Max Ehrenfreund Quotes
Deciding whether a contribution is corrupt is difficult without knowing the motives of the donor.
Max Ehrenfreund, Journalist, Columnist & Blogger, “Varying views on the meaning of the word ‘corruption’”, The Washington Post, September 21, 2014
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The bill went down to a narrow defeat, but the Republican leadership of the House held the vote open for a record setting 3 hours, until they could persuade enough members to reverse their vote. After the 3 hours, the bill passed by one vote. The House Ethics Committee did not see that as sufficient reason to start an ethics investigation.
She was the first Black woman to be elected to Congress and was the first Black woman to actively campaign for the Presidency
Abramoff had bribed over 100 Congressional offices by a combination of campaign donations, paid golf junkets all over the world, free elegant meals at his own fancy Washington Restaurant, free tickets for the Congressmen, their staffs and their major constituents, to Concerts and sporting events including his own Skyboxes, and promises of future employment at very high salaries. Ironically, we was convicted of cheating some of his lobbying clients and did a jail term, but his “bribery” was technically usually legal. In addition to Abramoff, only one Congressman was charged and convicted of corruption, when many if not most had engaged in these corrupt practices. Congress makes the rules with loopholes so that what is bribery and corruption in any other setting is often not against the law if Congress is involved.
Hearst was running for New York governor. A Wall Street emissary offered him a $100,000 campaign contribution if the candidate could assure him that his views were reasonable towards honest businesses:
