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    inthebox Posts: 787, Reputation: 179
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    Oct 30, 2009, 07:46 PM
    Front page?
    The Associated Press: House members under ethics scrutiny




    Maxine Waters, D-Calif. improper use of influence with banking regulators, helping a bank in which her husband owned stock.

    Laura Richardson, D-Calif. information missing from financial reports, preferential treatment from a lender.

    Charles Rangel, D-N.Y. assets missing from financial reports, fundraising for a college center named after Rangel, apartment leases in New York, ownership interest in a Dominican Republic resort, storage of a vehicle in a House parking area.

    Jesse Jackson Jr. D-Ill. fundraising in return for Illinois Senate seat.

    Sam Graves, R-Mo. inviting a longtime friend and business partner of his wife to testify before a committee. Case dismissed.

    Donald Payne, D-N.J. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss. Charles Rangel, Del. Donna Christensen, D-V.I. privately paid travel to the Caribbean.

    Zack Space, D-Ohio, operating a vehicle with an expired license. Ethics case dismissed.

    John Murtha, D-Pa. Jim Moran, D-Va. Peter Visclosky, D-Ind. Norm s, D-Wash.; Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, C.W. Bill Young, R-Fla. Todd Tiahrt, R-Kan. receiving contributions from recipients of their government funding earmarks and a lobbying company representing them.

    Rep. Alan Mollohan, D-W.Va. financial dealings.

    Rep. Jane Harman, D-Calif. seeking favorable treatment for indicted pro-Israel lobbyists prior to dismissal of the charges.



    If any of these folks were having affairs on the side, this would be getting more press. Political ethics violations and investigations? Ho hum...



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    Oct 31, 2009, 02:44 AM
    "I'm shocked, shocked to find gambling going on in this establishment!"

    "Round up the ususal suspects"

    (Casablanca)
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    Oct 31, 2009, 04:03 AM

    Yeah, these are the folks that want more government control over your lives. Sigh...


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    Oct 31, 2009, 04:11 AM
    A person caught performing pedophilia is more "juicy" news than someone who invited their wife on a business trip.
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    Oct 31, 2009, 04:21 AM

    I'm not giving a pass to say, somebody like Sanford or Foley or Conduit or Spitzer etc.
    But when you talk about corruption and the influence of money, lobbyists, tax cheats, why is it not a bigger deal.

    If my local rep has an affair, it effects his or her spouse and family, and probably job performance. If my local rep wants to raise taxes and does not pay his or hers? If my local rep can get a below market mortgage interest, and we peasants have to have an immaculate credit report to get the best terms; does anybody not see the problem here.

    In the healthcare field, physician groups as well as lawmakers have become much stricter regarding pharm reps - cannot even hand out pens anymore; yet Washington DC has a street for lobbyists. How hypocritical.


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    Oct 31, 2009, 04:26 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by inthebox View Post
    Washington DC has a street for lobbyists.
    To me that's the biggest problem with your government setup - the corporations run the show based on the greed of your representatives for "free" money.
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    Oct 31, 2009, 07:06 PM

    Its not only the corporations, but any special interest or pac. Don't forget the unions and the trial lawyers.


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    Nov 1, 2009, 12:07 AM
    Wow great
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