The US Congress: Where It Pays to Deceive

[Commentary] Why are more than 70 House Democrats helping AT&T lie to you?

They just signed on to an industry letter that was so riddled with misinformation about AT&T's proposed merger with T-Mobile it's shocking that anyone would put their name on it. All told these representatives raked in more than $1.8 million in campaign contributions from AT&T. That money likely helped convince them to look the other way as they signed a letter in support of AT&T's attempt to gobble up T-Mobile and form a telecommunications colossus that rivals the Ma Bell monopoly of old. These members of Congress should be working for us. But sadly, that's not the way Washington works in the new era of corporate politics. After the Citizens United decision, the cost of running for Congress has spiraled upward giving cash-rich corporations even more power to dictate policy to money-hungry candidates.