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Wednesday, October 04, 2006
Top 10 Democrat Sex Scandals in Congress Information compiled from the Washington Post, “Congressional Sex Scandals in History,” and other sources.
10. Sen. Daniel Inouye. The 82-year-old Hawaii Democrat was accused in the 1990s by numerous women of sexual harassment. Democrats cast doubt on the allegations and the Senate Ethics Committee dropped its investigation.
9. Former Rep. Gus Savage. The Illinois Democrat was accused of fondling a Peace Corps volunteer in 1989 while on a trip to Africa. The House Ethics Committee decided against disciplinary action in 1990.
8. Rep. Barney Frank. The outspoken Massachusetts Democrat hired a male prostitute who ran a prostitution service from Frank’s residence in the 1980s. Only two Democrats in the House of Representatives voted to censure him in 1990.
7. Former Sen. Brock Adams. The late Washington Democrat was forced to stop campaigning after numerous accusations of drugging, assault and rape, the first surfacing in 1988.
6. Former Rep. Fred Richmond. This New York Democrat was arrested in 1978 for soliciting sex from a 16-year-old. He remained in Congress and won re-election— before eventually resigning in 1982 after pleading guilty to tax evasion and drug possession.
5. Former Rep. John Young. The late Texas Democrat increased the salary of a staffer after she gave in to his sexual advances. The congressman won re- election in 1976 but lost two years later.
4. Former Rep. Wayne Hays. The late Ohio Democrat hired an unqualified secretary reportedly for sexual acts. Although he resigned from Congress, the Democratic House leadership stalled in removing him from the Administration Committee in 1976.
3. Former Rep. Gerry Studds. He was censured for sexual relationship with underage male page in 1983. Massachusetts voters returned him to office for six more terms.
2. Former Rep. Mel Reynolds. The Illinois Democrat was convicted of 12 counts of sexual assault with a 16-year-old. President Bill Clinton pardoned him before leaving office.
1. Sen. Teddy Kennedy. The liberal Massachusetts senator testified in defense of nephew accused of rape, invoking his family history to win over the jury in 1991.
Friday, September 29, 2006 Top 10 Contributors to Hillary Clinton's 2006 Senate Race Compiled by the Center for Responsive Politics
This list of the top donors to Hillary Clinton’s 2006 re-election campaign, compiled by the Center for Responsive Politics and made available on the organization’s website, http://www.OpenSecrets.org, is based on the most recent Federal Election Commission data available. According to the center, “the organizations themselves did not donate, rather the money came from the organization's PAC, its individual members or employees or owners, and those individuals' immediate families. Organization totals include subsidiaries and affiliates.” The center also notes that “typically, members of Congress draw their contributions from two main sources: PACs and lobbyists who give because of the member's position on key congressional committees, and local companies, unions and other organizations from their home district.”
10. Ernst & Young: $73,775 1285 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10019 212-773-3000
9. New York Life Insurance: $86,000 51 Madison Avenue Suite 3200 New York, NY 10010 212-576-7000
8. International Profit Associates: $88,400 1250 Barclay Blvd Buffalo Grove, IL 60089 847-808-5590
7. Skadden, Arps et al: $90,030 Four Times Square New York, NY 10036 212-735-3000
6. Time Warner: $104,960 One Time Warner Center New York, NY 10019 212-484-8000
5. Morgan Stanley: $105,810 1585 Broadway New York, NY 10036 212-761-4000
4. Corning, Inc.: $133,400 One Riverfront Plaza Corning, NY 14831 607-974-9000
3. Citigroup, Inc.: $141,000 399 Park Avenue New York, NY 10043 800-285-3000
2. Metropolitan Life: $154,100 One MetLife Plaza 27-01 Queens Plaza N. Long Island City, NY 11101 212-578-2211
1. Goldman Sachs: $168,290 85 Broad Street New York, NY 10004 212-902-1000
Wednesday, October 04, 2006 Epitaph for the GOP Congress Rich Lowry just nails it:
The fundamental problem congressional Republicans are experiencing now is that they have almost no moral capital left after the last two years. Again and again, when given the choice to reform their practices or do little or nothing, they always picked the latter. On travel, on Abramoff, on earmarking—you name it. The impression they always gave was that the integrity of the institution and the public interest had to take a back-seat to their own convenience. They wanted to squeak by this year on gerrymandering, negative ads, and money, and just might have succeeded—had nothing more gone wrong. Well, now it has and people feel confirmed in what they always suspected about this Congress—that it is unable to police its own practices and is full of people who don't follow the same rules as the rest of us. This is deadly. So, in one sense, the best way to have coped with the fall-out of the Foley scandal would have been long before the Foley scandal ever broke, when all the other scandals were breaking. Then, congressional Republicans would have had some reserve of credibility to fall back on. Now they have very little.
Al Jazeera - Fox News Channel - correspondent - Steve Centanni
