Did You Know - Corrupt Republicans

Many elected Republicans seem to see their role in government as one of ownership rather than as one of stewardship. Once in power, they want to claim rewards rather than serve those that elected them. Greed is the only word that seems to cover the vast majority of them.

Alaska may be the second youngest state in the country, but it's also one of the most corrupt. The state's entire congressional delegation -- Sens. Ted Stevens (R) and Lisa Murkowski (R) and Rep. Don Young (R) -- is now embroiled in a series of scandals and criminal investigations that threaten to topple Alaska's oil industry-friendly political leadership. Much of the corruption involves Alaska's "largest oil-field engineering firm," Veco Corp., which is "entwined in a broad federal investigation that has led to the indictment of four current and former Alaska politicians and ensnared former Alaska Senate President Ben Stevens, son of Ted Stevens."

From Progress Report 7/26/2007