Greed, combined with an ever increasing lack of ethics and ‘everybody’s doing it’ attitude has brought us a record number of congressional members under investigation. When Congress sets the rules that allow them to take money from lobbiests representing corporations,trade organizations and foreign governments, the temptation seems too strong to resist.
From Source Watch:
Members of Congress under investigation
Current and recent members of Congress currently under investigation by the congressional ethics committees, or under investigation, indictment, or conviction by law enforcement authorities, based on credible media reports.
• 1 Senators
1.1 Sen. Bob Menendez (D-New Jersey)
1.2 Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska)
1.3 Sen. Roland Burris (D-Illinois)
1.4 Note
• 2 Representatives
2.1 Rep. Charles Rangel (D-New York)
2.2 Rep. John Doolittle (R-California) - Retiring
2.3 Rep. Tom Feeney (R-Florida)
2.4 Rep. Bob Filner (D-California)
2.5 Rep. Jane Harman (D-California)
2.6 Rep. William Jefferson (D-Louisiana) - Indicted
2.7 Rep. Jerry Lewis (R-California)
2.8 Rep. Gary Miller (R-California)
2.9 Rep. Alan Mollohan (D-West Virginia)
2.10 Rep. Tim Murphy (R-Pennsylvania)
2.11 Rep. Rick Renzi (R-Arizona) - Indicted and Retiring
2.12 Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska)
• 3 Former members of Congress
3.1 Former Rep. Bob Beauprez (R-Colorado)
3.2 Former Rep. Randy “Duke” Cunningham (R-California) - Convicted
3.3 Former Rep. Tom DeLay (R-Texas) - Indicted
3.4 Former Rep. Mark Foley (R-Florida)
3.5 Former Rep. Jim Gibbons (R-Nevada)
3.6 Former Rep. Katherine Harris (R-Florida)
3.7 Former Rep. Dennis Hastert (R-Illinois)
3.8 Former Rep. Bob Ney (R-Ohio) - Convicted
3.9 Former Rep. Curt Weldon (R-Pennsylvania)
One of the things A Bold Step Back does, is call for much tighter restrictions on what money can be accepted and who it can be accepted from. it also calls for much greater oversight and disclosure. No longer will Congress be allowed to write laws that grant them protection from the taxpayers.
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