100+page "Culture of Corruption" Report from Rep Louise Slaughter:

[kpete]

America for Sale: The Ultimate Culture of Corruption Report
by Chris Bowers, Tue Feb 21, 2006 at 07:02:21 PM EST

I just received a huge 100+ page report from the always magnificent Representative Louise Slaughter that is almost certainly the most extensive and in-depth study of the Republican Culture of Corruption yet produced. Considering that the report is over 100 pages long and has over 600 pages of supporting documents, I have not yet had a chance to look through it yet. It won't be posted on the web until tomorrow, but I think the cover sheet I received with it should be more than enough to whet your appetite: Here it is:


Enclosed please find a PDF version of our report, America for Sale: The Cost of Republican Corruption, which explains how the corruption in Republican-controlled Washington is costing average Americans living outside the beltway bubble. It shows how the harmful policies Republicans have passed into law over the past few years are the result of a corrupt process that gives "K Street Project" lobbyists more power to shape legislation than the legislators the people have elected to represent them in Washington.

The report will be released to the traditional medial tomorrow and will be up live on Leader Pelosi's website tomorrow.

We wanted you to have an exclusive PDF version which you can copy and paste out of. I am also enclosing for you a document titled "Corruption Index," which has a list of names of all the GOP current and former House Members, current and former House Congressional Leaders, and current and former Bush Administration officials who have either a direct or indirect link/connections to this massive web of Republican corruption. Here are some of the names from that list with references to page numbers of the report(...)

Our report clearly demonstrates that when the GOP Leaders in the House of Representatives allow Republican lobbyists to set the agenda and write the bills, the American people suffer the consequences. While the special interests walk away with billions of dollars in tax breaks, subsidies, and federal contracts, Americans must live with the bad laws this system produces. The political corruption we associate with now-notorious figures such as Duke Cunningham and Jack Abramoff comes at a very real cost to each and every one of us.

For the first time, this report tries to quantify the damage the Republican Congress and Bush White House have inflicted on our country. Here are a few numbers to consider:

more at:
http://www.mydd.com/story/2006/2/21/19222/3684

[sam sarrha]

1. lets get that listed in the 'Greatest' so i can find it tomorrow.. i have

to stay off the computer till 5pm.. thanks

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

2. This report will be a gold mine

for any Dem wishing to run against a repuke incombant. I plan to check out my conman's name to see what ties he has to the corruption as soon as I can, and maybe come out with some flyers about just him. Do you think if I cite the report as a source, this will be ok?

[kpete]

3. Slaughter is inviting you to do just that

"We wanted you to have an exclusive PDF version which you can copy and paste out of."

PDF will be available tomorrow. I will post it ASAP.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

4. Thank you!

I thought that was what she meant, but I wanted to be sure it would be ok to use it in literature about one particular conman. I'll be looking forward to that post tomorrow!

[VP505]

5. Thank You Rep Slaughter,

It's going to be interesting to watch the GOP spin and smear machine scrambling to counter. I hope this report gets the coverage from the MSM that it deserves, but I am sure we are going to have to push to keep it in the public eye.

[efhmc]

6. Thank you for this information.

[kpete]

7. Here you go:

Our Report from the House - America for Sale: The Cost of Republican Corruption
by Rep Louise Slaughter
http://www.democraticleader.house.gov/pdf/AmericaForSale.pdf


Wed Feb 22, 2006 at 08:09:11 AM PDT

Good morning folks. So here is our report, America for Sale: The Cost of Republican Corruption, which we released today to explain how the corruption in Republican-controlled Washington has harmed our country. It shows how the harmful policies Republicans have passed into law over the past few years are the result of a corrupt process that gives "K Street Project" lobbyists more power to shape legislation than the legislators the people have elected to represent them in Washington.

I will be lurking around here this morning and try to respond to your comments and questions to our report. Thank you so much again for making me feel so welcome to our community during this past year. - LMS

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2006/2/22/10911/3163

http://www.democraticleader.house.gov/pdf/AmericaForSale.pdf

[ClintonTyree]

8. That's my Congresswoman......

she's not perfect but she's about as close as you can come in politics. No one can ever mount a serious challenge against her. I'm surprised the report is so small though, it must be the "Cliff's Notes" version. There's enough Republican corruption to fill an Encyclopedia. This should be a good start though and provide plenty of ammunition for this November's elections.

Thanks, Louise....we love you here at home! :loveya: :yourock: :loveya:

[TheMadMonk]

9. Now get this out there....

Anyone and everyone with a few bucks spare change should find a business card vending machine, put nothing but the URL on the cards. After all, best if we can trick a few (more than a few) Republicans into reading this.

Those with access to fast server space should make mirror copies and distribut that URL. The shorter the better, since folk are more likely to type in a short URL than a long one. And Repblicans are more likely to go to a URL that does not have "democratic" in it.

If you have a captive audience in a waiting room (barbers, doctors, dentists, etc.) print out copies to go with the three year old issues of Vogue.

[Trevelyan]

10. Very good idea, Mad Monk. I love Congresswoman Louise

We should visit her and Rep. Cynthia McKinney's sites more often. Rep. Slaughter had a petition about her TRUMAN COMMISSION to find out what happened to the 9 Billion Dollars that Halliburton lost as "spare change" in Iraq and other war profiteer scams of the US Taxpayer.

I think this will be a great source for all of us trying to educate ourselves and acquintances with the truth about the Abramoff and Cunningham Republican scandals just for starters.

[derby378]

11. Self-delete

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