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Cleaning House

Rand Paul:  "we have come to take our government back"

Obama endorsement is an electoral curse for candidates

Former Fed Reserve Chief Paul Volcker:  time is "growing short" to fix U.S. fiscal crisis

Next year's budget is sinking in deep red ink

Los Angeles boycott of Arizona may lead to power blackouts in Lalaland

Jury finds former NJ Assemblyman Daniel Van Pelt guilty on corruption charges

Some charges dropped against NJ politico brothers  Louis and Ronald Manzo

Hartford, CT Mayor Eddie Perez will testify at his corruption trial

Crane company owner pleads guilty to bribing NYC DOB inspector

Former lawyer for Cleveland, OH sewage agency pleads guilty to bribery

Kentucky jail administrator Henry Clayton "Butch" William arrested on bribery charge

Louisville, KY cop Jacqueline Hollingsworth suspended over alleged forged receipt

FBI executes search warrant at Vidalia, LA police department

MSNBC's Rachel Maddow "vibrating" off her seat by "about six inches"

Cleaning House

Blago moves to subpoena Obama . . . alleges Obama may have lied

Obama won't vouch for Chicago, IL banker Alexi Giannoulias in his U.S. Senate run

Millions of middle-class workers will pay ObamaCare tax penalty . . . ObamaCare will increase health care costs

Obama is open to a national sales tax

SEC staffers searched for porn instead of fraud

FBI investigates Eric Massa . . . House ethics panel opens inquiry into the former Rep

Former developer Joseph Pontoriero gets probation in Waterbury, CT corruption case

Cleveland, OH developer charged with bribing officials:  whores, money & travel

Convicted Detroit, MI councilwoman Monica Conyers enrolls in divinity school

Feds raid home of Toms River, NJ school superintendent Michael Ritacco

More charges against Jersey City, NJ politicos Louis and Ronald Manzo

The 3 C's of Albany, NY:  Cronyism, Corruption, Conspiracy

Convicted former MA State Rep. Christopher Asselin in new bid for public office

Two lawyers get prison time for bail fixing scheme with St. Bernard Parish, LA judge

Wayne County, PA prison guard Jeremy Stark gets probation for taking inmate bribes

FBI executes search warrant at Henderson County, TN Sheriff's Office

Marion County, IN prosecutor's office investigator Daniel Constantino charged with racketeering . . . call for prosecutor Carl Brizzi to resign

Cleaning House

U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold calls out the White House on lack of transparency with czars

U.S. House of Reps:  working hard or hardly working?

U.S. Rep. Charlie Rangel sneaks $3M in pork for school that immortalizes him

Constituents shout at U.S. Rep. Steve Israel:  "stop printing money"

ACORN defiance:  Congress can't hurt us! . . . no "apology tour"

SEIU:  "long-standing financial and leadership ties to ACORN"

NJ Assemblyman Louis Manzo and political adviser brother Ronald indicted for corruption