Parties of Corruption

Parties of Corruption
By Randall Hoven

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.

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