Parties of Corruption

Parties of Corruption
Randall Hoven
Which party is more corrupt? Maybe you've seen lists. The National
Taxpayer's Union has a pretty good list http://www.ntu.org/main/press.php?PressID=343.
The NTU's gripe, though, is not which party is more corrupt, but that
Congressmen who are convicted felons continue to collect their very
generous congressional pensions.


The NTU's list is of "Members of Congress Who Were Convicted of or
Pled Guilty to Major Offenses, 1992-1999." NTU staffers had to
compile the list from Washington Post archives and Congressional
Quarterly Yearly Almanacs. (It takes real work to compile an apples-
to-apples, fair list.) Here is that list:


Nick Mavroules (D-MA). Tax evasion, accepting illegal gratuity, 1992.
Albert Bustamante (D-TX). Racketeering, 1993.
Carroll Hubbard (D-KY). Fraud and corruption, 1994.
Carl Perkins (D-KY). Fraud, 1994.
Charlie Rose (D-NC). Agreed to pay fine for financial disclosure
irregularities, 1994.
Larry Smith (D-FL). Tax evasion, 1994.
Dave Durenberger (R-MN). Financial disclosure misdemeanor, 1995.
Walter Fauntroy (D-DC Delegate). Financial disclosure misdemeanor,
1995.
Gerald Kleczka (D-WI). Convicted of DWI, 1987. Arrested for DWI,
1990 and 1995.
Mel Reynolds (D-IL). Sexual misconduct, 1995.
Walter Tucker (D-CA). Extortion, 1995.
Charles Wilson (D-TX). Agreed to pay fine to Federal Election
Commission, 1995.
Joe Kolter (D-PA). Fraud and conspiracy, 1996.
Dan Rostenkowski (D-IL). Mail fraud, 1996.
Wes Cooley (R-OR). Lying about war record in official voter pamphlet,
1997.
Jay Kim (R-CA). Campaign finance violations, 1998.
Mary Rose Oakar (D-OH). Financial disclosure irregularities, 1998.
Austin J. Murphy (D-PA). Voter fraud, 1999.


By my count: 15 Democrats, 3 Republicans. Since then, we can add
James Traficant (D-OH) and Randall Cunningham (R-CA). Call the score
16 to 4, Democrats leading.


That would make Democrats 4 times (or 300%) more corrupt than
Republicans.


If you have a better list, please let me know
(randall.hoven@xxxxxxxxx). But please, make sure the list is apples-
to-apples. The NTU's list, for example, is only among US Congressmen
and only for convictions of or guilty pleas to major offenses.
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