Less than a week after Democrats captured the House on promises to reverse the Republican "culture of corruption," who did Pelosi back to become the No. 2 House leader? Rep. John Murtha D-Pa., who was implicated (though not charged) in one of Washington's most sordid scandals
And who has she refused to rule out as the next chairman of the ultra-sensitive House Intelligence Committee?
None other than Rep. Alcee Hastings ,D-Fla., a former federal judge who was impeached by the House and convicted by the Senate for conspiring to extort a $150,000 bribe in a case before him.Not exactly a flying start for setting a new ethical tone on Capitol Hill Long before Murtha became his party's leading critic of the iraq war, he was caught on a grainy fbi tape in the 1980 Abscam probe, in which undercover agents posed as errand boys for an Arab sheik looking to bribe congressmen for favors. On Thursday, they picked Rep. Steny Hoyer D-Md., over Murtha as majority leader. Since 1999, he has raked in campaign contributions of more than $600,000 from lobbyists.
Pelosi vowed to change Congress' culture. First, she'll have to show that she recognizes corrupt behavior when she sees it.
not a question and i know ill be reported.. but hey.. just wanted to put it out there...
2006-11-17
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