No matter how you spin it that just doesn't look good

From USA Today via Yahoo!

One day after a New York investment group raised $110,000 for Republican Rep. Jerry Lewis (news, bio, voting record), the House passed a defense spending bill that preserved $160 million for a Navy project critical to the firm. The man who protected the Navy money? Lewis.

The fundraiser, which took place July 7, 2003, and the subsequent vote illustrate the kind of relationship between congressman and contributor that's under increased scrutiny in the nation's capital.

Now, I know what I said in my last post but come on! How many Republican congressman and women are out there selling their votes? 10? 20? I had never even heard of this guy. Not even from the Josh Marshall or Atrios.