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CREW Releases 2nd Annual Most Corrupt Members of Congress Report

Beyond DeLay: The 20 Most Corrupt Members of Congress – from the Executive Summary: “In the following report, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) documents the unethical activities of 25 members of Congress: 17 House Members and three Senators and five members whose known conduct isn’t severe enough for them to make the list, but bears notice. The biggest problem: the members on this list have abused their positions for the financial benefit of themselves, their friends and their families. Some do this by hiring unqualified family members, some allow family members to lobby them and many use the legislative process to earmark for the financial benefit of themselves and specific individuals. Members need to be reminded that a career in public service is not intended to be lucrative…Although much of the information included in this report has been published in other places, there is no other comparable compilation of the information in one place.”

  • Beyond DeLay: The 20 Most Corrupt Members of Congress (241 pages, PDF)
  • Links to reports on individual members are available in this press release, left hand side column.
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