Conflict of Interest in Darfur

For those who wonder why governmental pressure in Darfur has been so slow in coming, check this out. It is a table that shows the reported investments of various US congressmen in companies that work with the current Sudanese government. According to the most recent reports of their personal finances, 36 current members of Congress had between $8.7 million and $30 million invested in 2006 in mutual funds with holdings in companies that do close business with the government of Sudan. The lawmakers' investments in these funds yielded them between $144,000 and $1.2 million in dividends last year, according to an analysis of congressional financial reports for 2006 by the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics.