https://freerepublic.com/tag/crooksincongress/ en-us Mon, 5 Jan 2015 11:48:28 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3243557/posts It is not a news flash that Congress is corrupt. Their 9% approval rating is symbolic of how this criminal enterprise body is perceived by the American people. Can you actually believe that Representative John Boehner admits that bribery of members of Congress is standard operational procedure. Further, Boehner admits that this is a long-standing practice. “When the House minority leader was questioned about taking bribes from tobacco lobbyists in June of 1995 in exchange for taxpayer subsidies, and then redistributing them to other congressional members on the House floor, Boehner said, “They [the lobbyists] asked me to give out... Investment Watchdog https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3243557/posts#comment Mon, 5 Jan 2015 11:48:28 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2525868/posts Representative Marci Fudge WASHINGTON — Twenty members of the Congressional Black Caucus, including its chairwoman, are asking the House to severely restrict the powers of an independent ethics office that has spent much of its first full year investigating accusations of wrongdoing among black caucus members. A resolution introduced late last week by Representative Marcia L. Fudge, Democrat of Ohio, and co-sponsored by 19 other black caucus members, would prohibit the release of most investigative reports prepared by the Office of Congressional Ethics. It would also prevent the office from initiating its own inquiries, unless a sworn complaint was filed... NY Times https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2525868/posts#comment Wed, 2 Jun 2010 11:22:40 GMT