.                                    It appears that Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers spends a great deal of her time traveling around the county in 2012  instead of coming home to listen to voters in Eastern Washington.   Why?  So corporate special interests in California can ask her for favors,  so she can raised money pocket corretora for herself from those same corporate special interests, and help to elect other far right conservatives to a broken U.S. Congress.

Cathy McMorris Rodgers is Missing from Eastern Washington

The Rich Cowan campaign did an excellent job documenting where she spent much of her time  in 2012 absent from Eastern Washington at Where is Cathy?  She was in North Carolina three times and New York twice.  That is more times than she visited voters in eastern Washington in 2012!  Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers also made trips to  Indiana, Las Vegas, Florida, Colorado, New Hampshire, Ohio, and  California. What do those places have to do with representing people from Eastern Washington?

North Carolina: Three Trips!

McMorris Rodgers goes to North Carolina. Watch this TV News report about why she’s there:  Click here for content from North Carolina NBC 17.

Here is McMorris Rodgers visiting Hickory, North Carolina. She gave Congresswoman Renee Ellmers $1000 on 3/30/2011 for her North Carolina re-election. [Source: CMR Political Action Committee; fec.gov]  Click here for content from the Carolina Journal.

 She also headlines a Country Club fundraiser for North Carolina Congressman Patrick McHenry. She gave him $1000 for his re-election campaign on 6/8/2012. . [Source: CMR Political Action Committee; fec.gov]  Click here for the fundraiser announcement from North Carolina.

Indiana: At least one trip

On October 17th Cathy [traveled] to pocket option broker , Indiana to do a fundraiser for Indiana Congresswoman Susan Brooks.  Click here to see the invitation.

 

New York: Two Trips!

McMorris Rodgers visits Congressman Richard Hanna in Utica, New York. She gave his campaign $1000 on 6/25/2011. [Source: CMR Political Action Committee; fec.gov]  Click here for content from WKTV News New York.

 McMorris Rodgers visits Congresswoman Ann Marie Buerkle in Cicero, New York.  She has given her campaign $4500 total for her re-election. The title says it all. [Source: CMR Political Action Committee; fec.gov]  Click here to read, “Another GOP Leader… To Raise Money for Buerkle.”

 

Las Vegas, NV: One or more trips

 

McMorris Rodgers goes to Las Vegas to visit Congressman Joe Heck. She gave $1000 to his re-election on 6/21/2011.  Click here to see her visit Congressman Heck’s campaign HQ.

Here is McMorris Rodgers at Women for Mitt Romney in Las Vegas.  Click here to see her campaign in Las Vegas for Mitt Romney.

And she went to Mesquite, Nevada for Mitt Romney.  Click here to see Cathy campaign for Mitt Romney.

 

Florida: One to more trips

Here is McMorris Rodgers leaving her pocket option bonus rules hotel right before the Republican National Convention (RNC). She gets to visit with all of the Republicans that she gave contributions to in the last two years for a total of over $145,000 to re-elect this broken Congress. [Source: CMR Political Action Committee; fec.gov]  Click here to see her in Tampa.

Here is McMorris Rodgers talking to the Rhode Island delegation in Tampa for the RNC. She gave Congressional Rhode Island Republican nominee Brendan Doherty $1000 on 6/26/2012 for his campaign. [Source: CMR Political Action Committee; fec.gov] Click here to see her talking to the delegation in Tampa

 

Colorado

Here is McMorris Rodgers speaking at Women for Mitt Romney in Colorado. Did you know that she gave Colorado Congressman Mike Coffman $4500 for his re-election? [Source: CMR Political Action Committee; fec.gov]  Click here to see her in Colorado.

 

New Hampshire: One more trips

Here is McMorris Rodgers speaking for Mitt Romney in Concord. Did you know she gave local Concord Congressman Charlie Bass $1000 for his re-election? [Source: CMR Political Action Committee; fec.gov]  Click here to see her in New Hampshire.

And she found time to visit Amherst for Mitt Romney as well. And she gave to New Hampshire’s other Congressman Frank Guinta, too. [Source: CMR Political Action Committee; fec.gov.  Click here to see her visit.

 

Ohio

Here is McMorris Rodgers speaking for Mitt Romney in Columbus. Did you know she gave local Congressman Steve Stivers $2000 for his re-election?  Click here to read about “Mitt Romney Sending Representatives to Columbus, Ohio.”

 

California: Two or more trips.

Here is McMorris Rodgers speaking at a Silicon Valley Republican Women meeting.  Click here to see her in Silicon Valley.

Here is McMorris Rodgers visiting Facebook.  Click here to see her visit.

Here is McMorris Rodgers visiting Microsoft.  Click here to see her visit.