Ex-Rep. Cunningham gives bribery details
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Disgraced former U.S. Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham lied to fellow lawmakers on a House ethics panel to disguise kickbacks from a defense contractor, according to a summary of an interview between the congressman and federal investigators.
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Allegedly scamming a Virginia businesswoman could prove to be a major mistake for a Democratic congressman from New Orleans.
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Rep. William J. Jefferson (D-La.) spoke publicly yesterday for the first time since Monday's indictment on bribery, racketeering and money-laundering charges, vowing to "sell every stick of furniture in our home and anything else we may own" to fight the government's accusations.
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The pharmaceutical industry on Wednesday named as its top lobbyist a longtime congressman who has been among those overseeing it. The new job is said to come with a $1 million-plus salary.
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Facing a Dec. 9 runoff for his seat in Louisiana's 2nd Congressional District Ã¢ÂÂ and highly publicized bribery allegations that threaten to end his House career at eight terms Ã¢ÂÂ Democratic Rep. William J. Jefferson is showing a good bit of resilience. His contest with Democratic state Rep. Karen Carter does not appear to have a strong favorite with just more than a week to go before the Saturday voting.
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Fines of up to &#36;500,000 per violation for indecent material aired on broadcast television and radio were unveiled by a top U.S. House of Representatives lawmaker on Tuesday, renewing a campaign to clean up broadcasting that failed last year.
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A county official pleaded to guilty to bribery Monday in a public corruption investigation that has also led to the arrests of several state lawmakers.
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Rep. William Jefferson pleaded not guilty Friday to charges of soliciting more than $500,000 in bribes while using his office to broker business deals in Africa.
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Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert and 12 other members of Congress have been subpoenaed to testify in a bribery trial involving jailed former Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham
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A former vice minister of trade went on trial on Tuesday on charges of accepting thousands of dollars in bribes involving garment and textiles exports to the United States.
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Rep. John Doolittle's associations with some notorious scoundrels have him uniquely tied to both congressional bribery scandals that have sent other Republican lawmakers to jail.
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A U.S. congressman from Louisiana, under investigation by the FBI after they found $90,000 in cash in his freezer, was endorsed by New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin on Saturday and vowed that allegations of bribery would not hurt his re-election campaign.
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Former Rep. Frank Ballance pleaded guilty Tuesday to a charge that he used a charitable foundation to bilk the government and funnel money to his law firm, church and family.
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Two indictments issued Tuesday by a federal grand jury in San Diego contain fresh details related to alleged efforts by Brent R. Wilkes, a California businessman, to bribe a member of Congress and a senior CIA official. The goal, prosecutors charge, was to get the officials to steer lucrative federal contracts to companies Wilkes controlled....
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A former Minnesota congressman is being questioned for accepting &#36;12,500 in donations and spending more than &#36;60,000 on campaign expenses in the two years after he was ousted from office.
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A second U.S. Republican lawmaker  has acknowledged calling a federal prosecutor to complain about  the slow pace of corruption cases just before elections last  year, The Washington Post reported on Monday.
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The talk show host sold a letter of complaint he received from a group of Democratic senators for charity on eBay.