The Herald Bulletin

November 16, 2009

One lawmaker’s bounty: Indiana House Speaker Pat Bauer, D-South Bend


Legislator: Indiana House Speaker Pat Bauer, D-South Bend

His reported gifts, their value, and the lobbyists who gave them:

* Meals, airfare, hotel; $2,896.75; from the Indiana Motor Truck Association.

* Hotel for two nights for presidential inauguration; $1,142.72; from Roche Diagnostics.

* Meals and travel costs; $840.77; from the Indiana Motor Truck Association.

* Dinner with family; $234.78; from Baker & Daniels.

* Democratic National Convention; $108.03; from AT&T.;

Total value of gifts: $5,223.05

What he had to say: “I think you just have to have a cleaner playing field in both perception and reality.”

Source: Indiana Lobby Registration Commission