House Banking Scandal Details?
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So, I'm reading a book which, in the opening chapters, references the House Banking Scandal (1992). He mentions that Barney Frank is among those who wrote bad checks.
My curiosity gets the better of me, and I go digging to see who else I did not recognize then but might now, might be on that long list, but I can only find 22 names.
(I did, in the course of some other fact-tracking, find mention of the fact that Senator Barbara Boxer wrote 143 overdraft checks (for a total of $41,417) during that scandal.)
In any event, can anyone point me to -- or tell me who are -- the other 333 representatives involved?
GOOGLE search "1992 house check scandal"
there are several links to pursue.
I don't remember it but I bet James A. Traficant Jr., D. OH, had something to say from the House floor.
I'll see if any of his 1 minute speeches mention this.
The 22 worst as identified by the House Ethics Committee:
Tommy Robinson (Republican-Arkansas) 996 checks/16 months overdue
Robert Mrazek (Democrat-New York) 920/23
Robert Davis (Republican-Michigan) 878/13 ($350,000)
Doug Walgren (Democrat-Pennsylvania) 858/16
Charles Hatcher (Democrat-Georgia) 819/35 ($273,000)
Stephen Solarz (Democrat-New York) 743/30
Charles Hayes (Democrat-Illinois) 716/15
Ronald Coleman (Democrat-Texas) 673/23 ($275,848)
Carl C. Perkins (Democrat-Kentucky) 514/14
Bill Alexander (Democrat-Arkansas) 487/18
William Goodling (Republican-Pennsylvania) 430/9
Edolphus Towns (Democrat-New York) 408/18
Edward Feighan (Democrat-Ohio) 397/8
Harold Ford (Democrat-Tennessee) 388/31 ($552,447)
Mickey Edwards (Republican-Ohio) 386/13 ($54,000)
William Clay (Democrat-Missouri) 328/9
Tony Coelho (Democrat-California) 316/12
John Conyers (Democrat-Michigan) 273/9
Mary Rose Oakar (Democrat-Ohio) 213/18
Joseph Early (Democrat-Massachusetts) 124/13
Doug Bosco (Democrat-California) 124/13
Jim Bates (Democrat-California) 89/9
Fall out from the Banking Scandal:
Left Congress
Bill Alexander (Democrat-Arkansas)
Albert Bustamante (Democrat-Texas)
Robert W. Davis (Democrat-Michigan)
Edward F. Feighan (Democrat-Ohio)
Charles Hatcher (Democrat-Georgia)
Charles A. Hayes (Democrat-Illinois)
Carroll Hubbard, Jr. (Democrat-Kentucky)
Bill Lowery (Republican-California)
Nicholas Mavroules (Democrat-Massachusetts)
Mary Rose Oakar (Democrat-Ohio)
Carl C. Perkins (Democrat-Kentucky)
Gus Savage (Democrat-Illinois)
Lawrence J. Smith (Democrat-Florida)
Stephen J. Solarz (Democrat-New York)
Source: "The 22 Worst," USA Today, April 17, 1992;
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Does anyone else even have a memory of this scandal?