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....these articles re: apparent malfeasance seem to pop up, oh every year or so, despite whomever ever has the reigns in DC.
Whatever comes of this? It took 5 years to actually unseat "Duke" Cunningham and put his ass in jail, good old Charlie Rangel has more lives than a cat, he basically skated....wtf?
Are we really this indolent or overwhelmed by whatever else we cannot focus on this for more than a few months at a time?
Capitol Assets: Some legislators send millions to groups connected to their relatives
Some members of Congress send tax dollars to companies, colleges and community groups where their spouses, children and parents work as salaried employees, lobbyists or board members, according to an examination of federal disclosure forms and local public records by The Washington Post.
A U.S. senator from South Dakota helped add millions to a Pentagon program his wife evaluated as a contract employee. A Washington congressman boosted the budget of an environmental group that his son ran as executive director. A Texas congresswoman guided millions to a university where her husband served as a vice president.
Those three members are among 16 who have taken actions that aided entities connected to their immediate families. The findings stem from an examination by The Post of all 535 members of the House and Senate, comparing their financial disclosure forms with thousands of public records. The examination uncovered a broad range of connections between the public and private lives of the nation’s lawmakers.
Several of the cases have received previous media attention, raised by local newspapers or campaign opponents, but the practice has continued unabated, The Post found.
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Capitol Assets: Some legislators send millions to groups connected to their relatives - The Washington Post
breakdown of who's talking/giving what....
Capitol Assets: Public projects, private interests
....these articles re: apparent malfeasance seem to pop up, oh every year or so, despite whomever ever has the reigns in DC.Whatever comes of this? It took 5 years to actually unseat "Duke" Cunningham and put his ass in jail, good old Charlie Rangel has more lives than a cat, he basically skated....wtf?
Are we really this indolent or overwhelmed by whatever else we cannot focus on this for more than a few months at a time?
Capitol Assets: Some legislators send millions to groups connected to their relatives
Some members of Congress send tax dollars to companies, colleges and community groups where their spouses, children and parents work as salaried employees, lobbyists or board members, according to an examination of federal disclosure forms and local public records by The Washington Post.
A U.S. senator from South Dakota helped add millions to a Pentagon program his wife evaluated as a contract employee. A Washington congressman boosted the budget of an environmental group that his son ran as executive director. A Texas congresswoman guided millions to a university where her husband served as a vice president.
Those three members are among 16 who have taken actions that aided entities connected to their immediate families. The findings stem from an examination by The Post of all 535 members of the House and Senate, comparing their financial disclosure forms with thousands of public records. The examination uncovered a broad range of connections between the public and private lives of the nation’s lawmakers.
Several of the cases have received previous media attention, raised by local newspapers or campaign opponents, but the practice has continued unabated, The Post found.
lead story page-
Capitol Assets: Some legislators send millions to groups connected to their relatives - The Washington Post
breakdown of who's talking/giving what....
Capitol Assets: Public projects, private interests
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