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09-22-2006 #1
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20 Most Corrupt Members Of Congress
20 Most Corrupt Members Of Congress
Center For Responsibility And Ethics In Washington | Posted September 20, 2006 11:40 AM
Today, the Center For Responsibility And Ethics In Washington released its second annual survey of the twenty most corrupt members of Congress, aptly named "Beyond DeLay: The 20 Most Corrupt Members of Congress (and five to watch)."
CREW inventoried the "transgressions" of each member of Congress under the microscope of federal law and congressional rules.
Some highlights:
-The three most corrupt Senate members are the infamous Conrad Burns (R-MT), Bill Frist (R-TN), and Rick Santorum (R-PA)
-Seventeen of the twenty "Most Corrupt" politicians are Republicans
-Four of the "Five Members To Watch" are Republicans
-All but one of the 25 Members of Congress included on the list are up for re-election
The Full List:
Members of the Senate:
Conrad Burns (R-MT)
Bill Frist (R-TN)
Rick Santorum (R-PA)
Members of the House:
Alan Mollohan (D-WV)
Roy Blunt (R-MO)
Marilyn Musgrave (R-CO)
Ken Calvert (R-CA)
Richard Pombo (R-CA)
John Doolittle (R-CA)
Rick Renzi (R-AZ)
Tom Feeney (R-FL)
Pete Sessions (R-TX)
Katherine Harris (R-FL)
John Sweeney (R-NY)
William Jefferson (D-LA)
Charles Taylor (R-NC)
Jerry Lewis (R-CA)
Maxine Waters (D-CA)
Gary Miller (R-CA)
Curt Weldon (R-PA)
Five Members to Watch:
Chris Cannon (R-UT)
J.D. Hayworth (R-AZ)
Dennis Hastert (R-IL)
John Murtha (D-PA)
Rep. Don Sherwood (R-PA)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2006/0...o_n_29863.html
Or visit the project website beyonddelay.org.
"I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity." - Poe
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09-23-2006 #2
...and CREW is a non-biased organization!
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07-07-2014 #3
Re: 20 Most Corrupt Members Of Congress
The institution itself is corrupt... and essentially privatized at this point. Meaning the super-rich and the colossal corporate sector run it.
In the mid 70s David Koch, one of our rulers, said that politicians are like actors; they read from a script; his goal -- along with our other ruler: brother Charlie Koch -- was to write that script:
Congress Does Nothing, Almost Literally & It's Not Just Republicans:
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07-07-2014 #4
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Re: 20 Most Corrupt Members Of Congress
They're elected officials. If anyone is bought it's the electorate that would rather hear what they want to believe than think critically. We are the government. To promote a distinction is to exacerbate the problem.
"...I no longer believe that people's secrets are defined and communicable, or their feelings full-blown and easy to recognize."_Alice Munro, Chaddeleys and Flemings.
"...the order in creation which you see is that which you have put there, like a string in a maze, so that you shall not lose your way". _Judge Holden, Cormac McCarthy's, BLOOD MERIDIAN.