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Americans seem to be divided into two camps on the subject of the Congress of the United States: those who consider it an ethical swamp and those who regard that comparison as unfair to swamps. As the members return to work this week, they have an even worse public image...
Which is why, as they head toward this year's midterm elections, incumbents worry about fallout from the Rostenkowski indictment. Former Illinois Senator Alan Dixon remembers how, just weeks before his unsuccessful 1992 primary bid against Carol Moseley-Braun, the House banking scandal erupted onto Chicago's front pages. "My...
While Rostenkowski may have known the extent of the potential indictment against him, for most other people it came as a shock when Holder finally unveiled it last week. In addition to a charge that was already familiar -- that from 1978 to 1991 Rostenkowski took at least $50,000 in...
Congressman Dan Rostenkowski came out fighting today, saying he will not plead guilty to any of the 17 charges federal prosecutors have brought against him. The Illinois Representative was forced to give up a key House leadership role because of the indictment, but he proclaimed forcefully that "I will prevail...
The most notable omissions to the admission standards are certain moral qualities that cannot be measured. For some, this is a powerful indictment both of Harvard's admission standards and of our educations.