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Representative Tsongas is NOT one of us!
Most of us that live in the 37 cities and towns that comprise the 3rd Congressional District would love to be in the stratosphere that is the life style of our Representative”.
In the 2010 Election on a Lowell Sun debate, Ms. Tsongas insinuated that she "was a regular person” and attempted to paint her challenger as an elitist. She also indicated her personal involvement in saving money for us taxpayers. She mentioned not taking a raise and voting for a freeze on a congressional pay raise as well as cutting staff expenses by 75 thousand dollars. Her statement seemed not to be in line with the facts.
Between Jan 1st and 30 July 2010, a six month period, Ms. Tsongas had spent $498.897 for her staff, this projects out to $997,794 for the year! In 2009 her staff expenses were $960,829, In 2008 the expense was $898,711. This does not indicate a reduction but rather a slow increase in the cost to operate her office.
She failed to mention that she voted for the congressional pay raise (H413 on June 19, 2009) before she voted against the automatic pay adjustment in 2010.
On a personal front Ms Tsongas’s income is $174.000 for a congressional salary. Based on Financial Disclosure reports a public record, her net worth is listed as between $1,845,054 and $7,999.999 which ranks her 66th RICHEST in the House of Representatives. Her assets includes her three properties, a small Condo at 52 Lawrence Drive Unit 411M, in Lowell, rarely used other than an election cycle, valued at $119.600. Her primary residence, at 26 Auburn St., Charlestown Ma. Purchased in 2003 for $760,000 with an accessed value of $602,300. And finally her property at 455 Shore Rd. Chatham Ma; valued at $2,440,800.This is the individual who supports Occupy Wall Street and is in fact a FAT CAT!
We personally hope Ms. Tsongas makes and spends whatever she desires, that is the America as it was and should be, not the America she and her fellow elitist elected officials want to make it for us and exclude themselves.

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Tsongas On Pac Money

Tsongas’s Opinion of Citizens United versus Federal Elections

Our representative is up in arms over the ability of a corporation to donate money, as an individual, as was the decision of the U.S. Supreme court . Our Representative has no problems in accepting HUNDREDS of Thousands from Unions, who have been acting in this manner for her entire political career.

Here is her statement on the Supreme Court Decision;

WASHINGTON, DC– March 10, 2011 – Today, Fifth District Congresswoman Niki Tsongas reintroduced legislation to prevent any federal funds received by corporations, private companies, or other entities from being used for lobbying or in political campaigns. Tsongas’ legislation, entitled the No Taxpayer Money for Corporate Campaigns Act was first introduced last February in response to the Supreme Court’s ruling, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission. Tsongas released the following statement regarding the reintroduction of this legislation in the 112th Congress.

“Last year’s Supreme Court ruling, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, allowed for unlimited amounts of corporate money to be spent influencing the outcome of elections. We quickly saw the consequence of this ill-conceived decision, when a record-shattering $4 billion was spent during the 2010 election cycle, which included an unprecedented influx of corporate funds being used for political purposes.

“The transparency of our electoral process was further undermined last month, when the House of Representatives voted to eliminate the voluntary Presidential Election Campaign Fund. This public financing system was created specifically to ensure Presidential candidates wouldn't have to rely on corporate and special interest money to finance their campaigns. During debate of this
measure on the House floor, I offered an amendment that would have banned corporations, contractors, or other entities that receive taxpayer dollars from using those funds to contribute to a Presidential campaign but it was blocked by limitations Republicans placed on the amendment process.

“These significant blows to attempts at limiting the influence of money on our electoral process come at a time when unparalleled taxpayer funds have been committed to shoring up our nation’s financial institutions. Additionally, billions of federal dollars are awarded annually to defense contractors, private companies, and other entities.

“The legislation that I am reintroducing today explicitly states that no federal funds may be used for lobbying activities or to support or oppose any political candidate. Companies like AIG, Goldman Sachs, and Halliburton should not be able to take taxpayer dollars and use them to support political candidates who do their bidding, or oppose those that don’t.

“Democracy cannot function when special interests can drown out the influence of the average voter. It would be further inhibited when citizens have their money spent on political causes they do not support. While the effort to completely reverse the Supreme Court’s wrong-headed ruling is one that will take years, I believe that this commonsense legislation addresses one of its most harmful consequences.”

Another case wherein Representative Tsongas words are betrayed by her actions; here is the money she receives from groups acting exactly like the Supreme court allowed corporations to act.



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