Is it any wonder that American confidence in congress is at an all-time low? Don’t these people realize they’re the laughingstock of the nation? Washington is a cesspool for corporate whores graft, corruption, and con men. “Only 12 percent of Americans now have confidence in Congress, the lowest percentage in the 35 years that the Gallup Poll has tracked the number. Americans now view Congress less favorably than any of the 14 other American institutions tracked by Gallup, including big business, newspapers and health maintenance organizations.
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House Democrats who flipped their votes to support retroactive immunity for telecom companies in last week’s FISA bill took thousands of dollars more from phone companies than Democrats who consistently voted against legislation with an immunity provision, according to an analysis by MAPLight.org. In March, the House passed an amendment that rejected retroactive immunity. But last week, 94 Democrats who supported the March amendment voted to support the compromise FISA legislation, which includes a provision that could let telecom companies that cooperated with the government’s warrantless electronic surveillance off the hook. More