corrupt repugs - a never-ending saga

Republican House Speaker Hastert and two other Republican Congressmen accused of using pork to enrich themselves financially

Oh for simpler times when Denny was a great late-night dive.

From the Wash Post:

House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) made a $2 million profit last year on the sale of land 5 1/2 miles from a highway project that he helped to finance with targeted federal funds.

A Republican House member from California, meanwhile, received nearly double what he paid for a four-acre parcel near an Air Force base after securing $8 million for a planned freeway interchange 16 miles away. And another California GOP congressman obtained funding in last year's highway bill for street improvements near a planned residential and commercial development that he co-owns.

(Americablog)