Chairman of the U.S. House Ways & Means Committee and a 36-year veteran in the House Dan Rostenkowski of Illinois in 1991 found himself under investigation for a variety of corrupt practices.
Turning postage stamps into cash, personal use of funding for his office, and giving people bogus "jobs" were among the charges.
Rostenkowki, a Democrat, was sent to prison for 18 months in 1995. He once had been, at 24, the youngest member of the House, and his many connections along the way helped him receive a presidential pardon in 2000 from the Great Pardoner himself--Bill Clinton.
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