A small-time con artist goes big time when he hustles his way to the U.S. Congress. Once elected he reaps the usual benefits, and enjoys the perks of power. However, he decides to clean up the Capitol and ends up doing to Congress what Congress has been doing to its constituency all along.
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When Florida Congressman Jeff Johnson dies, small-time con artist Thomas Jefferson Johnson (Eddie Murphy) scams his own name onto the ballot. Launching a campaign based on pure name recognition, he pulls off his biggest hustle ever and, miraculously, gets elected. Soon, Thomas is out to do to Congress what Congress has been doing to everyone else. From con man to congressman, Eddie Murphy turns the tables on Washington's business-as-usual attitude - and knocks the whole town on its federal
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