Pro-gress / Con-gress

Explains a lot when you look at the prefixes. From Forbes:

Re-Elected. These Five Powerful Members of Congress Have Figured It All Out
How is 97 percent of Congress able to get re-elected each year even though only 17 percent of the American people believe our representatives are doing a good job?

It’s called an incumbent protection system. Taxpayers have a right to know how it works.

Recently, our auditors at OpenTheBooks.com, mashed up the federal checkbook with the congressional campaign donor database (source: OpenSecrets.org). We found powerful members of Congress soliciting campaign donations from federal contractors based in their districts.

Much more at the site. All technically legal but huge conflict of interest.
Tip of the hat to Peter at Bayou Renaissance Man for the link. Fascinating read.