‘Culture of Corruption’ Is Real, Not Just a Campaign Attack Line

By Norman Ornstein
Roll Call Contributing Writer
June 28, 2006, 12 a.m.

As I have mentioned many times in this column, I have been kicking around Congress since the fall of 1969 — more than 36 years. I have a strong stomach and I have seen a lot: real corruption, as in ABSCAM; petty corruption, as in former Rep. Dan Rostenkowski (D-Ill.) and the House Post Office; lots of alcoholism; and sex offenses of every variety, petty and grand, occurring in places as varied as Senate elevators, the steps of the Capitol, the Tidal Basin and House offices.



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Stier: Detecting a Bad Breast Cancer Bill

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Who could blame hundreds of Members of Congress for joining with a colleague and breast cancer survivor, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.), in co-sponsoring legislation aimed at promoting breast cancer education? The problem, according to leading breast cancer scientists and advocacy groups, is the bill would do more harm than good. Read Full Article

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