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Search the Bastards

David Weigel | 6.1.2006 10:08 AM


An ABC poll on the FBI raid of Rep. William Jefferson's office finds that shakedowns of our honorable representatives are more popular than Social Security benefits, free health care, or war on Iran. Eighty-six percent of Americans think the FBI should be allowed to search congressional offices, including 78 percent of Democrats and 94 percent of Republicans.

David Weigel is a contributing editorĀ atĀ Reason.