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* Rep. Roy Blunt (R-MO)
* Rep. Randy Cunningham (R-CA)
* Rep. Tom Feeney (R-FL)
* Rep. William Jefferson (D-LA)
* Rep. Marilyn Musgrave (R-CO)
* Rep. Bob Ney (R-OH)
* Rep. Richard Pombo (R-CA)
* Rep. Rick Renzi (R-AZ)
* Rep. Charles Taylor (R-NC)
* Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA)
* Sen. Conrad Burns (R-MT)
* Sen. Bill Frist (R-TN)
* Sen. Rick Santorum (R-PA)
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Executive Summary of the Report
Over the past year, the issue of Congressional ethics has taken on new resonance. Where questionable conduct was once shrugged off as "business as usual," now both the public and the press are demanding greater accountability from Members of Congress. At a time when a recent Gallup Poll reports only that 36% of those polled express approval of Congress, people are taking a harder look at the actions of their representatives.
The ethics issues surrounding House Majority Leader Tom DeLay are well documented and frequently reported. In fact, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) has been one of Rep. DeLay's harshest critics. Nonetheless, we recognize that Rep. DeLay is not the only Member of Congress whose behavior merits scrutiny. There are a significant number of other members who have engaged in similarly egregious conduct, thus the name of the report: Beyond DeLay.
In the following report, CREW documents the unethical activities of thirteen Members of Congress: 10 House Members and three Senators. Although much of the information is available in a variety of documents, until now it has not been compiled in one place. The allegations against some of those on the list have been well publicized while the activities of others have gone relatively unnoticed.
This is not intended to be a definitive list of all of the Members of Congress facing ethics issues. For example, other members, such as Senator David Vitter (R-LA), Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA), Rep. John Doolittle (R-CA) and Rep. J.D. Hayworth (R-AZ), have connections to now-indicted Republican lobbyist Jack Abramoff that are worth exploring should either the Senate Select Committee on Ethics or the House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct ever decide to initiate an investigation into the range of Mr. Abramoff's influence on the Congress.
CREW has a dual goal in releasing this report. First, we hope to bring greater attention to the unethical conduct of those named in the report as well as to the subject of congressional ethics in general. Second, we hope to galvanize both the House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct and the Senate Select Committee on Ethics into action. The ethics committees of both houses have lain largely dormant over the past years despite the often appalling conduct of their members. It is time for our representatives to take their constitutional obligation to police themselves seriously, an obligation that members of both political parties have ignored to the detriment of the American people.
Our friend Rick Renzi made the list with JD Hayworth not far behind
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* Rep. Roy Blunt (R-MO)
* Rep. Randy Cunningham (R-CA)
* Rep. Tom Feeney (R-FL)
* Rep. William Jefferson (D-LA)
* Rep. Marilyn Musgrave (R-CO)
* Rep. Bob Ney (R-OH)
* Rep. Richard Pombo (R-CA)
* Rep. Rick Renzi (R-AZ)
* Rep. Charles Taylor (R-NC)
* Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA)
* Sen. Conrad Burns (R-MT)
* Sen. Bill Frist (R-TN)
* Sen. Rick Santorum (R-PA)
Note that Musgrave's sole issue is making homosexuality illegal, and considers it the greatest threat to America.
Pombo is on the developer's payroll - wants to eliminate ANY AND ALL ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. He wants to bulldoze National Parks, and thinks Condos on the edge of the Grand Canyon are just fine.
Ney and Blunt are part of the Republican House Leadership.
Maxine Waters is an eighth-term member of Congress, representing the 35th district of California. Her ethics issues arise from her exercise of this power to financially benefit her daughter, husband and son. Karen Waters
Rep. Waters’ daughter, Karen Waters, has benefitted primarily through charging for spots on her mothers’ “slate mailers” issued by L.A. Vote, a nonprofit, political organization that sends sample ballots to South Los Angeles residents featuring the photo of Rep. Waters and the names of candidates she supports. Of the $1.7 million collected by L.A. Vote over the last 8 years, mainly from candidates who have paid to have their names appear on slate mailers, approximately $450,000 has gone to Karen Waters and her consulting firm, Progressive Connections, while another $115,000 has gone to Rep. Waters’ son, Edward. Sidney Williams
Rep. Waters’ husband, Sidney Williams, has benefitted financially from his wife’s political clout by working as a part-time consultant for a bond underwriting firm seeking government investment, Siebert, Brandford, & Shank. As a consultant, Mr. Williams has collected close to $500,000 by making valuable introductions for Siebert to politicians who have received his wife’s support. Edward Waters
Rep. Waters’ son Edward, together with her husband Sidney Williams, also benefitted from her political connections when they won a 20-year lease to run the county-owned Chester Washington Golf Course in South Los Angeles. The key decision-maker for the deal was County Supervisor Yvonne Brathwaite Burke, in whose district the golf course was located. Rep. Waters handed the County Supervisor a victory just several months earlier when she endorsed Ms. Burke in a close election. Financial records indicate that Mr. Williams and Mr. Waters earned between $140,000 and $400,000 through the golf venture.
Rep. Waters’ family members have used her name and connections to make lucrative commercial deals from which they have reaped personal financial gain in violation of House rules.
A few million dollars funneled directly to her family seems pretty shady to me... But who am I to judge...
Last edited by CardFan67; September 20th, 2006 at 12:12 PM.
to them, and all the other corrupt people in politics
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