A Hoosier lawmaker does us proud by getting on a Top 15 list!
U.S. Rep. Pete Visclosky, D-Merrillville, has been named one of the 15 most corrupt members of Congress by an ethics watchdog group.
It's the first time Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington lists Visclosky in its annual report.
The report criticizes Visclosky for accepting nearly $1.4 million in donations from the PMA Group, a lobbyist firm, between 1998 and 2008. The PMA Group was Visclosky's top campaign donor in 2008.
"In exchange, the lawmaker rewarded PMA Group clients with millions in earmarks, at least $23 million in fiscal year 2008 and at least $10 million in fiscal year 2009," the report says.
I lived in The Region for eight years and found politics here much more boring when I first arrived. Northwest Indiana is not just close to Chicago geographically. It practices the same brand of get-it-while-you-can
