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The wonderful thing about Democracy is that everybody can get a piece of the pie of the bribe. Newsweek reports in their upcoming issue:

As Congress debatees a crackdown on members’ and their staffs’ accepting travel paid for by outside interests, newly filed records show Capitol Hill lawmakers aren’t Washington’s only frequent fliers. According to filings with the Office of Government Ethics, White House staffers have accepted nearly $135,000 in free trips since November 2004. Among those picking up the tab: some of the president’s top business supporters, including the National Association of Manufacturers, and dozens of conservative and religious groups, among them the Southern Baptist Convention, Focus on the Family and the Federalist Society.

Faaaaascinating. How ethically pure. Full article.

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