Landrieu cuts La. trip to attend Kennedy funeral Aug 29, 2009
The Louisiana Democrat attended a meeting at the Governor's Mansion in Baton Rouge on Friday with Gov. Bobby Jindal and some of the state's Republican congressmen: Rodney Alexander of Quitman; Joseph Cao of New Orleans; John Fleming of Minden and Steve Scalise of Metairie. Landrieu said she had planned to spend the entire weekend in Louisiana, but left to catch a plane to Boston, so she can attend Kennedy's funeral Saturday morning. (KSLA.com, LA)
Senate GOP’s Doctors Launching Health Care Road Show Aug 26, 2009
Rodney Alexander, John Fleming and Steve Scalise. Fleming is also a physician. (Roll Call)
Congressional Spending: High-End Laptops, TVs Jun 2, 2009
Rodney Alexander of Louisiana paid $20,000 for a 2009 lease on a Toyota Highlander, a hybrid SUV. Alexander told the Journal that the vehicle was for his state directors official business. We have a large district, the largest in Louisiana, he said. (Newsmax)
Taxpayers Foot Lawmakers' Bills... Jun 1, 2009
Rodney Alexander of Louisiana paid $20,000 for a 2009 lease on a Toyota Highlander, a hybrid SUV. Mr. Alexander said in an interview that the vehicle was for his state director's official business. The Highlander was appropriate, he said, given the size of his district and House rules setting fuel-efficiency standards for leased vehicles. (The Drudge Report)
Analysis: Having earmarks and killing them, too? Mar 16, 2009
Rodney Alexander left themselves open to complaints of hypocrisy with recent votes on a $410 billion spending bill that won final approval last week in the Senate. An analysis by the nonpartisan watchdog group Taxpayers for Common Sense ranks Vitter No. 5 in the Senate in the value of pet projects he added or helped add to the measure. (Nola.com -- Sports)
Vitter, Landrieu among earmark leaders in latest spending bill Mar 12, 2009
Rodney Alexander, R-Quitman, ranked No. 2 in earmark additions with $120. 7 million, according to the TCS analysis. (WWLTV.com, LA)
La. in line to receive billions from stimulus Feb 14, 2009
Rodney Alexander of Quitman, Charles Boustany of Lafayette, John Fleming of Shreveport, Joseph Ca of New Orleans, Bill Cassidy of Baton Rouge, and Steve Scalise of Jefferson. They said it would cost too much and would not create enough jobs. (Monroe News Star)
La's share of stimulus pegged at $3.8 billion Feb 14, 2009
All the state's Republican congressmen -- Rodney Alexander, Charles Boustany, Anh "Joseph" Cao, Bill Cassidy, John Fleming and Steve Scalise -- voted against it. Republicans said the package contained too much unnecessary spending and not enough tax breaks. (WWLTV.com, LA)
