Cov tswvcuab hauv Congress thiab cov neeg sib tw yuav tsum tshaj tawm lawv cov peev txheej nyiaj txiag ntawm tus kheej, raws li kev txheeb xyuas txog kev tsis sib haum xeeb ntawm kev txaus siab. Qhov no tseem cia kom nug lub siab - piv txwv li, cov neeg sau xov xwm nosy - tau txais kev nkag siab tias lawv muaj nyiaj npaum li cas.
Thaum qhov no entailed poring hla nplooj ntawv ntawm cov ntaub ntawv thiab ntxiv cov khoom muaj nqis, tshaj tawm raws li tus nqi ntau. Tab sis tam sim no txoj hauj lwm no tau yooj yim dua, vim li cas ib txwm - lwm tus tau ua nws.
Teeb pom kev, ib pab pawg tshawb fawb hauv California uas tsis koom nrog, tau siv qhov zoo dua ntawm ib lub xyoo mob siab rau nkag mus rau cov ntaub ntawv los ntawm cov ntaub ntawv no los tsim ib qho Cov Ntaub Ntawv Qhia Txog Nyiaj Txiag Tus Kheej rau cov tswv cuab ntawm Congress. Cov lej rau xyoo 2012 thiab 2013, tshaj tawm kawg, tam sim no muaj.
cov 2013 tsab ntawv ceeb toom rau Wisconsin Republican Rep. Paul Ryan sau 17 nplooj ntawv, uas tej zaum yuav siv sij hawm ntau teev los tabulate. Tam sim no nyob rau hauv vib nas this ib tug snoop tuaj yeem pom tias Ryan thiab nws tus poj niam tau tshaj tawm txog 109 qhov tuav ntawm $ 2.3 lab thiab $ 8.8 lab. Xyoo tas los cov cuab tam no tau tsim los ntawm $ 74,000 thiab $ 245,000 hauv cov nyiaj tau los.
Nyob rau hauv tag nrho, Wisconsin yim tus tswv cuab hauv tsev thiab ob tus thawj tswj hwm tau tshaj tawm cov khoom muaj nqis ntawm $ 54 lab thiab $ 171 lab. Cov kev tuav pov hwm no tau tsim cov nyiaj tau los ntawm $ 1.2 lab thiab $ 7.4 lab hauv xyoo 2013.
Cov kev nce qib no suav nrog GOP Rep. Tom Petri, uas tawm hauv Congress tom qab 36 xyoo. Nws yuav yog qhov chaw txom nyem uas tsis muaj nws, qhov nruab nrab.
Petri tau coj lub xeev pawg thawj coj sawv cev nrog tshaj tawm xyoo 2013 cov cuab tam ntawm $ 16 lab thiab $ 69 lab, raws li MapLight database. Nws tau tsaws hauv lub rooj zaum kub dhau qhov kev iab liam tsis sib haum xeeb txog cov kev tuav pov hwm no.
Lub Cuaj Hlis 30, Lub Tsev Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Kev Ncaj Ncees ntawm Congressional tau tshaj tawm a daim ntawv qhia nrhiav "qhov laj thawj tseem ceeb los ntseeg tias Rep. Petri ua tsis raug cai ua haujlwm sawv cev ntawm cov tuam txhab uas nws tau txais txiaj ntsig nyiaj txiag, ua txhaum cai hauv tsev thiab cov qauv kev coj ua." Nws hu rau kev tshawb nrhiav ntxiv.
Hauv ib rooj plaub Petri tau pab tiv thaiv Oshkosh Corp., uas nws muaj nyob nruab nrab ntawm $ 500,000 thiab $ 1 lab hauv Tshuag, tawm tsam cov kev sib tw rau $ 3 billion tiv thaiv daim ntawv cog lus. Nws hais tias nws "kuaj xyuas txhua kauj ruam" nrog Pawg Neeg Saib Xyuas Kev Ncaj Ncees hauv Tsev. Daim ntawv tshaj tawm tau tawm tsam qhov no, hais tias Petri lub sijhawm muab "cov ntaub ntawv tsis tiav lossis tsis raug."
Petri, uas thov kev tshawb nrhiav, hais rau National Journal cov kev tshawb pom no yog kev tsis ncaj ncees thiab tsis muaj tseeb.
Thaum Petri tawm mus, nws tsis paub meej tias leej twg yuav yog Wisconsin tus neeg nplua nuj tshaj plaws hauv pawg neeg sawv cev. Republican Jim Sensenbrenner tau tshaj tawm xyoo 2013 cov cuab tam ntawm $ 19.6 lab thiab $ 27 lab thiab Sen. Ron Johnson muaj nyob nruab nrab ntawm $ 13.5 lab thiab $ 60.2 lab, raws li MapLight.
Lub xeev lwm tus neeg sawv cev GOP lag luam nyob deb. Reid Ribble muaj ntawm $ 1.2 lab thiab $ 2.7 lab hauv cov cuab tam. Petri tus successor, Glenn Grothman, qhia nruab nrab ntawm $ 662,000 thiab $ 1.7 lab. Thiab Sean Duffy hnyav ntawm $55,000 thiab $175,000.
Democrat Tammy Baldwin, Wisconsin tus thawj tswj hwm qib qis, muaj peev txheej ntawm $ 500,000 thiab $ 1.1 lab. Lub xeev cov neeg nplua nuj tshaj plaws hauv Congressional Democrat, Ron Kind, muaj li ntawm $ 1 lab thiab $ 2.3 lab.
Meanwhile, Democratic Reps. Gwen Moore thiab Mark Pocan txhua tus tshaj tawm 2013 kev nqis peev ntawm $ 0. Moore yeej tsis tau qhab nia siab hauv pawg no thiab tau ua muag tawm cov cuab yeej cuab tam hauv xyoo tas los no. Pocan txoj kev txom nyem yog qhov nyuaj rau kev nkag siab.
Rau xyoo 2012, Pocan tau tshaj tawm cov khoom muaj nqis ntawm $352,000 thiab $780,000. Pocan tus thawj coj ntawm cov neeg ua haujlwm, Glenn Wavrunek, hais tias qhov no yuam kev suav nrog qhov chaw nyob uas nws tsis tas yuav tsum tau tshaj tawm, thiab qee cov khoom lag luam nws tau muag txij li ntawd los.
Pocan tus ceg txheem ntseeg hauv nws txoj kev lag luam ntev ntev, Cov Ntawv Qhia Nyiaj Txiag & Cov Tshwj Xeeb, tau tshaj tawm xyoo 2012 tias muaj nqis ntawm $ 250,000 thiab $ 500,000. Xyoo no nws tau muab nws tus nqi raws li "Undetermined," piav qhia tias "raws li kev lag luam me nyob ze nws nyuaj heev los txiav txim siab tus nqi raug."
Wavrunek hais tias Pocan "tsis tau txais ib qho kev thov rau cov ntaub ntawv ntxiv los ntawm Lub Chaw Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Haujlwm lossis Pawg Saib Xyuas Kev Ncaj Ncees Hauv Tsev ntawm qhov teeb meem no." Tsuas yog cov uas nug yog cov neeg sau xov xwm nosy.
Bill Lueders yog tus thawj coj ntawm Money and Politics Project ntawm Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism (www.wisconsinwatch.org). Lub Center tsim qhov project hauv kev koom tes nrog MapLight. Lub Chaw koom tes nrog Wisconsin Public Radio, Wisconsin Public TV, lwm yam xov xwm tshaj tawm thiab UW-Madison Tsev Kawm Ntawv ntawm Kev Sau Xov Xwm thiab Kev Sib Txuas Lus. Txhua yam haujlwm tsim, luam tawm, tshaj tawm lossis tshaj tawm los ntawm Lub Chaw tsis tas yuav cuam tshuam txog kev xav lossis kev xav ntawm UW-Madison lossis ib qho ntawm nws cov koom tes.
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Yog xav paub ntxiv txog kev tshaj tawm cov cai, thov hu rau Andy Hall, tus thawj coj ua haujlwm, ntawm ahall@wisconsinwatch.org