The real problem is Congress takes quasi "bribes" from lobbyists but the EU can't go after them and neither can the FBI post congressional protection laws they made after the ABSCAM scandal.

FROM 1982: https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1982/07/15/t...

So, politicians are paid to vote left and paid to vote right and the ones that can't be bought can be leased.