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The culture of corruption has replaced Delay with Roy Blunt, ranked #2 on the list of the 13 most corrupt members of Congress. Replacing one stinky turd with another stinky turd. The corruption is so pervasive they can't even find a clean member to replace Delay.
Keep hammering home that corruption angle. Out with the old, in with the same old.
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Group Lists 13 'Most Corrupt' in Congress Three California lawmakers are named by the ethics watchdog. A spokesman for one senator says the report is 'pure politics.'
By Chuck Neubauer, Times Staff Writer
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....
NOTE: Here is the full list --
Sen. Bill Frist, Rep., Tenn. Rep. Roy Blunt, Rep., Mo. Sen. Conrad Burns, Rep., Mont. Rep. Bob Ney, Rep., Ohio Rep. Tom Feeney, Rep., Fla. Rep. Richard W. Pombo, Rep., Ca. Rep. Maxine Waters, Dem., Ca. Sen. Rick Santorum, Rep., Pa. Reps. Randy "Duke" Cunningham, Rep., Ca. Rep. William J. Jefferson, Dem., La. Rep. Charles H. Taylor, Rep., N.C. Rep. Marilyn N. Musgrave, Rep., Colo. Rep. Rick Renzi, Rep., Ariz.
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