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by Ellen Miller

Tom Paine

02/24/05

Americans know all too well the corrupting influence of money on the political process. But combine rigidly ideological politicians with a party that has an iron lock on power in Washington and you've got the most corrupt Congress in recent memory. The right wing has control of the White House and both houses of Congress, eliminating the checks and balances on power that America's founders intended. ... The top 50 industry contributions added up to more than $600 million in the last election cycle alone. ... Barely a month after the swearing in of the 109th Congress, lawmakers paid off corporations with the passage of the class action bill -- which shields them from liability for negligence and curbs a citizen's right to sue. ... That's just a flavor of what the right-wing agenda has in store for this Congress...

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Informant: Thomas L. Knapp