With the Associated Press picking up on the Vanity Fair article about Abramoff and Bush is a real good thing: Convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff says President Bush knew him well enough to joke with him about weightlifting. “What are you benching, buff guy?” Abramoff said Bush asked him. The president has said he doesn’t know […]
The AP does a nice job of reminding people why Tom Delay could be facing his hardest political battle yet: WASHINGTON – Rep. Tom DeLay, whose association with lobbyist Jack Abramoff has left him politically vulnerable, is spending Texas’ primary night Tuesday at a fundraiser hosted by two Washington lobbyists. DeLay faces three opponents in […]
To keep up on Boehner even more, here is another article tying his office to Jack Abramoff: A White House aide who was once chief of staff to House Majority Leader John Boehner helped plan a 1996 trip to the Northern Mariana Islands that was organized by fallen lobbyist Jack Abramoff, billing records from Abramoff’s […]
It looks like Ralph Reeds past dealings with Abramoff are really taking a toll on his run for lieutenant Governor in Georgia: Twenty-one Republican state senators on Friday called for Ralph Reed to withdraw from the contest for lieutenant governor, declaring that his ties to Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff could jeopardize the re-election of Gov. […]
American Prospect commissioned a non-partisan research firm to investigate the allegations that Abramoff gave money to Democrats also. Their findings: in total, the donations of Abramoff’s tribal clients to Democrats dropped by nine percent after they hired him, while their donations to Republicans more than doubled, increasing by 135 percent after they signed him up; […]
With news like this hitting the Washington Post, Bush must really be hiding something: A strong bipartisan majority of the public believes President Bush should release records of meetings between disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff and White House staffers despite administration claims that media requests for details about those contacts amount to a “fishing expedition,” according […]
OK. This has to be one of the most ridiculous things I have read in ages. Via the Cincinnati Enquirer: Abramoff’s dad furious at Clooney jab By Erica Solvig The (Palm Springs, Calif.) Desert Sun PALM SPRINGS, Calif. – The father of controversial Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff is responding to actor George Clooney for what […]
The following is an update to the Bob Ney story: House Speaker Dennis Hastert is trying to force out Ohio Rep. Bob Ney (news, bio, voting record) as chairman of the House Administration Committee, a week after Justice Department documents linked Ney to a bribery scheme involving convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff. Ney’s committee has jurisdiction […]
The following is the transcript from today’s Democrat Radio Address given by Congresswoman Louise Slaughter of New York: “Good morning. I’m Congresswoman Louise Slaughter of New York, Ranking Member on the House Rules Committee. “As Americans, we have a right to expect that our government will be defined by the integrity of its office holders. […]
This story came out yesterday and it merits repeating: US Republicans calling for elections to replace DeLay WASHINGTON (Reuters) – About two dozen Republicans have promised to sign a petition calling for elections to permanently replace Rep. Tom DeLay as majority leader in the U.S. House of Representatives, aides said on Friday. “We have commitments […]