The allegations reported by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review against Rep. Tim Murphy (R-Pa) back in 2006 have yet to be fully investigated by the House Ethics Committee.  Murphy was accused in November 2006 for using his congressional staff to help him in his campaign for re-election.

Seeing as

Accusations against the congressman made by several of his staff members included things such as the use of his congressional office for campaign-related activities and the instruction of his staff(during the work-day) to address, stuff, and mail greeting cards to Muphy's campaign contributers.  One staffer recalled that "Congressman Murphy would very often say, 'Don't you people care about your jobs? If I'm not re-elected, you don't have jobs."

Although Murphy denied the allegations and was re-elected in November, the lack of investigation into these reports is outrageous.

If the House GOP was hoping that headlines and gossip linking their ranks with corruption and scandal would fade away after last November's massacre, they were definitely being overly optimistic.  In fact, even though last November saw a House-cleaning of sorts, the worrisome numbers are building again.

Let's see...so far I can count one...two...three...SIX current Republican Members of Congress under investigation/suspicion of corruption.  Let's review!