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Nevilledog

(55,079 posts) Fri Apr 15, 2022, 11:34 AM Apr 2022

GOP Rep Mo Brooks says prime committee chairmanships cost a minimum of $1 million...

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8:20 AM · Apr 15, 2022

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GOP Rep Mo Brooks says prime committee chairmanships cost a minimum of $1 million... (Original Post) Nevilledog Apr 2022 OP

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Apr 2022 #1

Considering Dems have the chairmanships AZSkiffyGeek Apr 2022 #3

I recall Newt Gingrich inviting corporate lobbyists into Congressional offices to draft legislation. Midnight Writer Apr 2022 #2

One million is cheap actually SoonerPride Apr 2022 #4

What Faux pas Apr 2022 #5

sounds to me like he is advertising shamelessly rurallib Apr 2022 #6

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AZSkiffyGeek

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3. Considering Dems have the chairmanships

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Fri Apr 15, 2022, 11:41 AM

Apr 2022

I think he’s saying we’re the ones who are corrupt.

Midnight Writer

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2. I recall Newt Gingrich inviting corporate lobbyists into Congressional offices to draft legislation.

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Fri Apr 15, 2022, 11:40 AM

Apr 2022

Even the Congressmen were ousted from their own Committee Rooms to make room for the lobbyists.

The GOP has been a sewer of corruption for decades, and the longer they get away with it, the more corrupt they will become.