Luxurious parties. Commitee chairmanships on the market. Pay-to-play corruption. Backroom arm-twisting. Votes on main legislation likely to the highest bidder.

Congressman Ken Buck (R-CO) is blowing the whistle on the real-life Home of Cards going on behind the scenes in our nation’s capital. Elected in 2014 as leader of one of the biggest Republican freshman classes ever to enter Congress, Buck quickly realized why nothing gets completed in Congress, and it is not because of political gridlock-in truth, about Drain the Swamp: How Washington Corruption is Even worse than You Think Republicans and Democrats interact all too well to fleece taxpayers and plunge America deeper into debt.

“It really is an insular process directed by power-hungry party elites who live like kings and govern like bullies,” Buck reports.

Buck has witnessed first-hand how the unwritten guidelines of Congress continually prioritize short-term political gain over lasting, principled command. When Buck tangled with Washington power brokers like former Loudspeaker John Boehner, he faced petty retaliation. When he insisted Republicans keep their term to voters, he was berated on the home ground by his personal party market leaders. When other users of Congress dared to accomplish what they believed to be right for America rather than the actual party bosses commanded, Buck noticed them stripped of committee positions as well as denied dining area privileges by the petty beltway bullies.

In Drain the Swamp, Buck titles names and tells incredible accurate stories about what really happened nowadays in Congress during legislative fights which have ensued over the last 2 yrs including spending budget, continuing resolutions, omnibus, trade promotion authority, Iran, and more.