Why are Democrats on Capitol Hill so corrupt?

House Speaker, Nancy Pelosi, called illegal aliens "patriotic". How can they be patriotic when they are breaking the law? Sen. Chris Dodd (D- Connecticut) said he didn't put a loophole in the Omnibus Bill for AIG execs to receive bonuses, then he changed his tune and said that he did. What's going on in the Democratic Party? The Republicans are gaining ground.