A corrupt Washington is paying us hush money
Meanwhile, with the power to give out our money as they wish, congressmen take campaign money from lobbyists and industries they regulate.
Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., is only the latest poster boy for that, but boy is he a good one.
There may be no one who better represents all that is wrong with Washington.
The powerful Senate Banking Committee chairman got a sweetheart mortgage from Countrywide; he has received $280,000 in campaign contributions from troubled insurer AIG; and he made sure that AIG executive bonuses were untouched by Congress -- then claimed for 24 hours that he knew nothing about it, before reporters forced him to admit the truth.
Polls show Dodd is in re-election trouble. But don't hold your breath: Despite record-low approval ratings for Congress last year, we continued sending our congressmen back at about a 90 percent retention rate
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