[tgusa]

Well, this is a good thing, but what about all the Democrat Congresspeople who are as corrupt as the day is long? Duke may have been a dork, but several Democrat Congresspeople have made a career out of corruption.

[billhilly]

"Various members of Congress, mostly Republicans, are under scrutiny for possible ethics violations, and lawmakers said there was a critical mass in support of denying pensions to white-collar criminals."

The Associated Press with its obligatory and gratuitous editorial remarks. It would help the ignorant to understand just who is doing the scrutinizing.

[litehaus]

ROSTY ???????

[ncountylee]

I fully support stripping of pensions at all levels.

Further no retirements should be allowed after arrest until cleared.

[newzjunkey]

When this crooked jackass, my ex-representative (Thanks for nothing Randy!), first plead out I was horrified to learn he'll keep his military and congressional pensions and continue to be eligible for burial in a national cemetery. He didn't commit treason or a capital crime.

I don't care that he was a Vietnam 'hero', he sold out his heroism and all that good will and his tens of thousands of constituents all for a house, a Rolls Royce and a couple of antique commodes! This bastard was effectively a war-time profiteer. I'm asking for that full 10 years for this crocodile tear shedding scum.

The law needs to get with the times. Any high official *bribed* should be stripped of such honors, especially one who may have put troops in harms way by helping contractors he was on the take for during wartime.

[muawiyah]

Congress Critters get their service time doubled. Their 2 years in a single House term counts for 4 years in CSRS or FERS computations.

Just whack them back to the same sort of service computation applicable to a federal employee and you'll cut their pension benefits in half.

In fact, if someone can get Congress to pass a law to that effect, I'd really enjoy being the guy who got to do that.