Rep. Vance McAllister (R-La.) was franker than most lawmakers, when he admitted last week he expected to receive a campaign contribution after he voted against a bill.
The congressman, perhaps best-known for getting caught on tape kissing a staffer and returning to Congress despite vigorous calls for his resignation from Louisiana GOP leaders, said he was relaying the advice allegedly given to him by a colleague in the House as a cautionary tale of how "money controls Washington," according to The Ouachita Citizen.
In comments made to a meeting of the Northeast Chapter of Louisiana CPAs last Thursday, McAllister said he “played dumb” with the colleague, who told him to vote “no” on legislation related to the Bureau of Land Management because he would receive a bigger kickback from a special interest group that way.
“I played dumb and asked him, ‘How would you vote?’ ” McAllister said. “He told me, ‘Vote no, and you will get a $1,200 check from the Heritage Foundation. If you vote yes, you will get a $1,000 check from some environmental impact group.’ ”
“‘Are you serious?’ ” McAllister said he asked the colleague, “and he told me, ‘Yeah, wait and see.’ ”
He wouldn’t offer the lawmaker’s name because he “did not want to put their business out on the street.”
It’s unclear what bill McAllister was referencing, but he said he ultimately voted no but received no check, because the group and Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) are “upset with me.” Jindal and the chairman of the state Republican Party called for McAllister to resign, after the video of him kissing a staffer who was not his wife went public.
No way can I be surprised by this, except for the fact that this moron said it out loud of course.
Of course this guy has never demonstrated a great deal common sense or integrity.
