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Anybody remember this Public Enemy song? More than ever before, this could serve as theme music for Capitol Hill. It has become so much so that the FBI has had to triple the number of squads for investigating corruption among U.S. lawmakers.

An excerpt reads as follows:

For decades, only one squad in Washington handled corruption cases because the crimes were seen as local offenses handled by FBI field offices in lawmakers’ home districts.

But in recent years, the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal and other abuses of power and privilege have prompted the FBI to assign 37 agents full-time to three new squads in an office near Capitol Hill.

FBI Assistant Director Chip Burrus told The News Monday that he wants to detail even more agents to the Washington field office for a fourth corruption squad because so much wrongdoing is being uncovered.

This news couldn’t come at a worse time for the Republicans. A noted polling, The Rasmussen Report, has indicated that the Senate could see a 50/50 split between Democrats and Republicans or even a Democratic majority in the Senate. Since the Abramoff scandal overwhelmingly affects Republicans, news such as this can only add to the disenchantment with Republican rule.

Add to this the admitted guilt of California Rep. Randy “Duke” Cunningham and Ohio Rep. Bob Ney and the ongoing legal saga of former Texas Rep. Tom DeLay and we see a picture of corruption that could see a takeover in the House of Representatives, as well.

What we could see is a perfect storm brewing that could send a lot of conservatives leaders packing in November.

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