The prosecutors hearing Jack Abramoff\'s confession have, perhaps, too many choices. Depending on what Abramoff tells them, government lawyers could use any of at least four federal statutes to pursue the former lobbyist\'s associates, including members of Congress and their staffers. The laws date from different eras and were adopted not only to stem corruption, but also to fight racketeering and mail fraud. Or, as Wayne State University Law Professor Peter J. Henning has written, \"[O]ne can best describe the federal law as a hodgepodge.\"