny how the GOP is so anti-gay, but when it comes to revalatory sex scandals they never seem to involve a woman but a man.
All these family values bible toting congressman swimming NUDE together strikes me as a little "gay" and a tide bit hypocritical......
Not that there's anything wrong with their being gay.
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