corruption

Crooked Politician Spotlight: William J. Jefferson, Former Rep. from Louisiana

William J. Jefferson, former congressmember from Louisiana, was convicted on August 5, 2009 of 11 federal charges including solicitation of bribes, wire fraud, money laundering, racketeering, conspiracy and violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). Federal prosecutors proved during trial that Mr. Jefferson used his congressional office and position to seek, solicit and direct

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NUT Podcast Episode 163: Another Day, Another Scandal

Philip Blumel: Another day, another congressional corruption scandal. Philip Blumel: Hi, I’m Philip Blumel. Welcome to No Uncertain Terms, the official podcast of the term limits movement for the week of October 25th, 2021. Stacey Selleck: Your sanctuary from partisan politics. Philip Blumel: Nebraska Term Limits foe and US representative, Jeff Fortenberry, faces three felony

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NUT Podcast Episode 152: The Curious Case of Larry Householder

Nick Tomboulides: Sometimes a group of really smart people will believe something that isn’t true at all. For example, Aristotle didn’t think the world was round, and just a century ago, doctors thought smoking was good for you. Today, we’re looking at another pernicious myth, one that pervades our politics, and that a lot of

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No Uncertain Terms Episode 60 Transcript

Philip Blumel:               Will New York elect another indicted Congressman? That’s the question we asked in August 2018. In November, we got the answer. Yes. Philip Blumel:               Hi, I’m Philip Blumel. Welcome to No Uncertain Terms, the official podcast of the term limits movement for the week of October 7th, 2019. Stacey Selleck:              Your sanctuary from

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Duncan Hunter the Hunted

Duncan Hunter has become the hunted. For the last 38 years, someone named Duncan Hunter has represented North and Inland San Diego in Congress. From 1981 to 2009, it was Duncan Lee Hunter, and from 2009 to the present day, it has been his son Duncan Dwayne Hunter. Apparently, in the Hunter household politics is

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Scandal-less: Term Limits Fight State Corruption

by Paul Jacob (the following piece first appeared in Mr. Jacob’s column at Townhall.com) In the 15 states where voters have enacted term limits for their state representatives and senators, those politicians — along with the lobbyists and heads of powerful interests seeking the favor of those politicians — constantly complain that the limits are

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