Former U.S. Rep. Congresswoman Corrine Brown enters Jacksonville's federal courthouse with defense attorney Sandra Young before a plea hearing Wednesday.
Corrine Brown (born November 11, 1946) is an American former politician, and former convicted felon, who served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Florida from 1993 to 2017. She is a member of the Democratic Party.
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The Project called for the U.S. House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct to determine whether Brown had violated House ethics rules. One of the complaints was that Brown's adult daughter, Shantrel Brown, had received a luxury automobile as a gift from an agent of a Malian swindler and millionaire named Foutanga Babani Sissoko.
According to the website GovTrack, Corrine Brown missed 1,183 of 15,140 roll call votes from January 1993 to September 2015. This amounted to 7.8 percent, which was higher than the median of 2.2 percent among representatives as of September 2015.
According to the committee, Brown is being investigated due to "allegations that she engaged in improper conduct relating to certain outside organizations, including allegations that she may have conspired with other persons in connection with fraudulent activity, improperly solicited charitable donations, used campaign funds for personal purposes, used official resources for impermissible non-official purposes, failed to comply with tax laws and made false statements, and/or failed to make required disclosures, to the House of Representatives and Federal Election Commission."
Brown voted in favor of HR 624 - the CISPA (2013). The bill passed the House on April 18, 2013, with a vote of 288 - 127. The bill permitted federal intelligence agencies to share cybersecurity intelligence and information with private entities and utilities. The bill was largely supported by Republicans, but divided the Democratic Party.
Brown voted against HR 2217 - the DHS Appropriations Act of 2014. The bill passed the House on June 6, 2013, with a vote of 245 - 182 and was largely along party lines.
Brown's staff was given an apparent $12,000.00 in bonus money.
Based on an analysis of bill sponsorship by GovTrack, Brown was a " rank- and-file Democrat ," as of July 28, 2014. This was the same rating Brown received in June 2013.