Dirty Diane (Feinstein)

Instapundit follows the Diane Feinstein corruption scandal (Well, it should be a scandal, but the media is not covering it, other than The Hill*...)

Anyone who knows much about real power in Congress knows that almost every member of the House and Senate lusts after a seat on the Appropriations Committee and hopes one day to achieve the status of Cardinal. The Cardinals, of course, are the folks who chair the various Appropriations Committee subcommittees and literally control the billions of dollars that pass through their hands.

California Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D) chairs the Senate Rules Committee, but she’s also a Cardinal. She is currently chairwoman of the Interior, Environment and Related Agencies subcommittee, but until last year was for six years the top Democrat on the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies (or “Milcon”) sub-committee, where she may have directed more than $1 billion to companies controlled by her husband.

*For those of you that are not familiar with "The Hill" newspaper, it is one of two newspapers that are fixated solely on Congress. The Hill and Roll Call both strive to be fiercely nonpartisan, which makes this article much more telling.