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Here's a little more info. Found this site earlier today.
Click on the link below if you want to see specifics about each Congresscritter (each of their names is linked on the site)

Congressional Scorecard

The 21st Century may be the century of graft and corruption for the Republican Party, but it has a long way to go to catch up with the Democratic BadBoys from the 20th and 19th Centuries.

Who's ahead--Democrats or Republicans? The usual caricature is that Republicans are only interested in stealing money and Democrats are content with sex. Well, let's see. Here's the score card for Congressional Bad Boys. This represents the BadBoys since 1975, those that have their own page on this website (plus a couple more).

Looking at the House Ethics Committee historical list, you'll find that there were 68 Democrats and 34 Republicans, from 1856 through 2004 who were caught up in questionable activity. (Note, the list starts keeping tabs of Democrats versus Republicans in the mid 1850s, once the Republican party was formed. Click here to see beginning of the tally). So, from the House Ethics Committee historical list, the Democrats maintained a healthy two-to-one lead.

A number of the BadBoys listed here and throughout the website are on the House Ethics Committee list, but a surprising number never appeared there or in the Senate Ethics Committee (which does not have an online list). (But check out the punishments given to Senators and Representatives).

The numbers in the table below reflect BadBoys who are highlighted on this website, those who have gotten in trouble since 1975. A couple are mentioned twice, with the second mention in parentheses.

Dems - 56
Repub - 25

Extracurricular Activities Democrats Republicans
Ended up in Jail/Penitentiary
(usually bribery, scams, other forms of greed)

Subtotals: Dems: 28; Rep: 7

Dems
Mezvinsky Tucker
Diggs
Myers
Eilberg
Flood
Frank Murphy
Thompson
Jenrette
Lederer
Williams
Biaggi
Rostenkowski
Bustamante
Mavroules
Perkins
Kolter
Smith
Traficant
Gallagher
Addabbo
Reynolds
Garcia
Clark
Hanna
Brasco

Republicans:
Janklow
Hinshaw
Tonry
Lukens
Kelly
Hansen
J. F. Hastings
Swindall

Sexual Peccadillos
Subtotals: Dems: 13; Rep: 5

Dems:
Mills
Hays
Inouye
Adams
Robb
Bates
Savage
Evans
Hart
Kennedy
Frank
Young
Howe

Republicans:
Packwood
Konnyu
Livingston
Peterson
Calvert
Barr

Probation or House Arrest
Subtotals: Dems: 3; Rep: 2

Dems:
Austin Murphy
Oakar
Fauntroy

Republicans:
Cooley
Kim

Drunk, Driving too Fast, Acting Crazy
Subtotals: Dems: 0; Rep: 0

Dem:(Mills)

Pubbie: (Janklow)

Sex with Teenagers
Subtotals: Dems: 2; Rep: 3

Dems:
Richmond (Reynolds)
Studds

Pubbies:
(Lukens)
Bauman
Hinson
Crane

Miscellaneous BadBoy Activities
Subtotals: Dems: 9; Rep: 5

Dems:
Brewster
C. Wilson
C.H.Wilson
Jefferson
Condit
McDade
Talmadge
Torricelli
Wright

Republicans:
Gingrich
DeLay
Cunningham
Durenberger
Rowland

Bad Girls
Subtotals: Dems: 3; Rep: 1

Dems:
Oakar
Brown
Collins

Pubbie:
Waldholtz

http://www.congressionalbadboys.com/Scorecard.htm