On the front page of today's Washington Post: will the growing collection of scandals in which their members are involved cost Republicans the House?

There has been a lot of national attention given to the Connecticut Senate race between Sen. Joe Lieberman, Democratic challenger Ned Lamont, and Republican challenger Arthur Schlessinger. Ken Dixon at The Connecticut Post, who highlights the signing of the Voters First Pledge by all candidates, examines the extent to which money has determined who can successfully challenge an incumbent.

Hey DC folks: we've got a new Voters First Pledge ad on display at the Capitol South metro stop, ready to greet Congress staffers at they head to work each day!

Here's the ad - a corruption cure for Congress!

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Capitol South is one of the major DC metro stops for people heading to the Capitol Building and surrounding congressional offices.

The Washington Post bids farewell to Rep. Bob Ney, and makes the excellent point that without substantive changes to the system that bred this corruption, one lawmaker's punishment is a band-aid on a gaping wound.

Rep. Jerry Lewis is the latest member of Congress involved in an investigation of corruption in the congressional earmark process.

Rep. John Doolittle (R-CA) has a fight ahead of him in his bid for his 9th term in Congress. Doolittle has been in the spotlight over his relationships with Jack Abramoff and Tom DeLay, his refusal to return donations from Abramoff and his clients, and the fundraising setup he has with his wife - she pockets a 15% commission on whatever she raises for his campaign.

The weekend saw a raft of editorials weighing in on the ethics bill passed by the House last week. It's fair to say no one is particularly impressed.

TPM Muckracker has a nice roundup of the latest flurry of news stories on DeLay, including the US News story on what DeLay's resignation means for the fight against corruption. 

The House approved legislation last night that would put limits on individual contributions to tax- exempt 527 committees.  Individual contributions would be capped at $5,000 a year to committees engaged in federal elections and $25,000 to committees engaged in partisan voter registration.  Read the Washington Post story for the full scoop.

Protestors gathered at the Knox County Service Center to voice their opposition to Rep. Bob Ney's (OH-18) intent to seek reelection. Ney was inside the building holding a community forum.

Protestor Dave Lore: