Except that House rule 3 clearly states that "members shall vote on each question put, except having a direct personal or pecuniary interest in the event of each question."
http://ethics.house.gov/sites/ethics.house.gov/files/fin%20trans%20pink%20sheet.pdf - pp3-4. And they give a very specific example that is very much akin to Boehner's inventstments. So yes in this case it can be considered to be corruption. The exceptions you are talking about are also dealt with in the guide. But it is very specifically defined and would rule out voting on salary increases etc. On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 3:46 PM, GMoney <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 2:33 PM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]>wrote: > >> When you stand >> to make a lot of money as a result of your abuse of office, isn't that >> corruption? >> > > I don't know...is it? Are legislators forever required to only vote on > issues that guarantee they will LOSE money...? > > Doesn't Congress regularly like to vote themselves pay increases? I > mean....talk about cutting through the corruption red tape and getting > straight to the marrow! Instead of selling votes to make ourselves more > money, we'll use our votes EXPRESSLY to make us more money! > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:345555 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
