He's been a Rep from FL not quite since his removal.
Also, Hastings, a known and convicted bribee, was almost put in charge of the House Intelligence Committee by Pelosi, giving him access to lots of stuff he could sell.
He was in the news in the last month or so, drumming up support for a pay increase for Congress.
In the wikipedia entry, his convicted co-conspiring briber was pardoned on Clinton's last day in office.
A den of iniquity, indeed.
a...Hastings was removed as a Fed judge, but the Senate neglected to ban him from holding public office...”
The bigger the transgression, the higher in esteem liberals are held in.
I expect Governor Blagojevitch will win a Senate seat when he finishes his term
(The prison one)
I understand and agree that Washington is a den of iniquity. Does that mean that you think we should not try this?