Democratic appropriators are engaging in extremely shady activities — particularly an apparent earmarks-for-contributions scheme that three of them have going on with a lobbying firm, the PMA group, and its clients.

But if Republicans don’t clean their own House, they’ll never be able to point it out. I write today that by a very conservative estimate, corrupt and ethically-challenged members cost the re-election arm of the House GOP $9 million last year. There’s no reason why House Leaders should let such a thing happen again.