Democrat & Republican Scandals – Scandals involving both Parties
By HHR | February 28th, 2010 | Category: General | 9 commentsDemocrat & Republican Scandals
Barney Frank – Democrat – U.S. Representative from Massachusetts from 1981 to present. Admitted to having paid Stephen L. Gobie, a male prostitute, for sex and subsequently hiring Gobie as his personal assistant. Gobie used the congressman’s Washington apartment for prostitution. A move to expel Frank from the House of Representatives failed and a motion to censure him failed.
DNC – The Federal Election Commission imposed $719,000 in fines against participants in the 1996 Democratic Party fundraising scandals involving contributions from China, Korea and other foreign sources. The Federal Election Commission said it decided to drop cases against contributors of more than $3 million in illegal DNC contributions because the respondents left the country or the corporations are defunct.
Sandy Berger – Democrat – National Security Advisor during the Clinton Administration. Berger fined $50,000 for illegally removing highly classified documents and handwritten notes from the National Archives during preparations for the Sept. 11 commission hearings.
Robert Torricelli – Democrat – Withdrew from the 2002 Senate race with less than 30 days before the election because of controversy over personal gifts he took from a major campaign donor and questions about campaign donations from 1996.
James McGreevey – Democrat – New Jersey Governor . Admitted to having a gay affair. Resigned after allegations of sexual harassment, rumors of being blackmailed on top of fundraising investigations and indictments.
Jesse Jackson – Democrat – Democratic candidate for President. Admitted to having an extramarital affair and fathering a illegitimate child.
Gary Condit – Democrat – US Democratic Congressman from California. Condit had an affair with an intern. Condit, covered up the affair and lied to police after she went missing. No charges were ever filed against Condit. Her remains were discovered in a Washington DC park..
Eliot Spitzer- Democrat – New York governor – resigned from office after being tied to a prostitution ring.
Sowande Ajumoke Omokunde – Democrat – the son of newly elected U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore, was booked on charges of criminal damage to property for allegedly slashing tires on 20 vans and cars rented by the Republican Party for use in Election Day voter turnout efforts.
Daniel David Rostenkowski – Democrat – U.S. Representative from Illinois from 1959 to 1995. Indicted on 17 felony charges- pleaded guilty to two counts of misuse of public funds and sentenced to seventeen months in federal prison.
Melvin Jay Reynolds – Democrat U.S. Representative from Illinois from 1993 to 1995. Convicted on sexual misconduct and obstruction of justice charges and sentenced to five years in prison.
Wayne Bryant – Democrat NJ state senator- was convicted was found guilty on all 12 counts against him including bribery and pension fraud.
Charles Coles Diggs, Jr. – Democrat – U.S. Representative from Michigan from 1955 to 1980. Convicted on eleven counts of mail fraud and filing false payroll forms- sentenced to three years in prison.
George Rogers – Democrat – Massachusetts State House of Representatives from 1965 to 1970. M000ember of Massachusetts State Senate from 1975 to 1978. Convicted of bribery in 1978 and sentenced to two years in prison.
Don Siegelman – Democrat Governor Alabama – indicted in a bid-rigging scheme involving a maternity-care program. The charges accused Siegelman and his former chief of staff of helping Tuscaloosa physician Phillip Bobo rig bids. Siegelman was accused of moving $550,000 from the state education budget to the State Fire College in Tuscaloosa so Bobo could use the money to pay off a competitor for a state contract for maternity care.
John Murtha, Jr. – Democrat – U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania. Implicated in the Abscam sting, in which FBI agents impersonating Arab businessmen offered bribes to political figures; Murtha was cited as an unindicted co-conspirator.
Otto Kerner – Democrat governor of Illinois from 1961 to 1968 was jailed after the manager of two horse-racing tracks admitted to bribing the then- governor; charges were filed after Kerner left office he was convicted in 1973.
Dan Walker – Democrat governor of Illinois from1973 to 1977 served less than two years of a seven-year sentence for receiving improper loans a decade after leaving office.
Gerry Eastman Studds – Democrat – U.S. Representative from Massachusetts from 1973 to 1997. The first openly gay member of Congress. Censured by the House of Representatives for having sexual relations with a teenage House page.
Hiram Monserrate- Queens City Councilman and state Senator-elect – who has claimed to be an advocate of victims of domestic violence – was arrested for breaking a glass over his girlfriend’s face. Monserrate, 41, a former cop, won election to the state Senate as a Democrat in November 2008.
James C. Green – Democrat – North Carolina State House of Representatives from 1961 to 1977. Charged with accepting a bribe from an undercover FBI agent, but was acquitted. Convicted of tax evasion in 1997.
Frederick Richmond – Democrat – U.S. Representative from New York from 1975 to 1982. Arrested in Washington, D.C., in 1978 for soliciting sex from a minor and from an undercover police officer – pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor. Also – charged with tax evasion, marijuana possession, and improper payments to a federal employee – pleaded guilty.
Raymond Lederer – Democrat – U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania from 1977 to 1981. Implicated in the Abscam sting – convicted of bribery and sentenced to three years in prison and fined $20,000.
Harrison Arlington Williams, Jr. – Democrat – U.S. Senator from New Jersey from 1959 to 1970. Implicated in the Abscam sting. Allegedly accepted an 18% interest in a titanium mine. Convicted of nine counts of bribery, conspiracy, receiving an unlawful gratuity, conflict of interest, and interstate travel in aid of racketeering. Sentenced to three years in prison and fined $50,000.
Frank Thompson, Jr. – Democrat – U.S. Representative from New Jersey from 1955 to 1980. Implicated in the Abscam sting, convicted on bribery and conspiracy charges. Sentenced to three years in prison
Michael Joseph Myers – Democrat – U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania from 1976 to 1980. Implicated in the Abscam sting – convicted of bribery and conspiracy; sentenced to three years in prison and fined $20,000; expelled from the House of Representatives on October 2, 1980.
John Michael Murphy – Democrat – U.S. Representative from New York from 1963 to 1981. Implicated in the Abscam sting. Convicted of conspiracy, conflict of interest, and accepting an illegal gratuity. Sentenced to three years in prison and fined $20,000.
John Wilson Jenrette, Jr – Democrat – U.S. Representative from South Carolina from 1975 to 1980. Implicated in the Abscam sting. Convicted on bribery and conspiracy charges and sentenced to prison
Neil Goldschmidt – Democrat – Oregon governor. Admitted to having an illegal sexual relationship with a 14-year-old teenager while he was serving as Mayor of Portland.
Alcee Lamar Hastings – Democrat – U.S. Representative from Florida. Impeached and removed from office as federal judge in 1989 over bribery charges.
Marion Barry – Democrat – mayor of Washington, D.C., from 1979 to 1991 and again from 1995 to 1999. Convicted of cocaine possession after being caught on videotape smoking crack cocaine. Sentenced to six months in prison.
Mario Biaggi – Democrat – U.S. Representative from New York from 1969 to 1988. Indicted on federal charges that he had accepted bribes in return for influence on federal contracts.Convicted of obstructing justice and accepting illegal gratuities. Tried in 1988 on federal racketeering charges and convicted on 15 felony counts.
Lee Alexander – Democrat – Mayor of Syracuse, N.Y. from 1970 to 1985. Was indicted over a $1.5 million kickback scandal. Pleaded guilty to racketeering and tax evasion charges. Served six years in prison.
Bill Campbell – Democrat – Mayor of Atlanta. Indicted and charged with fraud over claims he accepted improper payments from contractors seeking city contracts.
Frank Ballance – Democrat – Congressman North Carolina. Pleaded guilty to one charge of conspiracy to commit mail fraud and money laundering related to mishandling of money by his charitable foundation.
Hazel O’Leary – Democrat – Secretary of Energy during the Clinton Administration – O’leary took trips all over the world as Secretary with as many 50 staff members and at times rented a plane, which was used by Madonna during her concert tours.
Lafayette Thomas – Democrat – Candidate for Tennessee State House of Representatives in 1954. Sheriff of Davidson County, from 1972 to 1990. Indicted in federal court on 54 counts of abusing his power as sheriff. Pleaded guilty to theft and mail fraud; sentenced to five years in prison.
Mary Rose Oakar – Democrat – U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1977 to 1993. Pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor charges of funneling $16,000 through fake donors.
David Giles – Democrat – candidate for U.S. Representative from Washington in 1986 and 1990. Convicted in June 2000 of child rape.
Gary Siplin – Democrat state senator Florida- found guilty of third-degree grand theft of $5,000 or more, a felony, and using services of employees for his candidacy.
Edward Mezvinsky – Democrat – U.S. Representative from Iowa from 1973 to 1977. Indicted on 56 federal fraud charges.
Lena Swanson – Democrat – Member of Washington State Senate in 1997. Pleaded guilty to charges of soliciting unlawful payments from veterans and former prisoners of war.
Abraham J. Hirschfeld – Democrat – candidate in Democratic primary for U.S. Senator from New York in 1974 and 1976. Offered Paula Jones $1 million to drop her sexual harassment lawsuit against President Bill Clinton. Convicted in 2000 of trying to hire a hit man to kill his business partner.
Henry Cisneros – Democrat – U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development from 1993 to 1997. Pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of lying to the FBI.
James A. Traficant Jr. – Member of House of Representatives from Ohio. Expelled from Congress after being convicted of corruption charges. Sentenced today to eight years in prison for accepting bribes and kickbacks.
John Doug Hays – Democrat – member of Kentucky State Senate from 1980 to 1982 Found guilty of mail fraud for submitting false campaign reports stemming from an unsuccessful run for judge. He was sentenced to six months in prison to be followed by six months of home confinement and three years of probation.
Henry J. Cianfrani – Democrat – Pennsylvania State Senate from 1967 to 1976. Convicted on federal charges of racketeering and mail fraud for padding his Senate payroll. Sentenced to five years in federal prison.
David Hall – Democrat – Governor of Oklahoma from 1971 to 1975. Indicted on extortion and conspiracy charges. Convicted and sentenced to three years in prison.
John A. Celona – Democrat – A former state senator was charged with the three counts of mail fraud. Federal prosecutors accused him of defrauding the state and collecting hundreds of thousands of dollars from CVS Corp. and others while serving in the legislature. Celona has agreed to plead guilty to taking money from the CVS pharmacy chain and other companies that had interest in legislation. Under the deal, Celona agreed to cooperate with investigators. He faces up to five years in federal prison on each of the three counts and a $250,000 fine
Allan Turner Howe – Democrat – U.S. Representative from Utah from 1975 to 1977. Arrested for soliciting a policewoman posing as a prostitute.
Jerry Cosentino – Democrat – Illinois State Treasurer. Pleaded guilty to bank fraud – fined $5,000 and sentenced to nine months home confinement.
Joseph Waggonner Jr. – Democrat – U.S. Representative from Louisiana from 1961 to 19 79. Arrested in Washington, D.C. for soliciting a policewoman posing as a prostitute
Albert G. Bustamante – Democrat – U.S. Representative from Texas from 1985 to 1993. Convicted in 1993 on racketeering and bribery charges and sentenced to prison.
Lawrence Jack Smith – Democrat – U.S. Representative from Florida from 1983 to 1993. Sentenced to three months in federal prison for tax evasion.
David Lee Walters – Democrat – Governor of Oklahoma from 1991 to 1995. Pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor election law violation.
James Guy Tucker, Jr. – Democrat – Governor of Arkansas from 1992 to 1996. Resigned in July 1996 after conviction on federal fraud charges as part of the Whitewater investigation.
Walter Rayford Tucker – Democrat – Mayor of Compton, California from 1991 to 1992; U.S. Representative from California from 1993 to 1995. Sentenced to 27 months in prison for extortion and tax evasion.
William McCuen – Democrat – Secretary of State of Arkansas from 1985 to 1995. Admitted accepting kickbacks from two supporters he gave jobs, and not paying taxes on the money. Admitted to conspiring with a political consultant to split $53,560 embezzled from the state in a sham transaction. He was indicted on corruption charges. Pleaded guilty to felony counts tax evasion and accepting a kickback. Sentenced to 17 years in prison.
Walter Fauntroy – Democrat – Delegate to U.S. Congress from the District of Columbia from 1971 to 1991. Charged in federal court with making false statements on financial disclosure forms. Pleaded guilty to one felony count and sentenced to probation.
Carroll Hubbard, Jr. – Democrat – Kentucky State Senate from 1968 to 1975 and U.S. Representative from Kentucky from 1975 to 1993. Pleaded guilty to conspiring to defraud the Federal Elections Commission and to theft of government property; sentenced to three years in prison.
Joseph Kolter – Democrat – member of Pennsylvania State House of Representatives from 1969 to 1982 and U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania from 1983 to 1993. Indicted by a Federal grand jury on five felony charges of embezzlement at the U.S. House post office. Pleaded guilty.
Webster Hubbell – Democrat – Chief Justice of Arkansas State Supreme Court in 1983. Pleaded guilty to federal mail fraud and tax evasion charges – sentenced to 21 months in prison.
Nicholas Mavroules – Democrat – U.S. Representative from Massachusetts from 1979 to 1993. Pleaded guilty to charges of tax fraud and accepting gratuities while in office.
Carl Christopher Perkins – Democrat – Kentucky State House of Representatives from 1981 to 1984 and U.S. Representative from Kentucky from 1985 to 1993. Pleaded guilty to bank fraud in connection with the House banking scandal. Perkins wrote overdrafts totaling about $300,000. Pleaded guilty to charges of filing false statements with the Federal Election Commission and false financial disclosure reports. Sentenced to 21 months in prison.
Richard Hanna – Democrat – U.S. Representative from California from 1963 to 1974. Received payments of about $200,000 from a Korean businessman in what became known as the “Koreagate” influence buying scandal. Pleaded guilty and sentenced to federal prison.
Angelo Errichetti – Democrat – New Jersey State Senator was sentenced to six years in prison and fined $40,000 for his involvement in Abscam.
Daniel Baugh Brewster – Democrat – U.S. Senator from Maryland. Indicted on charges of accepting illegal gratuity while in Senate.
Thomas Joseph Dodd – Democrat – U.S. Senator from Connecticut. Censured by the Senate for financial improprieties, having diverted $116,000 in campaign and testimonial funds to his own use
Edward Fretwell Prichard, Jr. – Democrat – Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky. Convicted of vote fraud in federal court in connection with ballot-box stuffing. Served five months in prison.
Jerry Springer – Democrat – Resigned from Cincinnati City Council in 1974 after admitting to paying a prostitute with a personal check, which was found in a police raid on a massage parlor.
Guy Hamilton Jones, Sr. – Democrat -Arkansas State Senate. Convicted on federal tax charges and expelled from the Arkansas Senate.
Daniel Flood – Democrat – U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania from 1945 to 1947, 1949 to 1953 and 1955 to 1980. Pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge involving payoffs and sentenced to probation.
Otto Kerner, Jr – Democrat – Governor of Illinois from 1961 to 1968. While serving as Governor, he and another official made a gain of over $300,000 in a stock deal. Convicted on 17 counts of bribery, conspiracy, perjury, and related charges. Sentenced to three years in federal prison and fined $50,000.
George Crockett, Jr. – Democrat – U.S. Representative from Michigan. Served four months in federal prison for contempt of court following his defense of a Communist leader on trial for advocating the overthrow of the government.
Cornelius Edward Gallagher – Democrat – U.S. Representative from New Jersey from 1959 to 1973. Indicted on federal charges of income tax evasion, conspiracy, and perjury
Mark B. Jimenez – Democrat fundraiser – sentenced to 27 months in prison on charges of tax evasion and conspiracy to defraud the United States and commit election financing offenses.
Bobby Lee Rush – Democrat – U.S. Representative from Illinois. As a Black Panther, spent six months in prison on a weapons charge.
Bolley ”Bo” Johnson – Democrat – Former Florida House Speaker – received a two-year term for tax evasion.
Roger L. Green – Democrat – Brooklyn Democrat Assemblyman. Pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor for accepting travel reimbursement for trips he did not pay for and was sentenced to fines and probation.
Gloria Davis – Democrat – Bronx assemblywoman. Pleaded guilty to second-degree bribe-taking.
Republican Scandals – Scandals involving the GOP
Republican Governor George Ryan – 4/17/2006 racketeering and bribery -
(76 people convicted)
Republican Governor Bob Taft – 8/18/2005. 5 counts failure to report
gifts from Lobbyists
Republican Governor John Rowland – 12/24/2004 Bribery
Republican Governor Sonny Perdue – Campaign ethics violations
NH GOP Chair Chuck McGee – conspiracy to make harassing phone calls to
block people from voting.
Republican Aide Allen Raymond
Republican James Tobin (NE Regional Dir., Bush campaign) – 12/15/05
conspiracy to commit telephone harassment, aiding and abetting of
telephone harassment
Republican Charles McGee (Executive Director of the NH Republican State
Committee )
Republican Shaun Hansen. GOP Marketing aide – conspiracy to commit
telephone harassment and aiding and abetting telephone harassment
Republican Aide Scott Falwell – racketeering, mail fraud and obstruction
of justice
Republican Aide Alexandra Prokos – Perjury
Republican Aide Jim Ellis – 13 counts of unlawful acceptance of a
corporate political contribution, money laundering
Republican Aide John Colyandro – money laundering
Republican Brian Hicks – bribery
Republican Chief of Staff Peter Ellef – Bribery
Republican Roger G. Stillwell – Interior Department official – bribed by
Abramoff
Republican Lobbyist Jack Abramoff – defrauding of American Indian tribes
and corruption of public officials
Republican Lobbyist and Congressional Aide (to Tom Delay) Tony Rudy -
conspiracy
Republican Representative Bob Ney – Conspiracy to defraud the United
States and making false statements
Republican Neil Volz (lobbyist and aide to Bob Ney) – bribery and
corruption
Republican William Heaton (Bob Ney’s chief of staff) – Conspiracy
Republican Representative Randy “Duke” Cunningham – conspiracy to
commit bribery, mail fraud, wire fraud, and tax evasion
Republican David Hossein Safavian. Lying, obstruction of Justice
Democratic Senator Traficant – bribery and forcing his aides to perform
chores
Republican Chief of Staff Lewis “Scooter” Libby – two counts of perjury,
one of obstruction of justice, and one of making false statements to
federal investigators
Republican Tom Noe – Laundered money for the 2004 Bush-Cheney campaign,
theft, corruption, party chairman and Bush Pioneer fundraiser
Republican Gov Ernie Fletcher – 13 aides indicted
Republican Micheal Scanlon (lobbyist and aide to Tom DeLay) – bribery
Deputy Secretary Steven Griles – bribery, perjury, obstructing a
congressional investigation.
Republican Congressional aide Mark Zachares – bribery
Republican deputy Interior secretary Stephen Griles – Obstruction of
Justice
Republican lobbyist Italia Federici – Tax Evasion, Obstruction of
Justice
Republican Lobbyist and Congressional Aide (to Tom Delay) Michael
Scanlon – Conspiracy to bribe public officials
Republican Interior Department official Roger Stillwell – failure to
report gifts
Republican Brent Wilkes – 13 counts of bribery (of Duke Cunningham)
Republican Mitchell Wade – bribery (of Duke Cunningham)
Confessed under grant of Immunity
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Monica Goodling, White House liaison for Alberto Gonzales – Hired
federal prosecuters based upon party affiliation.
Indicted/Charged
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Republican Tom Delay – conspiring to violate Texas state election law,
money laundering and conspiracy to commit money laundering. Reprimanded
by House Ethics Committee
Republican Lawrence Novak
Republican Nathan Taylor
Kyle “Dusty” Foggo (George W Bush’s CIA Executive Director) – 30
wide-ranging counts of fraud, conspiracy,
money laundering, leaking classified information.
Republican Lurita Alexis Doan, Administrator of the General Services
Administration – violations of the Hatch act.
Democratic Senator William Jefferson – 16 counts of racketeering,
soliciting bribes and money-laundering
Under investigation
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Republican Senator Ben Stevens – bribery, corruption, tax evasion
Republican Karl Rove – Abramoff, interfering in federal investigations,
obstruction of justice
Republican President George W. Bush – Abramoff, interfering in
federal investigations, obstruction of justice
Republican Vice President Dick Cheney – Abramoff, interfering in
federal investigations, obstruction of justice
Republican Governor and RNC Chairman Haley Barbour – Laundered money
from foreign governments into presidential elections. Used non-profit
organizations for illegal purposes. Perjury.
Republican Representative Mark Foley – Pedophilia
Republican Representative Mark Reynolds – Covered up for Mark Foley
Republican Representative Dennis Hastert – Covered up for Mark Foley
Republican Governor Mitt Romney – Made false statements to bondholders
Republican Governor/Ex Representative Jim Gibbons – Bribery
Republican Attorney General Gonzales – Fired US Attorneys for
prosecuting Republicans, interfering in federal investigations,
obstruction of justice, lying to Congress, perjury, witness tampering.
Republican Paul J. McNulty – Deputy Attorney General. Interfering in
federal investigations, obstruction of justice, lying to Congress,
perjury
Republican Senator Pete Domenici – Used influence to get a US Attorney
fired
Republican Representative Heather Wilson – Used influence to get a US
Attorney fired
Republican Representative Tom Feeney – bribery
Republican Representative Richard George Renzi – Corruption, bribery,
conflict on interest.
Republican Representative Jerry Lewis – Accepted gifts from Lobbyists,
bribery, honest services fraud, dispensation of special favors
Republican Representative John Doolittle – Accepted money from Jack
Abramoff in exchange for favors.
Democratic Representative Alan Mollohan -May have funneled money to his
own home-state foundations
Republican Representative Rick Renzi – bribery, sponsored legislation
that dealt hundreds of millions of dollars to his father’s business
Republican Representative Tim Murphy – Ethics violations regarding use
of Congressional staff for campaign purposes.
Republican Representative Gary Miller – Illegal land deals, tax fraud
Republican Representative Ken Calvert – Steered federal money to
projects near his private real estate developments.
Republican Representative Don Young – bribery
Republican Bradley Schlozman (Justice Department) (Obstruction of
Justice, filed charges for political reasons, interfered with civil
rights cases)
Republican Mark Rey (Bush’s Under Secretary for Natural Resources and
the Environment and Timber lobbyist). Violations of the Endangered
Species Act and the National Environmental Policy Act
Republican State Inspector General Howard Krongard – Perjury, lying to
Congress, obstruction of justice.
Implicated – May be under investigation
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Richard Shelby (REPUBLICAN SENATOR – AL)
Robert Riley (REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR- AL)
J. D. Hayworth (REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE – AZ)
Dana Rohrabacher (REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE – CA)
Doug Ose (REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE – CA)
Richard Pombo (REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE – CA)
John Doolittle (REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE – CA)
Ed Royce (REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE – CA)
Scott McInnis (REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE – CO)
Rob Simmons (REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE – CT)
Tom Feeney (REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE – FL)
Ric Keller (REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE – FL)
John Isakson (REPUBLICAN SENATOR – GA)
Saxby Chambliss (REPUBLICAN SENATOR – CA)
Jack Kingston (REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE – GA)
Michael Simpson (REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE – ID)
Butch Otter (REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE – ID)
Jerry Walker (REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE – IL)
Dan Burton (REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE – IN)
Charles Grassley (REPUBLICAN SENATOR – IA)
BOB EHRLICH (REPUBLICAN GOVENOR- MD)
Dave Camp (REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE – MI)
Gil Gutknecht (REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE – MN)
Christopher Bind (REPUBLICAN SENATOR- MO)
Jim Talent (REPUBLICAN SENATOR- MO)
Charles Pickering (REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE – MS)
Roger Wicker (REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE – MS)
Thad Cochran (REPUBLICAN SENATOR- MS)
Dennis Rehberg (REPUBLICAN SENATOR- MT)
Jon Christensen (REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE – NE)
John Ensign (REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE – NV)
Roger Wicker (REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE – MS)
Jim Saxton (REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE – NJ)
Frank LoBiondo (REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE – NJ)
Mike Ferguson (REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE – NJ)
Heather Wilson (REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE – NM)
Charles Taylor (REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE – NC)
Walter Jones (REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE – NC)
Jean Schmidt (REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE – OH)
Ralph Regula (REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE – OH)
Ernest Istook (REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE – OK)
James Inhofe (REPUBLICAN SENATOR- OK)
Tom Coburn (REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE – OK)
Gordon Smith (REPUBLICAN SENATOR- OR)
Arlen Specter (REPUBLICAN SENATOR- PA)
Curt Weldon (REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE – PA)
Joe Pitts (REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE – PA)
John Thune (REPUBLICAN SENATOR – SD)
Bill Janklow (REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE – SD)
Van Hilleary (REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE – TN)
Chris Cannon (REPUBLICAN SENATOR- UT)
Eric Canter (REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE – VA)
Randy Forbes (REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE – VA)
George Allen (REPUBLICAN SENATOR- VA)
Tom Davis (REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE – VA)
George Nethercutt (REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE – WA)
Doc Hastings (REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE – WA)
Dave Reichert (REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE – WA)
Mark Green (REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE – WI)
Paul Ryan (REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE – WI)
Shelly Moore Capito (REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE – WV)
Mike Enzi (REPUBLICAN SENATOR- WY)
Barbara Cubin (REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE – WY)
Robert Riley (REPUBLICAN GOVENOR – AL)
Marilyn Musgrave (REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE- CO)
Jim Nussle (REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE – IA)
Matt Blunt (REPUBLICAN GOVENTOR- MO)
Roy Blunt (REPUBLICAN MAJORITY LEADER – MO)
Jon Christensen (FORMER REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE- NE)
Jeb Bradley (REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE – NH)
John E Sununu (REPUBLICAN SENATOR – NH)
Jean Schmidt (REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE – OH)
Joe Wilson(REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE – SC)
Gresham Barrett (REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE – SC)
Henry Brown (REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE – SC)
Website with partial list of Democrat Scandals:
http://www.boycottliberalism.com/Scandals.htm
Here’s another little gem from Barney Frank on 11/6/09:
It seems Mr. Frank’s current “partner” was arrested for growing marijuana in one of their homes. Althought Mr. Frank was present at the home during the arrest, he didn’t know what a marijuana plant looked like because he was “not an outdoorsman.”
Incredible. You just can’t make this stuff up.
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While some Republicans were thrown into the mix, their scandals were minimized and the Democratic scandals were “supersized”. This makes the case for a third political party minus the baggage associated with the current two.
Ivan, comrade, you are sorely mistaken. How much time did Barney Frank’s gay prostitution ring that was run out of his house, get? How much media attention did the bribes Rep. Jefferson of LA, get? The media is all about gotcha journalism, especially when it comes to the GOP. I have yet to see one Republican hold himself up as perfect, yet the dems act as though any misstep by a conservative is “proof”, that the GOP is corrupt and hypocrites. I guess you are just another Kool-Aid drinker. Good for you. Stay away from the blue Kool-Aid, though. It can cause cancer.
Darin:
Not sure what Planet you’re on but that’s all republicans do especially when it comes to family values ….. Speaking of Kool Aid you must drink it by the gallons …………………….. Hope you don’t catch cnacer yourself……. Heard the RED is the worst …………….
Fired for refusal to deliver Bribe Checks
The 101 Dumbest Moments In Business 2003 EDITION Whiffed pitch No. 6: blatant stereotyping. By Mark Athitakis April 1, 2003 (Business 2.0)– GRAND PRIZE WINNER, DUMBEST MOMENT OF 2002
In September, insurance company AmeriChoice brings trucks to blighted neighborhoods in New York City and gives away coupons for free chickens as an incentive for the underprivileged to switch their Medicare coverage. New York state senator Carl Kruger files a complaint with the state attorney general. The 101 Dumbest Moments In Business 2003 EDITION –
2009 2010
Philadelphia PA Mayor Nutter received two years in a row $60,000 in checks to help keep open and operate the city swimming polls.
These checks came from AmeriChoice Health and on the surface seems like fine gifts. Yet,they are Bribes non the less, these checks come from a company who receives all its money from the Federal State Governments as a vendor for Medicare Medicaid services is not allowed to offer bribes inducements,kickbacks and money gifts of any kind in order to promote its share of the market place.
This is also not allowed as a use of your taxpayers dollars, yes it happens. Americhoice Health has a long history of corruption Yet,it seems to be protected by those who are responsible to over see their actions why is that? Sorry must apologize just received a notice that AmeriChoice Health was under the impression they thought they were suppose to have started their very own stimulus and economic program package and the one they implemented, they had no idea it violated the Stark ,Health and Kickbacks laws.
Among its provisions, the anti-kickback statute penalizes anyone who knowingly and willfully solicits, receives, offers or pays remuneration in cash or in kind to induce, or in return for:
A. Referring an individual to a person for the furnishing, or arranging for the furnishing, of any item or service payable under the Medicare or Medicaid program; or B. Purchasing, leasing or ordering , or arranging for or recommending purchasing, leasing or ordering, any goods, facility, service or item payable under the Medicare or Medicaid program. Violators are subject to criminal penalties, or exclusion from participation in the Medicare and Medicaid rograms, or both. A violation of the anti-kickback law is a felony offense that carries criminal fines of up to $25,000 per violation, imprisonment for up to five years and exclusion from government health care programs.The federal anti-kickback statute, 42 U.S.C.§ 1320a-7b(b), prohibits individuals or entities from knowingly and willfully offering, paying, soliciting or receiving remuneration to induce referrals of items or services covered by Medicare, Medicaid or any other federally funded program.
Since all Ameri-Choice checks come from the United Health’s home office they should be held equally responsible for any bribes, kickbacks, Stark, Fraud and inducements violations that have occured. Federal and State Governments have developed such a depended position with this company I guess the laws and rules no longer apply for them.
Protected vendor status sure, politics sure,limited government budgets sure, Federal and State officals looking the other way sure, and rather then stop these activities a strong desire not to rock the boat existed. The Government created this monster and now they don’t know what to do about it, like shooting yourself in your own foot etc. Tons of money to advance their national growth, its market positions, tons of money for political donations, tons of money to send 75 millon back to its home office from New York state alone, tons of money to suppot National TV shows, tons of money to pay hugh State fines, tons of money to hire the very best law firms, tons of money for hugh salarys and bonuses, all done on the back of the American taxpayor, you see this company receives all its money from the Federal State governments.
PS In New Jersey Licensed Agents were fired for refusal.
this site is fantastic! we need to fire all of them, or pay them based on productivity! the same bastards have had the power long enough! it’s time we stopped worrying about democrats versus republicans, and just start trying to come up with solutions in a way that is compromising and fair. young people need to band together and start putting some younger people in office! these 80 year old me don’t know what to do with their dicks, let alone what healthcare and what life is like for new parents in today’s economy. too bad most people are self interested liars, so even if a revolution were to happen, the outcome would probably be the same. it’s a sad, sad world.
lauren, ’tis truly wondrous that others have finally reached the inevitable conclusion to all this plitical mess and social wrong-doing. Politicians get us into wars, international conspiracies, assassinations. Many weapons now in the hands of rebles, terrorists, insurgents (they hae many changing names for these people) originated from America, to the delightful monetary enrichment of the military industrial complex. American citizens do not invoke war against other nations, either covertly or overtly, nor does the American military; indeed, it is solely the consequences of decisions made by American politicians thta has gotten us all jacked up. Personally, I;ve long believed that both political partys have hired professional psychological and phychiatric research and marketing firms to conduct surveys as to their professional insights into what makes a monkey jump, for surely, they have concluded that monkeys are funny people. An ancient Egyptian proverb states that “THE PHAROAHS KEPT THE SLAVES UNDER CONTROL BY KEEPING THEM ARGUING AMONGST THEMSELVES.” A little FYI SHOUTOUT!!! “Modern political strategies primarily, if not exclusively, target the concept of manipulation and exploitation of the news media. There’s so damn precioius little truth and honesty, morality and ethics involved in todays politics, and it’s eroding everything elaase good about America, including, most importantly, the children of this nation. Presently a democrat holds the office of the presidency. republicans want for the citizens to believe that everything the current president tries to accomplish will fail, worse, that it’ll cause untold and unsung misery and harm to befall the citizenry. And, whenever the opposite party holds the office of the presidency, they losing party cries the same ‘ol same ‘ol. Has former president boy george ever publically explained to American citizens how it came to pass that he inherited a presidency having a 1.4 trillion dollar surplus, and left this office (and the people of this nation) holding the note for a 4.3 trillion dollar deficit!? Neither republican nor democratic has inherited the presidency having to immediately contend with so much strife and diversity, complexity and enormity, at home and abroad. Eisenhower had Korea; Kennedy had Cuba and the U.S.S.R; Johnson had Viet Nam, the civil rights bill and the voters rights bill. He also had student riots, race riots and war protesters; Nixon had Viet Nam and Watergate and, of course, that adoring couple, John and Martha Mitchell; Ford had his dog, his home in Vail, and his well publicized mis-step exiting Airforce one; Carter had the American embassy take-over (for 479? days); Reagan had Britain, the U.S.S.R., Germany, and “Contragate,” , starring Lt. Col. Oliver North. Not one former president either came into, nor left the office of the prisidency leaving such a mess behind for his successor …except and solely boy george! Since I’ve gien mention to a few former presidents, let me put this out there: Is there any way that any person of ordinary prudence could possibly conclude that Sarah Palin is comparable to any of these presidents. It took her about 20 years and 5 different colleges before she finally got her degree (in absolute stupidity). She kept quitting. She quit on her daughter’s needed sexual restraint, she quit as governor of Alaska. She “quit” on her presidential running mate, meaning, in her words, she’s “going rogue” … She quit on the republican party, although she is careful not to say as much, so simply, so forthright. She sided with the so-called tea partiers. Why Senator John McCain decided to unleash upon the American people and our peace of mind such a horrid, self-centered, self-serving, selfish, silly, sorrowful, sadistic, senseless and otherwise politically sutpoid-ass amnesia chick is something I will likely die not ever knowing, for I doubt that Senator McCain had any idea as to what he’d done. Palin is out for the money and media fame. She has no respect for the president, nor for his wife. She’s a whore, a pimp, a slut and a betrayer. Everyday the national media should air special programs on the number of federal officials convicted for felonious acts, their sentences and how much time they actually served, and where. I am confident that someone from either party will conduct a count to see who committed the most felonies from which party, then try to convince the public that what they did wasn’t all that bad, simply because they didn’t have as many menbers convicted, or caught! As it is true of cocaine, crack cocaine, methamphitamine, heroin, hard-core prescription drugs, etc., equally it is true of lobbyist and the practice of lobbying, that it constitutes a clear and forever present threat to our national security, our foreign security, our social fabric, as well as our collective individuality and sanity. Politicians aren’t about politics; they’re all about “dollartics!”
Marion Barry, husband, father and mayor of Washington, D.C., from 1979-1991, and again from 1995-1999. Caught on video tape smoking crack cocaine and sentenced to serve six months in prison, after his prison release and within less than four years, he’s back in public office again. What happened to ex-felons can not hold elective office. What about the federal sentencing guidelines. Why were first time offenders being sentenced to 20, 25, 30 and more years to prison for having about a $20.00 rock (and please do not forget to remember that hundreds upon hundreds, if not thousands, of otherwise innocent persons were being sentenced to long prison terms after being “intrapped,” which is to say that they bought drugs from undercover agents posing as drug dealers. I’v elikely read of more than a thousand politicians that have been convicted of, or who pead guilty to, virtually every range of sexual offenses on record and, I wonder if any of them are subject to the mandatory sexual predator registration, and if any have failed to comply with their terms and conditions. And I wonder if President Obama would give praise to the citizens of D.C. for having given Marion Barry another chance after prison, as he has for Michael Vick, not that I’m implying what he did in the Vick instance isn’t warranted and a good thing for this nation, as it should spark national discussion on this subject. America no oonger has a political system. Rather, it has a fully blown and frowing “corrupt political system!”
Seems to me that if your are going for a balanced accusation ratio both parties should be interspersed, where you have a plethora of Democratic failing dominating the first half of the page.
But agreed they are both equally failing in the integrity department.
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