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Capitol Hill Restaurant Promises Delicious Loopholes Delivered to Your House Office

Monday, February 12th, 2007

ethicsmenu.jpgGood news, corrupt House staffers: One restaurant is doing everything in its power to ensure that your free ride never ends! “Just Fresh” bakery has sent a press release to everyone in Washington assuring them that their delicious morning and lunch menus are totally compliant with new House Ethics rules.

The attached flyer and menu may not be a panacea to the sweeping House ethics reforms (sorry, we cant get you a free martini or on a G5), but it will help both lobbyists and members/staffers continue to have civilized meetings, briefings and casual receptions with food and drink of “nominal value.”

We salute Just Fresh Bakery for their hard work. As we all know, this country would grind to a halt if House staffers ever had to pay for their own sandwiches.

The full press release is after the jump.

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MARK FOLEY

104 Pages of Creepy

Friday, December 8th, 2006

Still at the office? Perfect! Print up all 104 pages of the famous Mark Foley Maf54 instant messenger transcripts and read them aloud at your holiday party! MORE »


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Denny Hastert In Two Places at Once, Not Anywhere at All

Tuesday, October 24th, 2006

Embattled ( (c) Mainstream Media) Representative Dennis Hastert’s appearance before the House Ethics Committee was so surprising, the AP only had time to rewrite the first couple grafs of their story, placing us in a bizarre time-space continuum shift: MORE »