These politicians have not been elected to Congress to complain about Washington. They’ve been elected to Congress to be part of Washington, and make it better.

What sort of people do you think that Bobby Bright met at the offices of the Nuclear Energy Institute fundraiser that day? Do you think that there were any opponents of nuclear energy there?

The invitation for the Williams & Jensen lobbying fundraiser for Jim Costa advises that the minimum price of admission will be a $1,000 gift for Costa, to be his “friend”.

When Erik Paulsen sent out invitations to tomorrow’s reception, he openly informed the potential guests that they should come bearing gifts of money for him. Apparently, Congressman Paulsen believes that the time has come when the United States of America needs leaders who are in love with money, rather than justice.

Lincoln Diaz-Balart and his brother Mario (also a U.S. Respresentative) have accepted donations from Susan and Edmund Benson, the founders and directors of the Arise Foundation. Perhaps this relationship helps Diaz-Balart see beyond his opposition to federal government spending that he applies to the rest of the nation

Given Chris Dodd’s recent connection to corruption scandals, his retirement won’t be much of a loss for either the Senate Democrats in general, or for progressives in particular.

This year, as in 2008, Democrat Kevin Powell is seeking to replace Congressman Towns.

The following are the Top 10 Absentee members of Congress in the U.S. House of Representatives during the course of 2009. These are the members of Congress who were most often missing from roll call votes:
1. RepublicanJ. Gresham Barrett of South Carolina – absent for 346 of the 991 roll-call votes in the [...]

When it comes to gathering money for his recent political campaigns, Congressman Roy Blunt has relied on just about everything but his beliefs.

In the first seven months of the 111th Congress, 251 organizations in the House of Representatives registered formally with the Committee on House Administration as Congressional Member Organizations. Known informally as CMOs or caucuses, these organizations serve various purposes — to bring together members of Congress to work on legislation together, to hold informal [...]