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Most federal employees — presidents and their appointees, career civil servants and judicial branch officials, including members of the federal bench — are required by law to divest themselves of any ownership interest in any entity that come under the purview of their agency or court. But the members of Congress who passed that law exempted themselves from such disclosure. Those same members have also exempted themselves from requirements that executive and legislative branch officials recuse themselves from any official proceeding that may create even the appearance of an impropriety. Meanwhile, members of Congress cast hundreds of votes while in session on federal programs that spend billions of tax dollars. Now — surprise! — we learn nearly a dozen senators and representatives have received cash payments from federal farm programs they routinely vote on either in committee or on the floor of Congress. The technical term for this is CONFLICT OF INTEREST.

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