Player of the Week: Vito Fossella

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Capitol Briefing
Copyright 2008
Friday, May 9, 2008; 4:11 PM

The scandal-plagued members of the 110th Congress have been something of a motley crew. They've come from north, south, east and west, the House and Senate, red states and blue. They've -- allegedly, of course -- inserted shady earmarks into bills, shaken down land developers, engaged in "very serious sin" with a call girl, hidden cash in a freezer (wait, that was the 109th Congress), bought Nicaraguan real estate and taken a "wide stance" in an airport restroom. Some are quitting, others are trying to keep their jobs and all, in some form or another, have professed their innocence. Comes now Vito John Fossella, Jr., New York City's only Republican lawmaker, son of a long-entrenched Staten Island political family and - as we've learned in the last week - an alleged drunk driver who has a 3-year-old daughter with a woman who is not his wife. Mug shot of Rep.


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