Greg Walden, Republican from Oregon, has had six terms in office with which to establish himself as a leader in the U.S. House of Representatives. What has Walden done with this opportunity? Not much, as of late.

Walden has introduced only four pieces of legislation since his re-election in 2008, and not one of these bills has been passed into law. Walden hasn’t sent out a newsletter to his constituents for almost a year. His congressional press releases stopped in 2009 as well.

Even Greg Walden’s re-election campaign hasn’t been reaching out much to voters. His campaign web site is filled mostly with old material from the 2008 election season.

So, what has Walden been doing with his time? He’s been meeting behind the scenes with power brokers, gathering money from them. Campaign finance documents show that Walden has taken in more money than the average member of the House of Representatives, and about half of that money has come from political action committees. Much of the remainder has come from lobbyists.

A sample of those lobbyists:

James Barnette, who works for Steptoe & Johnson, lobbying for clients such as Weyerhaeuser, Cigna Corporation, the National Association of Convenience Store Operators, and Society of Independent Gasoline Marketers of America.

Gary Barbour, who lobbies for the PNGC Power company and the nuclear power company NuScale.

Mike Chappell, who is a lobbyist with the firm of Fierce, Isakowitz & Blalock. Chappell lobbies on behalf of the American Forest and Paper Association, the American Insurance Association, the Coalition for Competitive Pharmaceutical Marketing, the Corporate Health Care Coalition, and Zurich Financial Services.

Edward Fritts, a lobbyist for Verizon, Motorola, and Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation.

Ed Kutler, who is employed as a lobbyist for the firm of Clark & Weinstock. Kutler lobbies on behalf of a long list of clients that includes the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, eBay, Ernst and Young, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Singapore Technologies Telemedia, and the Telecommunications Industry Association.

Walden has had the time to hold a couple of wine and cheese receptions this summer for lobbyists and political insiders at his home at 128 North Carolina Avenue SE, Washington D.C. Walden charged a price between $1,000 and $5,000 for tickets to these little parties, explicitly targeted to political action committees, not citizens of Oregon.

Walden also devoted space on his calendar for a “Cocktails and Dinner” event at the offices of the Stanton Park Group. The Stanton Park Group is an organization of lobbyists that represents finance firms, pharmaceuticals companies and Microsoft, among other clients. Walden charged between $500 and $2,500 for the privilege of attendance at that dinner.

Though Greg Walden doesn’t appear to spend much time working on behalf of constituents from his home district back in Oregon, he seems to have plenty of time for people from the corporate world who are ready to hand him money.