[Vision2020] Whores On Parade

[Art Deco]

 Lawmakers can reap benefits from legislation they
sponsor<http://link.email.washingtonpost.com/r/ZTVJ68/TPIQ1A/HYHSTZ/SSY50E/S373Z5/OS/h?a=http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/congress-members-back-legislation-that-could-benefit-themselves-relatives/2012/10/07/c2fa7d94-f3a9-11e1-a612-3cfc842a6d89_story.html>Seventy-three
members of Congress have sponsored or co-sponsored legislation in recent
years that could benefit businesses or industries in which either they or
their family members are involved or invested, according to a Washington
Post analysis.

The findings emerge from an examination by The Post of financial disclosure
forms and public records for all 535 members of the House and Senate.

The practice is both legal and permitted under the ethics rules that
Congress has written for itself, which allow lawmakers to take actions that
benefit themselves or their families except when they are the lone
beneficiaries.


Read more at:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/congress-members-back-legislation-that-could-benefit-themselves-relatives/2012/10/07/c2fa7d94-f3a9-11e1-a612-3cfc842a6d89_story.html<http://link.email.washingtonpost.com/r/ZTVJ68/TPIQ1A/HYHSTZ/SSY50E/A737NH/OS/h?a=http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/congress-members-back-legislation-that-could-benefit-themselves-relatives/2012/10/07/c2fa7d94-f3a9-11e1-a612-3cfc842a6d89_story.html>

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