An investigation has found that an Islamic businessman determined that the best way to revive the Ottoman Empire would be to invest large sums of money in the U.S. and to court U.S. Congressmen with lavish trips to Turkey. An investigation conducted by the newspaper USA Today found these trips “repeatedly violated House rules and possibly federal law.”
The key to making the scheme appear legal was to claim the trips were for nonprofit humanitarian purposes. Lobbyists, lobbying firms and foreign principals are prohibited from financing or arranging trips for members of Congress, but Congressmen are allowed to accept free travel if it is paid for by nonprofits. It is not required that these nonprofit organizations disclose their contributions.
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The Roman Empire fell with crooked politicians. That’s how the decline began. We have them now. There should be time limits and no one should be in congress more than 8 yrs. NO trips or gifts from anyone congress should be responsible to the people who elected them. We will not fall like the Roman Empire it’s time to change