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Group Lists 13 'Most Corrupt' in Congress (Gimme a break!!)
LA Times ^ | September 25, 2005 | Chuck Neubauer

Posted on 09/25/2005 7:23:23 AM PDT by LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget

WASHINGTON — A watchdog group, naming what it calls "the 13 most corrupt members of Congress," is calling for ethics investigations of some of the most prominent leaders on Capitol Hill in a report to be released Monday.

Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington says in its report that the 13 members, among them Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) and House Majority Whip Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), might have violated a variety of congressional ethics rules.

The bipartisan list includes three Californians: Reps. Richard W. Pombo (R-Tracy), Maxine Waters (D-Los Angeles) and Randy "Duke" Cunningham (R-Rancho Santa Fe).

Cunningham is one of two House members whose residences have been searched as part of separate federal criminal investigations. The other, Rep. William J. Jefferson (D-La.), also is named on the watchdog group's list.

Three of those named on the list — Sen. Conrad Burns (R-Mont.) and Reps. Bob Ney (R-Ohio) and Tom Feeney (R-Fla.) — were cited for their dealings with onetime super-lobbyist Jack Abramoff, who is the subject of congressional and federal grand jury investigations. Abramoff was indicted last month on fraud charges relating to a Florida business deal. He has pleaded not guilty.

"They all violated ethics rules," Melanie Sloan, the watchdog group's executive director, said of the 13 members of Congress on its list. She criticized both political parties for what she said was a failure to police ethics.

James Pendleton, a spokesman for Burns, dismissed the group's report as "pure politics." Ney's press secretary, Brian Walsh, said: "We don't give Melanie Sloan and her liberal organization an ounce of credibility."

Its report, titled "Beyond DeLay: The 13 Most Corrupt Members of Congress," is based on news articles and other documents, the watchdog group said. It made the report available to the Los Angeles Times.

(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 109th; corruptdems; maxinewaters; topten; williamjefferson
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To: Zacs Mom

straightjacket ping


21 posted on 09/25/2005 8:22:55 AM PDT by SideoutFred (Save us from the Looney Left)
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To: LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget

And Hillary still has those FBI files, so she must be least corrupt, right???


22 posted on 09/25/2005 10:16:54 AM PDT by Waco
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To: EveningStar

What a joke.


23 posted on 09/25/2005 10:23:09 AM PDT by Bob J (RIGHTALK.com...a conservative alternative to NPR!)
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To: Condor51



Ms. Sloan previously served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the District of Columbia from 1998 through early 2003. Before becoming a prosecutor, Ms. Sloan was Minority Counsel for the U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee from 1995 to 1998. She worked directly with the "Honorable" John Conyers, the ranking member of the Committee, specializing in criminal enforcement issues, including the Independent Counsel law.

In 1994, Ms. Sloan was Counsel for the Crime Subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee, working for then Representative Charles Schumer. She drafted portions of the 1994 Crime Bill, including the Violence Against Women Act, and worked on issues including the death penalty, mandatory minimum sentencing, and habeas corpus. She received her undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Chicago and has published in the Yale Law and Policy Review, the Legal Times, and the Washington Post.



Conyers, Chuckie, 1994 Crime Bill. Reads like a whodunit of the lefties. Figures that she is from Yale.


24 posted on 09/25/2005 1:47:24 PM PDT by texas booster (Bless the legal immigrants!)
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To: LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget

This is such a joke!!! the exec director of this little "watchdog" clown group is PLAGUED with questionable ethics...not to mention that her group, CREW, is highly active in donating to the dims.

its laughable.


25 posted on 09/27/2005 9:58:48 AM PDT by Politics4Fun
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To: Tarpon
"I assume drowning a date is ethical."

Nothing in the rules specifically forbids it.

Besides, it was sooo long agooo. We've been through all that. Time to MoveOn.

26 posted on 09/27/2005 10:04:15 AM PDT by Designer (Just a nit-pick'n and chagrin'n)
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To: Condor51

I think it's kind of ironic and pathetic that Melanie Sloan is heading this so called "watch dog" orginization. Let's keep in mind this is the same Melanie Sloan who violated house rules when she failed to file a financial disclosure form when she worked for Rep. John Conyers.

It's like, "Hi Pot! I'm kettle!"


27 posted on 09/27/2005 10:34:51 AM PDT by outfield
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