The Federal Election Commission has concluded that Vern Buchanan “more likely than not” broke the law. A FEC report presents evidence substantiating the complaint against Buchanan, contradicting Buchanan’s claims that he hadn’t done anything wrong.

If H.R. 3600 succeeds, political candidates and political parties will be able to convert churches and charities into little more than campaign tools. Power brokers will be able to make donations to campaigns for political office through churches, and then to write off these campaign donations on their taxes. New corrupt relationships forged by financial transactions between churches and politicians will encourage radical schemes to increase government interference in religious matters, in order to give special advantage to well-connected preachers.

A report released by Citizens for Ethics and Responsibility in Washington shows that politicians elected to Congress in 2010 are disproportionately corrupt – and it’s just their first year in Congress, so they’ve barely had time to get started.

It is claimed that Vern Buchanan told Kazran to “just run it through the corporation.” It is further alleged that Buchanan attempted to bribe Kazran into signing a false affadavit claiming that the arrangement never took place.

There is a clear relationship between support for H.R. 2092 and financial contributions from the Indoor Tanning Association, but it isn’t a thorough and dominating relationship.

a href=”http://thatsmycongress.com/house/repSpeierCA12112.html”>Jackie Speier accused her colleagues of supporting H.R. 910 because of the money they have been given by oil, gas, and coal companies – and because of the money they hope to collect from the industry in the future.

Is the war now supposed to be a tool for the improvement of the lives of the people of Afghanistan? This week, Representative Dennis Kucinich called into question this justification for continued fighting by the U.S. military in Afghanistan.

In a speech before the House of Representatives this week, John Duncan pointed out that there are indications of corruption in the process of selecting companies to produce and install full body scanners for airport security lines.

In response to a report revealing that American money has been used to pay for cooks and cleaners for Taliban commanders, Republican senators complained that the report “failed to acknowledge the positive impact of providing employment to local inhabitants”.

In Ted Kaufman’s view, Obama is restricting anti-corruption efforts to low level government officials, turning a blind eye to abuses by Hamid Karzai and his close associates.