Evan Bayh Left Us to Work for Them

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Evan Bayh has been a politician for nearly 30 years and has lived in Washington, D.C. full-time since first being elected to the Senate in 1998. He owns two multi-million dollar mansions in D.C. and a 3.9 million dollar penthouse in Key Biscayne, FL. A Washington insider can't represent Hoosiers.

Liberal Lobbyist

Evan Bayh said he retired from the Senate to do "honorable work," but just three months after the 2010 election he joined both a Wall Street private equity firm and a lobbying law firm. Washington Post reporter Ezra Klein detailed the shocking move in his piece "The sad, hypocritical retirement of Evan Bayh."

Failed Senator

A Democratic strategist remarked to Politico that Evan Bayh "left absolutely no footprints in 12 years" when we elected him to the Senate. In that time, only two of Bayh's bill became law. Bayh cited his frustration with "partisanship" for his retirement, but voted with President Obama 96% of the time in his final year in the Senate.

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Evan Bayh Missed 75% Of His Armed Services Committee Hearings

WASHINGTON — Former Sen. Evan Bayh appears to have spent little time in Senate Armed Services Committee hearings while he was a member between 2003 and his departure from the Senate in 2011, missing more than three-quarters of the influential panel’s meetings, according to Senate records and a copy of his daily schedule obtained by […]

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Report: Bayh may have violated ethics rules with job hunting in Senate

A significant portion of former Sen. Evan Bayh’s (D-Ind.) last year in office was spent hunting for jobs, potentially in violation of the chamber’s ethics rules, according to The Associated Press. Bayh unexpectedly announced that he will run for Senate again in July, and is currently within a percentage point of his Republican opponent Todd […]

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Associated Press Investigation into Evan Bayh’s Final Senate Year

WASHINGTON (AP) — Evan Bayh spent substantial time during his last year in the Senate searching for a private sector job even as he voted on issues of interest to his future corporate bosses, according to the former Indiana lawmaker’s 2010 schedule, obtained exclusively by The Associated Press. The Democrat had more than four dozen […]

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BAYH WENT WASHINGTON

March 18 2015 Purchases his second home in Washington, a 2.9 million dollar mansion he called “downsizing”

Purchases his second home in Washington, a 2.9 million dollar mansion he called “downsizing”
Buys 3.8 million dollar penthouse in Key Biscayne, FL

June 10 2013 Buys 3.8 million dollar penthouse in Key Biscayne, FL

March 15 2011 The Washington Post’s Ezra Klein publishes: “The sad, hypocritical retirement of Evan Bayh”

The Washington Post’s Ezra Klein publishes: “The sad, hypocritical retirement of Evan Bayh”
Joins Lobbying Law Firm McGuireWoods LLP

January 31 2011 Joins Lobbying Law Firm McGuireWoods LLP

January 21 2011 Joins Wall Street private equity firm Apollo Global Management

Joins Wall Street private equity firm Apollo Global Management
Election Day 2010 – just a few months later Bayh will become part of the influence-peddling industry he bemoaned in Congress

November 2 2010 Election Day 2010 – just a few months later Bayh will become part of the influence-peddling industry he bemoaned in Congress

February 15 2010 Announces retirement from the Senate saying “I want to be engaged in an honorable line of work.”

Announces retirement from the Senate saying “I want to be engaged in an honorable line of work.”
Casts the deciding vote for Obamacare

December 24 2009 Casts the deciding vote for Obamacare

February 10 2009 Votes for Obama’s failed $831 billion stimulus

Votes for Obama’s failed $831 billion stimulus
Endorses Hillary Clinton in ’08, then Barack Obama after Clinton drops out

September 24 2007 Endorses Hillary Clinton in ’08, then Barack Obama after Clinton drops out

January 6 1999 Enters the U.S. Senate with an estimated net worth of $1.54 million. When he left the Senate in 2010, he had an estimated net worth of $6.89 million–an increase of nearly 350%

Enters the U.S. Senate with an estimated net worth of $1.54 million. When he left the Senate in 2010, he had an estimated net worth of $6.89 million–an increase of nearly 350%
Moves to 2.6 million dollar mansion in Washington, D.C.

December 17 1998 Moves to 2.6 million dollar mansion in Washington, D.C.

November 3 1998 First elected to the Senate, where he only passes two bills in 12 years

First elected to the Senate, where he only passes two bills in 12 years
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