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San Francisco Chronicle: “An Upright Salute to Government Today”

“… The current state of Washington is pretty bad. A new book, “Extortion,” by Peter Schweizer of Stanford’s Hoover Institution, describes in detail how so-called leadership PACs, created as a way around the ethics reforms enacted in the last effort at clean government, provide Congress members with what amount to personal slush funds, with which […]

Washington Examiner: “Nancy Pelosi tops all others in fundraising; $52 million for Democrats”

“House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi has blown away all competitors in the race to be the top congressional fundraiser, pulling down more than $52 million for Democratic candidates in 2012, or more than $120,000 for every congressional district, not including her own, according to a new investigative report. In so-called “dues” and other contributions required […]

60 Minutes: “Washington’s open secret: Profitable PACs [TRANSCRIPT]

  “Most Americans believe it’s against the law for congressmen and senators to profit personally from their political office but it’s an open secret in Washington that that’s not the case. As the saying goes the real scandal in Washington isn’t what’s illegal, it’s what is legal… Peter Schweizer: I think campaign fundraising is increasingly […]

NRO: GAI Data Reveals Eye-Opening Look at Obama’s Schedule

“As the Government Accountability Institute (GAI) calculated, and Washington Post columnist Marc Thiessen first reported, Obama attended only 43.8 percent of his PDBs between January 23, 2009 (three days after his inauguration), and May 31, 2012. Available nearly every day, the PDB allows the commander-in-chief to hear directly from top intelligence professionals about the latest threats to U.S. safety. […]

WASHINGTON TIMES: Corzine Cronyism

Mr. Corzine raised $500,000 for the president’s re-election campaign. He was even considered for a presidential appointment before MF Global collapsed. Peter Schweizer, president of theGovernment Accountability Institute, observed in an op-ed column in this newspaper that MF Global was a client of Attorney General Eric Holder’s former law firm, Covington & Burling, where many […]