Until Congress sets priorities and restrains overall spending, members will continue to get failed ratings for protecting the interests of taxpayers,

Large contractors give lots of money to these members of Congress. They always have. That's the way things are done.

Everyone's opening up their wallets to help (Katrina's victims) -- except members of Congress, who are opening up our wallets.

In the past, some members of Congress have short-changed troops, disaster victims, and taxpayers by including self-serving pork projects in emergency spending bills,