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Rick Santorum (R-PA) Named 'Most Corrupt' Congressman List In 2006!
September 20, 2006
CREW Releases Second Annual Most Corrupt Members of Congress Report
Washington, DC – Today, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) released its second annual report on the most corrupt members of Congress entitled Beyond DeLay: The 20 Most Corrupt Members of Congress (and five to watch). This encyclopedic report on corruption in the 109th Congress documents the egregious, unethical and possibly illegal activities of the most tainted members of Congress. CREW has compiled the members’ transgressions and analyzed them in light of federal laws and congressional rules.
Two members have been removed from last year’s list of 13. Rep. Randy “Duke” Cunningham (R-CA) is now serving an eight-year jail term for bribery and Rep. Bob Ney (R-OH) has agreed to plead guilty to crimes that will likely result in a minimum two-year prison term.
CREW has also re-launched the report’s tandem website, www.beyonddelay.org. The site offers short summaries of each member’s transgressions as well as the full-length profiles and all accompanying exhibits.
CREW’s Most Corrupt Members of Congress:
Members of the Senate:
- Conrad Burns (R-MT)
- Bill Frist (R-TN)
- Rick Santorum (R-PA)
- Alan Mollohan (D-WV)
- Roy Blunt (R-MO)
- Marilyn Musgrave (R-CO)
- Ken Calvert (R-CA)
- Richard Pombo (R-CA)
- John Doolittle (R-CA)
- Rick Renzi (R-AZ)
- Tom Feeney (R-FL)
- Pete Sessions (R-TX)
- Katherine Harris (R-FL)
- John Sweeney (R-NY)
- William Jefferson (D-LA)
- Charles Taylor (R-NC)
- Jerry Lewis (R-CA)
- Maxine Waters (D-CA)
- Gary Miller (R-CA)
- Curt Weldon (R-PA)
- Chris Cannon (R-UT)
- J.D. Hayworth (R-AZ)
- Dennis Hastert (R-IL)
- John Murtha (D-PA)
- Don Sherwood (R-PA)
An August 2006 Harris poll shows that 77% of Americans have a negative view of Congress and a May 2006 Gallup poll indicates that 83% of Americans consider corruption a serious issue.
Sloan continued, “Congress persists in abdicating its constitutional responsibility to police itself, opting to ignore the ethical and legal transgressions of its members. Luckily for the public, at least the Department of Justice still believes that political corruption is worth pursuing.”
Several other members’ careers have been tarnished or destroyed by their corrupt activities. In addition to Reps. Ney and Cunningham, former Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-TX) has been indicted in Texas and is facing possible federal indictment in the Jack Abramoff scandal and Reps. William Jefferson (D-LA), Jerry Lewis (R-CA), Alan Mollohan (D-WV), as well as Sens. Conrad Burns (R-MT) and Bill Frist (R-TN) are now under federal investigation.
Click here to read CREW's report "Beyond Delay: The 20 Most Corrupt Members of Congress"
Click here to read supporting exhibits.
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