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Posted By k9kssr 7 months, 2 weeks ago in NewsWASHINGTON (AP) - House Democrats on Tuesday stopped a Republican plan to force a campaign finance inquiry that likely would have investigated several influential Democrats. It was the eighth time since late February that the Republican move was halted.
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nostalgia7 months, 2 weeks ago
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Pelosi: "The American people voted to restore integrity and honesty in Washington, D.C., and the Democrats intend to lead the most honest, most open and most ethical Congress in history"
NOTHING will change in Washington as long as both parties protect their own and the voters keep returning the same corrupt politicians to office -
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k9kssr7 months, 2 weeks ago
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FTA: "In 2007 and 2008, Murtha, Rep. Jim Moran, D-Va. and Rep. Peter Visclosky. D-Ind., directed $137 million to defense contractors who were paying PMA to get them government business.
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At the same time, the three lawmakers received huge amounts of political donations from PMA lobbyists and their clients. Murtha has collected $2.37 million from PMA's lobbyists and the companies it has represented since 1989, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, which tracks political money. Visclosky has collected $1.36 million; Moran, $997,348."
I realize these "kickbacks" are supposedly for campaign funds, but do you think some gets slipped into private pockets? I'm sick of the hypocrisy and corruption and self-rightousness of some of these people like Pelosi and Murtha. -
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