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Teaser: Ohio Congressman’s Road is Paved with Self Promotion Content:

In school your teacher told you not to take credit for the work of others. If you did it was considered plagiarism or cheating. Apparently Congressman Zack Space missed class that day.

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Teaser: Resume cites FSU championship; PA Democrat never made roster Content:

Depending on which media interview he’s giving, U.S. Representative Jason Altmire, D-PA, was either a wide receiver on Florida State University’s storied 1989 Sugar Bowl Championship team, or a member of its practice squad, who didn’t play a single down in a single game during his four years as a Seminole.

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Teaser: Freshman Texas Democrat “charges” taxpayers for his earmarks Content:

As a candidate for Congress in 2006, Texas’s Nick Lampson continuously railed against Congressional pork projects and lobbyist influence.  Pork projects, or earmarks, are placed in annual appropriation bills at the request of Members of Congress.

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Teaser: 9 of 10 Democrats misspell expense entry Content:

While a number of freshmen Democrats purchased campaign stationery in 2007, only one of them could spell it correctly, the Majority Accountability Project (majorityap.com) recently learned.

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Teaser: From pet psychic amenities to naming their own price, new members spend diversely on campaign trips Content:

 While U.S. Representative Kirsten Gillibrand, D-NY, is the most frequent campaign traveler in the Democrat’s freshmen class, spending nearly $44,000 on hotels, travel agents, airline and rail tickets in 2007, she is not its most pampered.  That distinction belongs to Florida’s Ron Klein.

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Teaser: New Yorkers capture three of top four spots in travel spending Content:

U.S. Representative Kirsten Gillibrand, D-NY, paid more for campaign travel than any member of her Democrat freshman class, spending nearly $44,000 on hotels, travel agents, airline and rail tickets in 2007, research by the Majority Accountability Project (majorityap.com) has found. According to Federal Election Commission (FEC) records, Gillibrand’s 2007 travels took her across the United States, from California to New Hampshire, and to cities such as Chicago, Atlanta, and Fort Lauderdale. In contrast, the man Gillibrand defeated, former U.S.

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Teaser: Freshman Democrat’s book panned, gets poor sales projections at Amazon Content:

Critical reviews and sales tracking figures from Amazon.com have not been kind to U.S. Representative Patrick Murphy’s nearly two-month old memoir, Taking the Hill.

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Teaser: Recent FEC Ruling indicates Freshman PA Democrat broke rules Content:

Stung my tumbling book sales, bad reviews and a lackluster marketing campaign by his publisher, U.S. Representative Patrick Murphy, D-PA, has turned to his re-election committee to help promote his controversial memoir, Taking the Hill, research by the Majority Accountability Project (majorityap.com) has found.

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Teaser: Georgia Democrat’s spokesman says law firm fronted debt Content:

A spokesman for U.S. Representative Henry “Hank” Johnson, D-GA, responded to a Majority Accountability Project (majorityap.com) report that the freshman Democrat pays the highest campaign rent of any member of Georgia’s Congressional delegation by telling the Atlanta Journal Constitution that Johnson’s law firm paid for the space when the campaign couldn’t afford to, a likely violation of federal campaign laws, research by majorityap.com has found.

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Teaser: Freshman Democrat pays his former law firm for campaign office Content:

U.S. Representative Henry “Hank” Johnson, D-GA, pays more in rent for his campaign office than any other member of Georgia’s Congressional delegation, including the Peach state’s two U.S. Senators - a distinction made more dubious by the fact Johnson’s landlord is the law firm that bears his name.

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Teaser: Long Island Democrat has so far paid daughter nearly $270K Content:

U.S. Representative Tim Bishop, D-NY, has so far paid his daughter nearly $270,000 in salary and expenses from his re-election fund, giving her a 46 percent raise when she switched from salaried employee to part-time consultant, research by the Majority Accountability Project (majorityap.com) has found.

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Teaser: Illinois Democrat faulted for raising cash in foreigner’s home Content:

U.S. Representative Melissa Bean, D-IL, abruptly moved a campaign fundraiser last week after it became public the event was being held in the home of a foreign national and raising the specter of violating federal law, the Majority Accountability Project (www.majorityap.com) has learned.

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Teaser: As other Democrats jettison Spitzer cash, freshman NY Democrat silent on donation Content:

As frontman for the 1970’s pop band Orleans, U.S. Representative John Hall, D-NY, penned the group’s chart climbing hit “Still the One.” And as a member of Congress, Hall is still the one keeping campaign money he received from disgraced New York Governor Eliot Spitzer, even as the rest of his Democrat colleagues last week jettisoned Spitzer’s donations.

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Teaser: Despite law and order background, freshman Democrat has record of tainted donations Content:

Even though two of his fellow Democrats have already announced plans to return campaign donations they received from disgraced New York Governor Eliot Spitzer, U.S. Representative Michael Arcuri, D-NY, a former Oneida County prosecutor, is yet to answer calls he rid himself of $6,000 he received from the man who resigned from office yesterday amid allegations he patronized a high-priced prostitute, the Majority Accountability Project (majorityap.com) has learned.

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Teaser: NY Congresswoman once added morality clause to accepting campaign donations Content:

U.S. Representative Kirsten Gillibrand, D-NY, who once called on her 2006 opponent to return a campaign contribution from a strip club owner whose profession she considered morally offensive, is refusing to answer questions about whether she will return $5,000 in campaign contributions she received from embattled New York Governor Eliot Spitzer, the Majority Accountability Project (majorityap.com) has learned.

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Several papers are reporting on a call for U.S.

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Teaser: Controversial trial lawyer is lead witness, Transportation chair cashes in Content:

House Transportation Chairman James Oberstar, D-MN, scheduled a committee hearing at the request of a controversial campaign donor a week after the man formally contacted Oberstar, and just days after he contributed to the Minnesota Democrat’s re-election committee, an investigation by the Majority Accountability Project (www.majorityap.com) has found.

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Teaser: DailyKos strips Foster divorce records from website Content:

 According to Markos Moulitsas Zúniga, founder and publisher of the Democrat activist website DailyKos, “tens of thousands of regular Americans have used Daily Kos to lend their voice to a political world once the domain of the rich, connected, and powerful.” But sometimes, it seems, even liberals need to appease the rich, connected and powerful.

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Teaser: Illinois Democrat misleads voters on agreement Content:

The testy divorce proceedings of Illinois millionaire Bill Foster, including allegations the Democrat Congressional hopeful physically abused his wife during their marriage, have appeared in an unusual forum: the liberal activist website DailyKos.com. Foster’s campaign to succeed retired House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert in Illinois' 14th Congressional district has received widespread attention at the Democrat website, including critics who favored the millionaire’s primary opponent, John Laesch.

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Teaser: Democrat Rules chair reverses course on ethics overhaul Content:

 Nearly three years ago, with her party’s prospects of regaining control of Congress still considered a political longshot, U.S. Representative Louise Slaughter, D-NY, assumed the mantle of what would become the Democrat’s signature campaign issue for 2006 – Congressional ethics. “The ethics of the House should be of concern to every American,” Slaughter told the Capitol Hill newspaper Roll Call in April, 2005.

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