Did anyone really expect anything less. Its ALL about the MONEY and Benefits for themselves. Screw the American people.

Thank God I'm neither Democrat or Republican. And before the elections came up and everyone was saying how wonderfull the changes would be when the Dems came to power... I told you this would happen.

It's all about power and in DC money buys power. In 2008 try REAL change and vote Libertarian!

vEE....

I think you better read the rules for each house of Congress. A hold can only be placed if a majority agrees to the hold, or if a person who is in the majority places the hold knowing that the minority can't vote to override it. Sooooo.....I guess your post is nothing more than an attempt to keep people from seeing that it isn't just the Repulicans who are screwing the American people.

Pelosi, Reid, and the rest of the Democratic crew are now more responsible for the cr@p that going on....because they are now hypocrites. Hmmmmmmm

I'm neither Rebublican or Democrat and I believe it's always been that way. Always someone looking to get ahead. Even though what they do may be legal......it's still corrupt.

Politicians are politicians. It doesn't matter what party they call theirs. But remenber the promises made by the majority, reform, no dragging people in for the past etc. Politicians don't tell ALL the truth. Who was it that said a politician tells a lie and then convinces the public that their view is right?

If only Wellstone were still here with us...

Interesting that, in a report on Democrats fundraising, that there is a mention of Darrell Issa (R-CA) attending a Who concert with lobbyists. ABC isn't hoping that viewers mistake him for a Democrat, are they?

Your report on Democratic contributions and comparing them to Abranoff was not only very spotty coverage, but journalistically close to sensationalism. Your report might have had more of a truthful ring to it if your reporter had checked just WHO the major corporations give their money to. For instance, check Haliburton, Pepsico and Walmart for starters.

I've never seen a more scanty and less balanced report on this program, with seeming agenda.

I have to believe that Peter Jennings would have rolled over on this one.

It doesn't seem to matter which crook is in office.

There's two things to remember about lawyers. 98% give all the others a bad name, and if their lips are moving, they're lying.

And, what happened in the first 100 hours?

Nancy Pelosi, the bomb couldn't have hit a more deserving person. That woman drives my wife and I crazy. I'm glad the rest of the world can now see her for who she really is....

Both parties really need to clean their act up. I almost wonder if their banning assult rifles was because their afraid of what the right to bear arms was all about. Us being able to stop a run away & crupt goverment by any means necessary.

and to "Jeff" Jennings likely wouldn't have likely aired it.

I hope Mr. Gibson keeps up what seems like much more even handed reporting with a lot less injection of his personal political views/leanings. Now that IS a professional!

I hope that Mr. Gibsen uses his suddenly found outrage at Democrats equally with Republicans. How soon he forgets the resent Republican House Majority Leader"s escapades. It may be close, but what the Democrats are doing is still legal so keep it fair. At least the Democrats are trying to help the citizens. P.S. I am not a registered Democrat, but I want fair news coverage.

The democrats are now busted, especially Nancy Pelosi, because now they're proven hypocrites. And we all know for a fact that ABC is on the democrats side politically, so you know good and well that for ABC to even portray them in this light, it must have been even worse than shown, giving them no choice. Wow.

Thanks ABC. Every once in awhile you get it right.

Thank you for your expose regarding business as usual for our corrupt congress. Please keep a fire light under these slugs!

Why do we need Democrats and Republicans? Why can't it just be "for the people?"

Regarding "Business as Usual" - So Congressman Issa attended a Who concert surrounded by lobbyists. It is against House rules to accept such entertainment from lobbyists, but "nothing could stop him from buying the tickets himself and then sell them to Lobbyists at 10 times their cost" - ever heard of the term "Scalping"?
Huge fines and jail time await scalpers. I'm waiting to hear of his case coming to trial.

Deb, we need opposing viewpoints and perspectives. "The People" is a pluralism; I think we need MORE political parties, not less...

Yes, the Democrats are awash in money and take things for themselves just like the Republicans, but you need to follow the money even further.

The political parties have to raise ungodly amounts of money to pay for TV campaigns. So, if you follow the money all the way, it comes back to you ABC and the other networks. We need reform so that money isn't so dramatically the driving force in politics. I don't expect the networks to get on board with that because they are the winners in this corrupt system.

Isn't it ironic that a congressman is seen with a lobbyist at WHO concert, and Pete Townsend is singing in the background, "We Don't Get Fooled Again". I think we did.

This article is a bunch of bull. Oil tax breaks, no-bid contracts,corrupt spending, THAT IS PAY TO PLAY.

Fundraising #'s go up when you're in the majority. duh.

Bad Brian...bad.

What do people expect, the Democrats are going to stop raising money? Yeah, let's just sit back and let the Republicans raise all the money and let's lose every election for eternity. The whole contention of the article is that nothing has changed, that the Democrats are doing the same thing as the Republicans, but they back that up with what, a quote from one person and then a "Lobbyists say little has actually changed in Washington". What lobbyists? Then this, "Democrats say they have moved to change rules banning meals, gifts and trips from lobbyists...". No, Democrats don't say this, this is fact; they have changed rules, and they did it immediately just as they promised.