[Sosfbay-discuss] Lofgren

[Tian Harter]

I got the heebie jeebies when I realized that Lofgren's office was at
the corner of First & Bush in San Jose. I didn't realize at the time
that she was first in Congress in nepotism. What a surprise! :-/

Wes Rolley wrote:
> I find it rather laughable that Zoe Lofgren heads the Ethics Committee 
> of the House of Representatives.  This is what Citizens for 
> Responsibility and Ethics in Washington had to say about Lofgren in 2007.
> 
>> A new study by Citizens for Responsibility & Ethics in Washington 
>> (CREW), a non-partisan activist group, found that 72 members of 
>> Congress diverted some $5.1 million in campaign funds to their 
>> relatives, or companies owned by their relatives, over the past six 
>> years.
> <snip>
>> The two biggest abusers of the system are *Rep. Zoe Lofgren*, Democrat 
>> from California, who diverted $285,481 in campaign funds to her 
>> husband's firm and California Republican Buck McKeon, who managed to 
>> siphon off $263,168 in direct payments to his wife.
> Of course, she does what ever Pelosi wants done.
> 

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