CREW: Most Corrupt Members of Congress 2011

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Corrupt cronyism still rules.

NEW YORK (MainStreet) -- While voters generally tend to like their own senators and representatives, Congress as a whole fares much more poorly in opinion polls. And that only intensified this summer as partisan bickering over the debt ceiling threatened a government shutdown. As of now, the approval rating for Congress is hovering around 13%, according to an analysis of numerous polls. Government shutdown threats are back in the headlines, too...

Still, some members of Congress go beyond simply being seen as partisan and ineffective and cross over into outright corruption. Nineteen have landed on the seventh annual "Most Corrupt" list from watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, released last week. The list encompasses 14 legislators who "violated the law or otherwise engaged in serious misconduct," as well as five who otherwise acted unethically or with disregard for the rules. Of the 19 legislators listed in the rankings, a dozen are Republicans, and 14 are new to list this year...

Perhaps most shocking is that all of the members of Congress listed remain in office. It's no wonder, then, that a poll conducted in July by Rasmussen found that 43% of voters think most members of Congress are corrupt.
2011's Most Corrupt

* Rep. Charles Bass (R-N.H.)
* Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-Fl.)
* Rep. Stephen Fincher (R-Tenn.)
* Rep. Michael Grimm (R-N.Y.)
* Rep. Frank Guinta (R-N.H.)
* Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.)
* Rep. Nick Rahall (D-W.V.)
* Rep. Laura Richardson (D-Calif.)
* Rep. Hal Rogers (R-Ky.)
* Rep. Jean Schmidt (R-Oh.)
* Sen. David Vitter (R-La.)
* Rep. Joe Walsh (R-Ill.)
* Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.)

Dishonorable Mention

* Rep. Joe Barton (R.-Texas)
* Rep. Shelley Berkley (D.-Nev.)
* Rep. Sanford Bishop (D.-Ga.)
* Rep. Jeff Denham (R-Calif.)
* Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-Texas)

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CREW=GEORGE SOROS FUNDED

CREW is a shadowy group. Depending on the source, you will find that CREW was either founded in 2001 by left-wing activists Norm Eisen (an attorney) and Louis Mayberg (a prominent Democrat donor, and co-founder of the Maryland-based mutual fund management firm ProFund Advisors LLC).

Or...

CREW was founded by Melanie Sloan, in 2003. Ms. Sloan is listed as the Executive Director on CREW's website. As you see, she references 2003. "CREW was founded in 2003 by Melanie Sloan, a former U.S. Attorney." Confusing at best. CREW's "Form 990" IRS filing for 2001 lists Mr. Mayberg as one of its three Founding Directors; the other two are Daniel Berger (a high-profile Democrat donor who in 2004 made a $100,000 contribution to America Coming Together, another Soros-funded entity) and Mark Penn (a fellow at the New Politics Institute, yet another Soros foundation, and a top Democrat strategist and pollster who not only played a key role in Bill Clinton's 1996 presidential campaign, but also served as head of "message and strategy" for Hillary Clinton's 2000 Senate campaign)

Although CREW denies any ties to George Soros, they indeed receive funds from the Democracy Alliance, the Tides Foundation, as well as the Open Society Institute – all Soros front groups. CREW seeks to construe itself as "non-partisan," however, most of their efforts target Republicans.

This group is not exempt from its own ethical quagmires: One issue involves an ethics complaint filed against The Center for Union Facts, an anti-union group, and its sister organization, the Center for Consumer Freedom, which CREW claimed are "front organizations for for-profit industry entities." The problem is that it appears this effort was funded by the Service Employees International Union; a group with heavy. ties to ACORN and to Soros himself in the form of contributions amounting to $75,000.


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webbway said:
CREW=GEORGE SOROS FUNDED

CREW is a shadowy group. Depending on the source, you will find that CREW was either founded in 2001 by left-wing activists Norm Eisen (an attorney) and Louis Mayberg (a prominent Democrat donor, and co-founder of the Maryland-based mutual fund management firm ProFund Advisors LLC).

Or...

CREW was founded by Melanie Sloan, in 2003. Ms. Sloan is listed as the Executive Director on CREW's website. As you see, she references 2003. "CREW was founded in 2003 by Melanie Sloan, a former U.S. Attorney." Confusing at best. CREW's "Form 990" IRS filing for 2001 lists Mr. Mayberg as one of its three Founding Directors; the other two are Daniel Berger (a high-profile Democrat donor who in 2004 made a $100,000 contribution to America Coming Together, another Soros-funded entity) and Mark Penn (a fellow at the New Politics Institute, yet another Soros foundation, and a top Democrat strategist and pollster who not only played a key role in Bill Clinton's 1996 presidential campaign, but also served as head of "message and strategy" for Hillary Clinton's 2000 Senate campaign)

Although CREW denies any ties to George Soros, they indeed receive funds from the Democracy Alliance, the Tides Foundation, as well as the Open Society Institute – all Soros front groups. CREW seeks to construe itself as "non-partisan," however, most of their efforts target Republicans.

This group is not exempt from its own ethical quagmires: One issue involves an ethics complaint filed against The Center for Union Facts, an anti-union group, and its sister organization, the Center for Consumer Freedom, which CREW claimed are "front organizations for for-profit industry entities." The problem is that it appears this effort was funded by the Service Employees International Union; a group with heavy. ties to ACORN and to Soros himself in the form of contributions amounting to $75,000.


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Maybe you should have posted this in the conspiracy theory section. LOL.
 
I wonder if righties discipline their children by telling them that if they're not good George Soros is gonna get them.

I think it's so funny how they have built up this mythical boogeyman and they all piss their pants everytime his name is mentioned.
 
brazenhussy said:
I wonder if righties discipline their children by telling them that if they're not good George Soros is gonna get them.

I think it's so funny how they have built up this mythical boogeyman and they all piss their pants everytime his name is mentioned.
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what do you think of the left's boogeyman "koch brothers"?

LOL
 
webbway said:
CREW=GEORGE SOROS FUNDED

CREW is a shadowy group. Depending on the source, you will find that CREW was either founded in 2001 by left-wing activists Norm Eisen (an attorney) and Louis Mayberg (a prominent Democrat donor, and co-founder of the Maryland-based mutual fund management firm ProFund Advisors LLC).

Or...

CREW was founded by Melanie Sloan, in 2003. Ms. Sloan is listed as the Executive Director on CREW's website. As you see, she references 2003. "CREW was founded in 2003 by Melanie Sloan, a former U.S. Attorney." Confusing at best. CREW's "Form 990" IRS filing for 2001 lists Mr. Mayberg as one of its three Founding Directors; the other two are Daniel Berger (a high-profile Democrat donor who in 2004 made a $100,000 contribution to America Coming Together, another Soros-funded entity) and Mark Penn (a fellow at the New Politics Institute, yet another Soros foundation, and a top Democrat strategist and pollster who not only played a key role in Bill Clinton's 1996 presidential campaign, but also served as head of "message and strategy" for Hillary Clinton's 2000 Senate campaign)

Although CREW denies any ties to George Soros, they indeed receive funds from the Democracy Alliance, the Tides Foundation, as well as the Open Society Institute – all Soros front groups. CREW seeks to construe itself as "non-partisan," however, most of their efforts target Republicans.

This group is not exempt from its own ethical quagmires: One issue involves an ethics complaint filed against The Center for Union Facts, an anti-union group, and its sister organization, the Center for Consumer Freedom, which CREW claimed are "front organizations for for-profit industry entities." The problem is that it appears this effort was funded by the Service Employees International Union; a group with heavy. ties to ACORN and to Soros himself in the form of contributions amounting to $75,000.


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Aww, you poor shmuck. Here's a corrupt politician list from Judicial Watch, that shady organization financed by right-wing sleazemeister Dick Scaife. Feel better now?

In 2010 Judicial Watch released their list of "Washington's ten Most Corrupt Politicians." [33] Appearing on the list are:[34]

* Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA)
* Rahm Emanuel, Former Obama White House Chief of Staff
* Senator John Ensign (R-NV)
* Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA)
* Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr. (D-IL)
* President Barack Obama
* Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)
* Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY)
* Rep. Hal Rogers (R-KY)
* Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA)
 
christiefan915 said:
Corrupt cronyism still rules.

NEW YORK (MainStreet) -- While voters generally tend to like their own senators and representatives, Congress as a whole fares much more poorly in opinion polls. And that only intensified this summer as partisan bickering over the debt ceiling threatened a government shutdown. As of now, the approval rating for Congress is hovering around 13%, according to an analysis of numerous polls. Government shutdown threats are back in the headlines, too...

Still, some members of Congress go beyond simply being seen as partisan and ineffective and cross over into outright corruption. Nineteen have landed on the seventh annual "Most Corrupt" list from watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, released last week. The list encompasses 14 legislators who "violated the law or otherwise engaged in serious misconduct," as well as five who otherwise acted unethically or with disregard for the rules. Of the 19 legislators listed in the rankings, a dozen are Republicans, and 14 are new to list this year...

Perhaps most shocking is that all of the members of Congress listed remain in office. It's no wonder, then, that a poll conducted in July by Rasmussen found that 43% of voters think most members of Congress are corrupt.
2011's Most Corrupt

* Rep. Charles Bass (R-N.H.)
* Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-Fl.)
* Rep. Stephen Fincher (R-Tenn.)
* Rep. Michael Grimm (R-N.Y.)
* Rep. Frank Guinta (R-N.H.)
* Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.)
* Rep. Nick Rahall (D-W.V.)
* Rep. Laura Richardson (D-Calif.)
* Rep. Hal Rogers (R-Ky.)
* Rep. Jean Schmidt (R-Oh.)
* Sen. David Vitter (R-La.)
* Rep. Joe Walsh (R-Ill.)
* Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.)

Dishonorable Mention

* Rep. Joe Barton (R.-Texas)
* Rep. Shelley Berkley (D.-Nev.)
* Rep. Sanford Bishop (D.-Ga.)
* Rep. Jeff Denham (R-Calif.)
* Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-Texas)

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If the list doesn't include Rangel, it is clearly incomplete, notably so.
 
Damocles said:
If the list doesn't include Rangel, it is clearly incomplete, notably so.
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He's already in their Hall of Fame.

Some Most Corrupt veterans are missing this year either because no new action was
taken by any law enforcement agency or the House and Senate ethics committees, or because
CREW discovered no new information. These members include: Reps. Ken Calvert (R-CA),
Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-IL), Jerry Lewis (R-CA), Charles Rangel (D-NY), Pete Visclosky (D-IN),
and Don Young (R-AK) and Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY). Five members are making return
appearances: Reps. Buchanan, Laura Richardson (D-CA), Hal Rogers (R-KY), and Maxine
Waters (D-CA) and Sen. David Vitter (R-LA). Sen. Vitter and Rep. Richardson are included for
conduct unrelated to that which led to their inclusion in previous years.
 
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