Today, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) released its third annual report on the most corrupt members of Congress entitled Beyond DeLay: The 22 Most Corrupt Members of Congress (and two to watch). This encyclopedic report on corruption in the 110th Congress documents the egregious, unethical and possibly illegal activities of the most tainted members of Congress. CREW has compiled the members’ transgressions and analyzed them in light of federal laws and congressional rules. Sixteen members have been replaced from last year’s list of 25.
CREW has re-launched the report’s tandem website, www.beyonddelay.org. The site offers short summaries of each member’s transgressions as well as the full-length profiles and all accompanying exhibits.
Members of the Senate:
Sen. Pete V. Domenici (R-NM)
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY)
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)
Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK)
Members of House:
Rep. Ken Calvert (R-CA)
Rep. John T. Doolittle (R-CA)
Rep. Tom Feeney (R-FL)
Rep. Doc Hastings (R-WA)
Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA)
Rep. William J. Jefferson (D-LA)
Rep. Jerry Lewis (R-CA)
Rep. Gary G. Miller (R-CA)
Rep. Alan B. Mollohan (D-WV)
Rep. Timothy F. Murphy (R-PA)
Rep. John P. Murtha (D-PA)
Rep. Steve Pearce (R-NM)
Rep. Rick Renzi (R-AZ)
Rep. Harold Rogers (R-KY)
Rep. David Scott (D-GA)
Rep. Don Young (R-AK)
Rep. Jerry Weller (R-IL)
Rep. Heather A. Wilson (R-NM)
Dishonorable Mention:
Sen. Larry Craig (R-ID)
Sen. David Vitter (R-LA)
Rogues Gallery ala Congress!
Dubious honor to be sure.
What a shock. All but 4 are Republicans. Looks like the moral, elitist party is really the party of corruption.
Great list *props*!
But where is Speaker Botox? Surely, she belongs on it for refusing to follow the Constitution and impeach George Bush.
435 in the House plus 1 Delegate plus 100 in the Senate = 536. Where are the 512 names that belong on this list.
You would think that with this many corrupt Republicans the Democrats would grab some ball and take them on. Instead, the spineless Democratic leadership continues to let the Republicans run roughshod over them as they whine about not being able to end the war.
Here is a group with a list of Law Suits on their website.. ALL are against republicans.. sure..this is unbias…..At least they included Murtha. John Edwards.. Just Made 50 Million in sunken Treasure that he stole from Spain..
So Why isnt’ Ted Kennedy on the list. Patrick Kennedy, Where is John Kerry, and Hillary Clinton. While I admit that most of those liberal republicans they listed don’t belong in the republican party.. They sure made their list one sided.
Glad to see Rep. Duncan Hunter included.
The word I’ve heard is Hunter is a child molester who like girls under the age of 14 and always behind his wife’s back.
He belongs in a prison – not the congress.
I’m gleeful to see our very own Sen. Larry Craig on the list! This guy is a total embarrassment to the state of Idaho. If he had any honor, he would’ve returned to Washington long enough to packup his office and slither out of town quietly.
Democrats are clean and honest!
They never do anything wrong!
Republicans are filthy and dishonest!
They never do anything right!
I didn’t know this about Duncan Hunter.
Why am I not surprised? Slim and sleaze is epidemic in conservative circles.
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