Miller (R) Murphy (R) Renzi (R) Calvert (R) Doolittle (R) Lewis (R) Jefferson(D)Mollohan(D)

[underpants]

*please check the RNC quote at the bottom*


Various file photos of House members under investigation by federal authorities. Top row, from left are, Rep. Gary Miller, R-Calif.; Rep. Tim Murphy, R-Pa.; Rep. Rick Renzi, R-Ariz.; and Rep. Ken Calvert, R-Calif. Bottom row, from left are, Rep. John Doolittle, R-Calif.; Rep. Jerry Lewis, R-Calif.; Rep. William Jefferson, D-La.; and Rep. Alan Mollohan, D-W.Va. (AP Photo/File)

GOP fear fallout from new ethics probes
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070531/ap_on_go_co/gop_ethics_5


WASHINGTON - A half dozen federal investigations into the activities of Republican lawmakers are raising new worries for GOP leaders who hope to regain the House majority they lost last fall.


In recent weeks, two veteran Republicans surrendered prominent committee seats after FBI agents raided the offices of family businesses. Others have long-running investigations hanging over them. Some conservative activists are criticizing the party's handling of the matters.

Democrats say at least six GOP House members are under some degree of Justice Department scrutiny, although Republicans question whether all the inquiries are active.

In pure numbers, Republicans are approaching the magnitude of their problem at this stage of the 2006 election cycle. Eventually, nine House Republicans faced FBI investigations. Four stepped down, and two — Reps. Randy "Duke" Cunningham of California and Bob Ney of Ohio — are in prison. Of the five who sought re-election, three lost and the other two remain under ethical clouds.

Jessica Boulanger, spokeswoman for the National Republican Congressional Committee, said Democratic attacks on the ethics front will have little effect. Democrats, she said, "are proving incapable of governing, so it's no wonder they're dusting off their '06 playbook in an effort to hide their failed leadership."

[ChairmanAgnostic]

1. throw all the bums out.

a clean slate, no lobbyist $$$ allowed, and federal funding of elections.

[Virginia Dare]

2. We have to have the latter..

before we can get the former. Get corporate money out of the election process, the rest will follow.

[Bitwit1234]

3. So in five months

the democrats should have turned the country around. Especially since they don't have enough majority in the senate to get a lot of bills introduced. Then when they do get the bill out there bush vetos it and there isn't enough votes to over ride it.

What the republicans took six years to ruin, is gonna take more than five months to fix.

[RaleighNCDUer]

4. "Democrats, she said, "are proving incapable of governing, so it's no wonder they're dusting off

their '06 playbook in an effort to hide their failed leadership."

So what she's saying is "They're going to have to put a lot more of us in prison if they expect to get anything done."

:rofl: