LegiStorm Part 3 | More Fun Facts and Angry Politicians

LegiStorm highlights “gotchas”

Michelle Bachmann

Although it was United States leaders who passed the laws declaring their salaries and expenditures public information, they are none too happy that people are taking advantage of those laws. Many leaders and Congressional staffers have lashed out at Jock Friedly, creator of LegiStorm, a searchable online database that reveals government salaries, foreign gifts and how much  they spend on plane tickets.

Perhaps they are just angry because LegiStorm keeps a running blog of ways it has made them look foolish.

News on top of numbers

Go to LegiStorm.com, and today the top story highlights the fact that during the recession congressional staffers’ bonuses have been among the highest recorded. Another story highlights the completion of the 2008 salary report. Come an’ get it!

Scroll down farther, and you’ll find stories about individual members of Congress and ways LegiStorm has gotten them in trouble. I haven’t seen a story about a payday loan regulation advocate taking out payday loans, but if that ever happens, it’ll be on there.

The proof is on the World Wide Web

A March 17 post on the LegiStorm blog quotes Rep. Michelle Bachmann: “I have not taken earmarks in the last three years that I’ve been in Congress, because the system is so corrupt.” ... click here to read the rest of the article titled "LegiStorm Part 3 | More Fun Facts and Angry Politicians"