Class of 2004

Remember those Congressmen and women "we" elected to office in 2004? Several of them have been up to no good. Match the Congressperson with the offense for which he/she is currently under investigation (note - many of these are unproven charges, so begin each charge with "allegedly"):

1. Jane Harman (D-CA)
2. Jim Kolbe (R-AZ)
3. Jerry Lewis (R-CA)
4. Alan Mollohan (D-WV)
5. Rick Penzi (R-AZ)
6. John Sweeney (R-NY)
7. Bob Ney (R-OH)
8. Mark Foley (R-FL)
9. Tom Reynolds (R-NY)
10. Tom DeLay (R-TX)
11. William Jefferson (D-LA)
12. Richard Pombo (R-CA)
13. Randy Cunningham (R-CA)
14. Virgil Goode (R-VA)
15. Donald Sherwood (R-PA)
16. Curt Weldon (R-PA)
17. Dennis Hastert (R-IL)
18. Conrad Burns (R-MT)
19. Bill Frist (R-TN)

a. Faces two year prison term for accepting gifts from Jack Abramoff
b. Indicted for money laundering in connection with Abramoff affair
c. Resigned after sending obscene emails to pages
d. Currently serving an eight year sentence for bribery by defense contractors
e. Tried to choke his mistress during a backrub
f. Received campaign contributions from Abramoff in exchange for votes on Marianas Islands
g. Insider trading of hospital corporation stock
h. Was informed of obscene emails to pages, did nothing
i. Was also informed of obscene emails to pages, did nothing
j. Implicated in same bribery scandal with MZM corporation (defense contractor) as in 'd'
k. FBI raided home of his daughter to get information about whether this Congressperson improperly helped daughter get lobbying contracts
l. Used campaign funds to pay wife over $350,000 for tasks related to campaign
m. Used wealthy donors to lobby Nancy Pelosi for committee chair position
n. Took a trip to the Grand Canyon with underage pages
o. Failed to report a trip to Marianas Islands with Jack Abramoff
p. Introduced legislation to benefit wealthy campaign donor
q. Used earmarks to benefit lobbyist
r. Used earmarks to benefit campaign contributors
s. $90,000 in cash found in his freezer.