2011's most corrupt members of Congress

[Playinghardball]

Source: Crews Most Corrupt

http://www.crewsmostcorrupt.org/mostcorrupt

[libinnyandia]

1. Michael Grimm

I'm not too surprised that Michael Grimm was able to get elected depite his lawbreaking. Most of his district is in Staten Island and they have voted for some pretty bad reps, including one who had a mistress and baby while claiming to be a "family values" man

[dixiegrrrrl]

2. Whoa..Maxine Waters????

CREW says:

In the midst of a national financial catastrophe, Rep. Maxine Waters used her position as a senior member of Congress and member of the House Financial Services Committee to prevail upon Treasury officials to meet with OneUnited Bank. She never disclosed that her husband held stock in the bank.

Rep. Waters is an eleven-term member of Congress, representing California’s 35th congressional district. She is a senior member of the House Financial Services Committee.

Rep. Waters was included in CREW’s 2005 and 2006 Most Corrupt Report for unrelated matters, as well as in the 2009 report for her actions regarding OneUnited.

[provis99]

3. I notice they don't have James Inhofe on the list, or John Ensign.

Both have kissed CREW's ass, so CREW appears to be as corrupt as the politicians they criticize.

as for the Maxine Waters case, firedoglake explains CREW's dodgy reasoning and sinister associations.
http://my.firedoglake.com/frank33/tag/maxine-waters/