More on buying the Republican Congress

Josh Marshall provides more information on which Congresspeople Mitchell Wade was donating to besides Randy "Duke" Cunningham. Rep. Virgil Goode (Republican, 5th District, Virginia) and Rep. Katherine Harris (Republican, 13th District, Florida) also got good sums.

Like Cunningham, Goode had the power to shift government contracts to Mitchell Wade. But what did Katherine Harris have to sell?

Here is a paragraph in Josh Marshall's report that I find interesting:

There's also this intriguing nugget: "A third former employee of MZM described being rounded up along with other employees one afternoon in the company's Washington headquarters and told to write a check with the political recipient standing by. The former employee didn't give the name of the politician receiving the donations."

Remember when Republicans argued that Unions were acting unfairly when they use a part of union dues for political purposes? I doubt that Mitchell Wade was asking anyone if they wanted to donate to Republican candidates. It was a case of "Write the check to the candidate of my choice if you like to keep your job."

The Republican Congress is a bought-and-paid for subsidiary of large corporate business. Just ask Tom DeLay.

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See also Crooks in congress and More Republican criminal wrong-doing.