NLPC Accomplishments

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1993- NLPC successfully sued Hillary Rodham Clinton’s secret health care task force to open its meetings and records.  In their 2003 books, both Hillary and Sidney Blumenthal acknowledged NLPC’s role in sinking her plan.
 
1996- NLPC exposed then-FDA Commissioner David Kessler for overbilling on his expense reimbursements. Kessler resigned soon after. In his 2001 book, Kessler said NLPC “brought me as close to despair as I have ever been.”
 
1999- NLPC broke a scandal involving the taxpayer-funded Legal Services Corporation (LSC), which was grossly inflating the number of cases it claimed it to handle.

2003- NLPC exposed the Boeing Tanker Deal Scandal, eventually sending two Boeing executives to jail, and saving taxpayers at least $4 billion.

2004- As a result of NLPC Complaints filed with the Federal Election Commission (FEC), Al Sharpton was fined $5,500 and forced to return $100,000 in presidential campaign matching funds.

2004- Two PACs associated with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) were fined $21,000 as a result of an NLPC Complaint to the FEC.

2005- The New York Stock Exchange ended its support for Jesse Jackson’s groups after NLPC protests.

2006- NLPC exposed cozy financial dealings between Rep. Alan Mollohan (D-WV) and recipients of his earmarks. Mollohan resigned as Chairman of the Ethics Committee.

2007- Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) sold back land to a developer a day after NLPC alleged in a Complaint to the Senate Ethics Committee that the original sale was a “sweetheart” deal.

2009- Al Sharpton was fined $285,000 by the Federal Election Commission as a result of an NLPC Complaint for running an “off the books” presidential campaign.

2008 - present NLPC exposed House Ways and Means Chairman Charles Rangel’s failure to report or disclose rental income from his beach house in the Dominican Republic, cheating on his District of Columbia property taxes by falsely claiming a homestead exemption, and leading a Caribbean junket funded by Citigroup and other corporations in violation of House rules.