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«not only has Sen. Frist likely engaged in illegal activity, he has also been attempting to cover up his actions by suddenly finding a conflict of interest that he never before recognized. Sen. Frist would be wise to consider Martha Stewart's case as he continues down this path.»

«This reminds me of 1994,»

«[The Democrats] lost in large part because of the ethics problems. Now only 11 years later, we have the Republicans acting just like the Democrats and maybe even worse. Worse yet, they're acting like nobody cares even though their approval rating is only 36 percent, a low comparable to the '94 approval rating [of the Democrat-controlled Congress].»

«and corporations are strictly prohibited from making contributions to political campaigns.»

«[Melanie Sloan, CREW's executive director, said,] The NIGC is either running a lackluster investigation or illegally withholding documents, or both. Regardless, the American public deserves to know what NIGC's dealings were with these officials, including now-indicted former GSA Chief of Staff David Safavian and former Majority Leader Tom DeLay. ... We will not sit by and allow the Administration to ignore the law and their responsibilities to the public. We will fight to learn the extent of Jack Abramoff's influence in Congress and the Administration.»

«starting to undermine the prosecutor by implying that he's only going to be able to indict on technicalities.»

«But perjury is not a technicality,»

«Special interests do get more and they do get what they pay for despite the constant denial that lawmakers can't be bought,»

«That, to me, would be special treatment that he doesn't really deserve.»

«No matter what level of corruption the members of Congress engage in, the ethics committees do nothing. It's a national embarrassment.»