posted on January 4, 2006 06:50:46 PM new
Looks like some DemoRats will be running for cover now.
Just in case you won’t see these in the Associated Press, the Washington Post or the New York Times, here are two useful tools for use when wading through the Jack Abramoff trial stories.
Incumbent Senate Democrat-Affiliated Campaign And Leadership Committees Received Over $729,000 From Indian Tribe Clients And Lobbying Associates Of Jack Abramoff*. (Campaign Finance Analysis Project Website, www.campaignfinanceanalysisproject.com, Accessed December 7, 2005; Political Money Line Website, www.tray.com, Accessed December 7, 2005; Internal Revenue Service Website, www.irs.gov, Accessed April 21, 2005)
National Democrat Party Affiliated Committees Received Over $1.2 Million From Indian Tribe Clients And Lobbying Associates Of Jack Abramoff. (Campaign Finance Analysis Project Website,
* The Democrat Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) Received Over – $430,000
* The Democrat Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) Received Over – $629,000
* The Democrat National Committee (DNC) Received Over – $177,000
40 Of The 45 Members Of The Senate Democrat Caucus:
Senator Max Baucus (D-MT) Received At Least – $22,500
Senator Evan Bayh (D-IN) Received At Least – $6,500
Senator Joseph Biden (D-DE) Received At Least – $1,250
Senator Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) Received At Least – $2,000
Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) Received At Least – $20,250
Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) Received At Least – $21,765
Senator Tom Carper (D-DE) Received At Least – $7,500
Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) Received At Least – $12,950
Senator Kent Conrad (D-ND) Received At Least – $8,000
Senator Jon Corzine (D-NJ) Received At Least – $7,500
Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT) Received At Least – $14,792
Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND) Received At Least – $79,300
Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) Received At Least – $14,000
Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) Received At Least – $2,000
Senator Russ Feingold (D-WI) Received At Least – $1,250
Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) Received At Least – $45,750
Senator Daniel Inouye (D-HI) Received At Least – $9,000
Senator Jim Jeffords (I-VT) Received At Least – $2,000
Senator Tim Johnson (D-SD) Received At Least – $14,250
Senator Ted Kennedy (D-MA) Received At Least – $3,300
Senator John Kerry (D-MA) Received At Least – $98,550
Senator Mary Landrieu (D-LA) Received At Least – $28,000
Senator Pat Leahy (D-VT) Received At Least – $4,000
Senator Carl Levin (D-MI) Received At Least – $6,000
Senator Joe Lieberman (D-CT) Received At Least – $29,830
Senator Blanche Lincoln (D-AR) Received At Least – $14,891
Senator Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) Received At Least – $10,550
Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) Received At Least – $78,991
Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) Received At Least – $20,168
Senator Ben Nelson (D-NE) Received At Least – $5,200
Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) Received At Least – $7,500
Senator Mark Pryor (D-AR) Received At Least – $2,300
Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) Received At Least – $3,500
Senator Harry Reid (D-NV) Received At Least – $68,941
Senator John Rockefeller (D-WV) Received At Least – $4,000
Senator Ken Salazar (D-CO) Received At Least – $4,500
Senator Paul Sarbanes (D-MD) Received At Least – $4,300
Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) Received At Least – $29,550
Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) Received At Least – $6,250
Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) Received At Least – $6,250
The second is a table produced on the Captialeye.org website. It details all of Abranoff’s political donations either personally, on behalf of various Indian tribes and SunCruz Casinos since 1999. Many Democrats appear there as well.
Data for the current election cycle were released electronically by the Federal Election Commission on October 31, 2005. Figures include contributions to federal candidates, PACs and party committees.
National Republican Congressional Cmte $478,000
National Republican Senatorial Cmte $436,500
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Cmte $423,480
Democratic Congressional Campaign Cmte $354,700
Republican National Cmte $326,000
J. D. Hayworth (R-Ariz) $101,620
Dennis Hastert (R-Ill) $69,000
Democratic National Cmte $65,720
Thad Cochran (R-Miss) $65,500
Conrad Burns (R-Mont) $59,590
Richard Pombo (R-Calif) $54,500
Jim McCrery (R-La) $52,750
2002 President's Dinner Cmte $50,000
John T. Doolittle (R-Calif) $50,000
Patrick J. Kennedy (D-RI) $42,500
Patty Murray (D-Wash) $40,980
Don Nickles (R-Okla) $40,000
Charles B. Rangel (D-NY) $36,000
Dave Camp (R-Mich) $35,500
John Boehner (R-Ohio) $32,500
Hal Rogers (R-Ky) $32,000
Bob Ney (R-Ohio) $31,500
Tom DeLay (R-Texas) $30,500
Harry Reid (D-Nev) $30,500
Billy Tauzin (R-La) $30,500
Denny Rehberg (R-Mont) $30,000
Byron L. Dorgan (D-ND) $28,000
Tom Daschle (D-SD) $26,500
Charles H. Taylor (R-NC) $25,750
Democratic Party of Michigan $23,000
Trent Lott (R-Miss) $22,000
Roger Wicker (R-Miss) $21,600
Mary Bono (R-Calif) $21,500
James M. Inhofe (R-Okla) $21,500
Brad R. Carson (D-Okla) $20,600
Pete Sessions (R-Texas) $20,500
Republican Party of New Hampshire $20,000
Don Young (R-Alaska) $19,708
Dale E. Kildee (D-Mich) $19,000
Mitch McConnell (R-Ky) $18,500
Steny H. Hoyer (D-Md) $17,500
Charles W. "Chip" Pickering Jr. (R-Miss) $17,500
Jack Kingston (R-Ga) $17,000
Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) $15,500
Jerry Weller (R-Ill) $15,500
Democratic Party of Oklahoma $15,000
Chris John (D-La) $15,000
Republican Party of Mississippi $15,000
Ralph Regula (R-Ohio) $14,500
Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) $14,000
John Breaux (D-La) $13,750
Frank Pallone, Jr (D-NJ) $13,600
Spencer Abraham (R-Mich) $13,000
Eric Cantor (R-Va) $13,000
Christopher S. 'Kit' Bond (R-Mo) $12,500
Randy "Duke" Cunningham (R-Calif) $12,500
Dana Rohrabacher (R-Calif) $12,500
Gordon H. Smith (R-Ore) $12,500
George W. Bush (R) $12,000
Ben Nighthorse Campbell (R-Colo) $12,000
Richard A. Gephardt (D-Mo) $12,000
Judd Gregg (R-NH) $12,000
Mary L. Landrieu (D-La) $11,500
Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) $11,500
Barney Frank (D-Mass) $11,100
Max Baucus (D-Mont) $11,000
Tom Petri (R-Wis) $11,000
Chris Cannon (R-Utah) $10,000
Maria Cantwell (D-Wash) $10,000
Democratic Party of North Dakota $10,000
John Ensign (R-Nev) $10,000
Jerry Lewis (R-Calif) $10,000
John McCain (R-Ariz) $10,000
Nick Rahall (D-WVa) $10,000
Republican Party of Kentucky $10,000
Phil Crane (R-Ill) $9,750
Democratic Party of South Dakota $9,500
Democratic Party of Minnesota $9,000
Johnny Isakson (R-Ga) $9,000
Ron Kind (D-Wis) $9,000
Michael G. Oxley (R-Ohio) $9,000
Roy Blunt (R-Mo) $8,500
Peter Deutsch (D-Fla) $8,500
George Radanovich (R-Calif) $8,500
Bob Smith (R-Fla) $8,160
Joe Baca (D-Calif) $8,000
Dick Durbin (D-Ill) $8,000
Tim Hutchinson (R-Ark) $8,000
Deborah Pryce (R-Ohio) $8,000
Xavier Becerra (D-Calif) $7,523
Bill Thomas (R-Calif) $7,500
Tim Johnson (D-SD) $7,250
Dan Burton (R-Ind) $7,000
Lindsey Graham (R-SC) $7,000
George R. Nethercutt Jr. (R-Wash) $7,000
Tom Reynolds (R-NY) $7,000
Craig Thomas (R-Wyo) $7,000
Democratic Party of New Mexico $6,250
John R. Kasich (R-Ohio) $6,067
Daniel K. Inouye (D-Hawaii) $6,000
Rick Renzi (R-Ariz) $6,000
Rick Santorum (R-Pa) $6,000
Arlen Specter (R-Pa) $6,000
Suzanne Terrell (R-La) $6,000
Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga) $5,500
Elton Gallegly (R-Calif) $5,500
Pete V. Domenici (R-NM) $5,250
David E. Bonior (D-Mich) $5,000
Tom Cole (R-Okla) $5,000
Jon S. Corzine (D-NJ) $5,000
Democratic Party of Montana $5,000
Phil English (R-Pa) $5,000
Mark Foley (R-Fla) $5,000
J. Randy Forbes (R-Va) $5,000
James V. Hansen (R-Utah) $5,000
Peter Hoekstra (R-Mich) $5,000
Fritz Hollings (D-SC) $5,000
Jay Inslee (D-Wash) $5,000
Thomas P. Keefe Jr. (D-Wash) $5,000
Don Manzullo (R-Ill) $5,000
Barbara A. Mikulski (D-Md) $5,000
Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) $5,000
Republican Party of New Jersey $5,000
Deborah Ann Stabenow (D-Mich) $5,000
Heather Wilson (R-NM) $5,000
Joe Wilson (R-SC) $5,000
Tom Davis (R-Va) $4,500
Van Hilleary (R-Tenn) $4,500
Earl Pomeroy (D-ND) $4,500
Wayne Allard (R-Colo) $4,000
Shelley Moore Capito (R-WVa) $4,000
Tom Carper (D-Del) $4,000
Steve Chabot (R-Ohio) $4,000
Kent Conrad (D-ND) $4,000
Tom Feeney (R-Fla) $4,000
Chuck Hagel (R-Neb) $4,000
Robin Hayes (R-NC) $4,000
Jerry Kleczka (D-Wis) $4,000
Jon L. Kyl (R-Ariz) $4,000
Sander Levin (D-Mich) $4,000
Robert T. Matsui (D-Calif) $4,000
George Miller (D-Calif) $4,000
Rob Portman (R-Ohio) $4,000
William V. Roth Jr. (R-Del) $4,000
Larry Craig (R-Idaho) $3,500
Kalyn Cherie Free (D-Okla) $3,500
James L. Oberstar (D-Minn) $3,500
Charles J. Melancon (D-La) $3,100
George Allen (R-Va) $3,000
Ann Womer Benjamin (R-Ohio) $3,000
Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) $3,000
Jack A. Blossman Jr. (R-La) $3,000
Norm Coleman (R-Minn) $3,000
Cal Dooley (D-Calif) $3,000
Tom Foley (I-Minn) $3,000
Sam Graves (R-Mo) $3,000
Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas) $3,000
Jim Kolbe (R-Ariz) $3,000
John B. Larson (D-Conn) $3,000
Bill McCollum (R-Fla) $3,000
Jim Nussle (R-Iowa) $3,000
David R. Obey (D-Wis) $3,000
Doug Ose (R-Calif) $3,000
Ed Pastor (D-Ariz) $3,000
Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif) $3,000
Richard M. Romero (D-NM) $3,000
Brad Sherman (D-Calif) $3,000
John E. Sununu (R-NH) $3,000
James M. Talent (R-Mo) $3,000
Bennie G. Thompson (D-Miss) $3,000
J. C. Watts Jr. (R-Okla) $3,000
Max Cleland (D-Ga) $2,500
Frank D. Lucas (R-Okla) $2,500
Grace Napolitano (D-Calif) $2,500
Republican Party of Oklahoma $2,500
Henry A. Waxman (D-Calif) $2,500
Bill Luther (D-Minn) $2,250
Rob Simmons (R-Conn) $2,250
Gene Taylor (D-Miss) $2,250
Neil Abercrombie (D-Hawaii) $2,000
Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn) $2,000
Rodney Alexander (R-La) $2,000
John Ashcroft (R-Mo) $2,000
Ken Bentsen (D-Texas) $2,000
Dan Boren (D-Okla) $2,000
Charles W. Boustany Jr (R-La) $2,000
Tom Coburn (R-Okla) $2,000
Mac Collins (R-Ga) $2,000
Rosa L. DeLauro (D-Conn) $2,000
John D. Dingell (D-Mich) $2,000
Doug Dodd (D-Okla) $2,000
Ned Doucet (D-La) $2,000
Lane Evans (D-Ill) $2,000
Sam Farr (D-Calif) $2,000
Mike Ferguson (R-NJ) $2,000
Bill Frist (R-Tenn) $2,000
William L. Gormley (R-NJ) $2,000
Kay Granger (R-Texas) $2,000
Stewart Greenleaf (R-Pa) $2,000
Katherine Harris (R-Fla) $2,000
Melissa Hart (R-Pa) $2,000
Sam Johnson (R-Texas) $2,000
Walter B. Jones Jr. (R-NC) $2,000
Ric Keller (R-Fla) $2,000
John Neely Kennedy (D-La) $2,000
Carl Levin (D-Mich) $2,000
Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark) $2,000
Nita M. Lowey (D-NY) $2,000
Robert Menendez (D-NJ) $2,000
John L. Mica (R-Fla) $2,000
Connie Morella (R-Md) $2,000
C. L. "Butch" Otter (R-Idaho) $2,000
Republican Party of Oregon $2,000
James E. Rogan (R-Calif) $2,000
Craig F. Romero (R-La) $2,000
Adam Schiff (D-Calif) $2,000
Ronnie Shows (D-Miss) $2,000
Adam Smith (D-Wash) $2,000
John Sullivan (R-Okla) $2,000
John E. Sweeney (R-NY) $2,000
Ellen O. Tauscher (D-Calif) $2,000
Billy Tauzin III (R-La) $2,000
Mike Thompson (D-Calif) $2,000
John Thune (R-SD) $2,000
Patrick J. Tiberi (R-Ohio) $2,000
Maxine Waters (D-Calif) $2,000
Curt Weldon (R-Pa) $2,000
Peter DeFazio (D-Ore) $1,500
Norm Dicks (D-Wash) $1,500
Jennifer Dunn (R-Wash) $1,500
Elia Vincent Pirozzi (R-Calif) $1,500
[b]John Kerry (D[/n]-Mass) $1,400
Henry Bonilla (R-Texas) $1,250
ick A. Lazio (R-NY) $1,250
Helen Delich Bentley (R-Md) $1,000
Barbara Boxer (D-Calif) $1,000
Sam Brownback (R-Kan) $1,000
Jim Bunning (R-Ky) $1,000
Ken Calvert (R-Calif) $1,000
Dennis Cardoza (D-Calif) $1,000
Rick Clayburgh (R-ND) $1,000
[b]Hillary Rodham Clinton (D[/n]-NY) $1,000
John Cornyn (R-Texas) $1,000
Jim Costa (D-Calif) $1,000
Ander Crenshaw (R-Fla) $1,000
Susan A. Davis (D-Calif) $1,000
Mike DeWine (R-Ohio) $1,000
Elizabeth Dole (R-NC) $1,000
John J. "Jimmy" Duncan Jr. (R-Tenn) $1,000
Eliot L. Engel (D-NY) $1,000
Mike Enzi (R-Wyo) $1,000
Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif) $1,000
Lee Fletcher (R-La) $1,000
Ernie Fletcher (R-Ky) $1,000
Francis E. Flotron (R-Mo) $1,000
Scott Garrett (R-NJ) $1,000
George W. Gekas (R-Pa) $1,000
Carolyn W. Grant (R-NC) $1,000
Felix J. Grucci Jr. (R-NY) $1,000
Sydney Hay (R-Ariz) $1,000
Tim Holden (D-Pa) $1,000
Claude B. Hutchison Jr. (R-Calif) $1,000
Ernest J. Istook (R-Okla) $1,000
Kimo Kaloi (R-Hawaii) $1,000
Catherine Heller Keating (R-Okla) $1,000
Mark Kennedy (R-Minn) $1,000
John Koster (R-Wash) $1,000
Patrick Leahy (D-Vt) $1,000
Joe Lieberman (D-Conn) $1,000
John Linder (R-Ga) $1,000
Jim Maloney (D-Conn) $1,000
Dick Monteith (R-Calif) $1,000
Marilyn Musgrave (R-Colo) $1,000
Anne M. Northup (R-Ky) $1,000
Rico Oller (R-Calif) $1,000
David Phelps (D-Ill) $1,000
Bill Redmond (R-NM) $1,000
Republican Party of Wisconsin $1,000
Bob Riley (R-Ala) $1,000
Charles S. Robb (D-Va) $1,000
Jim Saxton (R-NJ) $1,000
Brian David Schweitzer (D-Mont) $1,000
Richard C. Shelby (R-Ala) $1,000
Bill Shuster (R-Pa) $1,000
Mike Simpson (R-Idaho) $1,000
Pete Stark (D-Calif) $1,000
Pat Toomey (R-Pa) $1,000
Gloria Tristani (D-NM) $1,000
Michael R. Turner (R-Ohio) $1,000
John W. Warner (R-Va) $1,000
Derrick B. Watchman (D-Ariz) $1,000
Rick Weiland (D-SD) $1,000
Paul Wellstone (D-Minn) $1,000
Ron Wyden (D-Ore) $1,000
C. W. Bill Young (R-Fla) $1,000
Paul Ryan (R-Wis) $949
Joe Pitts (R-Pa) $894
Bob Borski (D-Pa) $720
Shelley Berkley (D-Nev) $500
Howard L. Berman (D-Calif) $500
Ginny Brown-Waite (R-Fla) $500
Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) $500
Democratic Party of Washington $500
Bob Ehrlich (R-Md) $500
Mark Emerson (R-Utah) $500
Charles R. Gerow (R-Pa) $500
Phil Gingrey (R-Ga) $500
Kirk Humphreys (R-Okla) $500
Barbara Lee (D-Calif) $500
Devin Nunes (R-Calif) $500
Adam H. Putnam (R-Fla) $500
Ed Royce (R-Calif) $500
Loretta Sanchez (D-Calif) $500
Tom Young (R-Ala) $500
Bill Janklow (R-SD) $250
"“More Iraqis think things are going well in Iraq than Americans do. I guess they don’t get the New York Times over there.”—Jay Leno".
posted on January 4, 2006 10:05:13 PM new
ROFLOL once again, bear.
Notice the total silence from any leftie?
But they SCREAM 'where are the righties, why aren't they responding to this thread?' LOL
Yep, bet we won't see these lists posted in many, if ANY, of the liberal/left leaning sites/newspapers.
Nope....just blame the republican for what sure appears to me to be THE LEFTS acceptance of funds.
When this story first broke....some of us here pointed out that dems were SCRAMBLING to change or fill out disclosures for who gave them money. And they were doing just that.
As I said then, and I'll repeat this being investigated is GREAT for voters and taxpayers to become aware of. But ONLY if the 'double standard' lefties admit to their own behavior....which they don't, while pointing the finger at the Republicans.
Typical leftie behavior.
so sad....and to me it discredits them as a group....trying to pretend their so different or above some distortion of some moral values THEY have. What a sad joke.
posted on January 5, 2006 12:00:17 AM new
Ya know, linda, maybe more libs would respond if you quit calling everyone who disagrees with you a liar. What's the point of starting a discussion if you think everyone else is lying ?????
AND, I, and many many more people are fully aware that there are Democrats involved in the Abramoff scandal...I heard it quite awhile ago on an Air America radio broadcast
AND it seems to be the Republicans who are worried about election/re-election
Bush, Others Dump Abramoff Donations By DAVID ESPO, AP Special Correspondent
Wed Jan 4, 10:37 PM ET
WASHINGTON - President Bush and numerous lawmakers hastily jettisoned campaign donations linked to lobbyist Jack Abramoff on Wednesday as Republican Party officials pondered the impact of a spreading scandal on their 2006 election prospects.
"I wish it hadn't happened because it's not going to help us keep our majority," conceded Rep. Ralph Regula (news, bio, voting record), R-Ohio.
As Abramoff pleaded guilty to a second set of felony charges in as many days, this time in Florida, officials said Bush's 2004 re-election campaign intended to give up $6,000 in donations from the lobbyist, his wife and a client.
Former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay of Texas — facing legal problems of his own — took similar steps, as did his leadership successor, Rep. Roy Blunt (news, bio, voting record) of Missouri, and Rep. Eric Cantor (news, bio, voting record) of Virginia, another member of the GOP leadership.
"While we firmly believe the contributions were legal at the time of receipt, the plea indicates that such contributions may not have been given in the spirit in which they were received," said Burson Taylor, a spokeswoman for Blunt.
In all, some four dozen lawmakers — three-fourths of them Republicans — have announced plans this week to return donations, mostly funds that came from Abramoff or Indian tribes he represented. Among the Democrats is Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York.
Rep. Bob Ney (news, bio, voting record), R-Ohio, who faces legal scrutiny for his links to the lobbyist, joined in the rush. Others who said they would give up Abramoff-related donations included Reps. Bill Shuster and Melissa Hart, both Pennsylvania Republicans.
And a political action committee controlled by Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist said it planned to return $2,000 from the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe.
The Republican rush to shed cash that once was eagerly sought underscored the potential political problem the party faces at the dawn of an election year.
"You can't have a corrupt lobbyist unless you have a corrupt member (of Congress) or a corrupt staff," former GOP House Speaker Newt Gingrich said in a lunchtime speech. "This was a team effort."
Gingrich, who battled ethics charges near the end of his tenure in Congress, also told reporters he thinks Republicans should elect a permanent replacement for DeLay. In addition to links with Abramoff, the Texan is battling campaign finance charges in his home state.
Regula, who came to Congress in 1973 and survived post-Watergate elections that crippled his party, said the implications of the Abramoff plea deals could be devastating for the GOP. "I was in the minority for 22 years and the majority for 11, and having tried it both ways, I definitely prefer the majority."
Frist issued a statement placing ethics issues on the Senate agenda for the year. He said he intends to "examine and act on any necessary changes to improve transparency and accountability for our body when it comes to lobbying.'
For their part, House Democrats have signaled they intend to make ethics an element in their drive to gain a majority in next fall's elections.
"It's more important for these Republicans to come clean with the American people about ... what (they) did for Jack Abramoff and his special interest friends in return for those campaign contributions," said Sarah Feinberg, a spokeswoman at the House Democratic campaign organization.
Federal prosecutors, armed with subpoena power and a newly cooperative witness, want answers to similar questions, according to the guilty plea that Abramoff entered on Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Washington.
In a section of court papers headed "corruption of public officials," Abramoff acknowledged he had worked to provide "things of value to public officials in exchange for a series of official acts and influence."
Among others, the material refers to Rep. Bob Ney, R-Ohio, and his former chief of staff, Neil Volz, as well as to Tony Rudy, who was a top aide to DeLay at the time of the events described in the papers.
DeLay and Ney, who have both declared their innocence of wrongdoing, announced separately they would give to charity money they received as campaign donations from Abramoff or his clients.
Republicans scrambled to distance themselves from Abramoff on the day the lobbyist pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Miami to conspiracy and wire fraud stemming from his 2000 purchase of SunCruz, a gambling boat fleet.
Court papers say Ney placed a statement related to SunCruz, drafted by Abramoff's partner, Michael Scanlon, in the Congressional Record. The statement, the court papers say, was calculated to pressure the owner of SunCruz to sell on terms favorable to Abramoff.
People familiar with the investigation said federal investigators are interested in questioning Abramoff about his dealings with DeLay and Ney as well as other lawmakers and officials. Those include Rep. John Doolittle (news, bio, voting record), R-Calif., Rudy and Sen. Conrad Burns (news, bio, voting record), R-Mont., as well as former deputy Interior Secretary Stephen Griles and former top Bush administration contract officer David Safavian, according to the sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity because Abramoff's information is likely to be submitted to a federal grand jury.
The money being returned paled in comparison to the totals raised.
The president's campaign raised more than $300 million in all for the 2004 campaign.
Abramoff raised $100,000 or more, but a spokeswoman at the Republican National Committee said that would be kept apart from the $6,000 being given to the American Heart Association.
"At this point, there is nothing to indicate that contributions from those individual donors represents anything other than enthusiastic support for the BC-04 re-election campaign," said Tracey Schmitt.
Listen to what mingotree has to say. Rather than offer opinions in the thread I started, you and Bear ripped into the dems on this board. THAT'S WHY NO ONE IS BOTHERING ANYMORE.
Bear
I said in another thread that no matter what party these people are affiliated with, they need to face the consequences if they broke the law. Abramhoff was a lobbyist. It is possible that legit money changed hands as well. Not everyone associated with him is a crook. That goes for repugs and dems.
Cheryl
"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." - Martin Luther King, Jr.
posted on January 5, 2006 05:23:42 AM new
"Rather than offer opinions in the thread I started, you and Bear ripped into the dems on this board"
So Cheryl the Republicans cant post names of crooks in the Democratic party? At least it was a different thread,and Bear didnt try to change to the topic in your thread like so many lefties try to do.
posted on January 5, 2006 07:49:40 AM newROFLMHO at THAT one cheryl.
You MUST be joking.
"Listen to what mingotree has to say. Rather than offer opinions in the thread I started, you and Bear ripped into the dems on this board. THAT'S WHY NO ONE IS BOTHERING ANYMORE.
Just where were you cheryl while crowfarm/mingotree/lindablair was constantly disrupting EVERY SINGLE thread posted her?
Where was YOUR righteous indigation when YOU were calling ME a cockroach?
LOL....on cheryl, you need to do some of your own 'self-examination' and support for mg/cf's behavior BEFORE YOU BLAME anyone else.
IF you ever paid attention....I do post to the topic. But, of course SINCE it doesn't agree with your OWN political views....then you start with helen's old mantra of 'we're running posters off'.
Have another of whatever your taking....your lack of ability to see things as they happen here is WAY out of WACK.
posted on January 5, 2006 08:09:55 AM newYa know, linda, maybe more libs would respond if you quit calling everyone who disagrees with you a liar.
ROFLMHO once again. Anyone with just two brain cells can and have seen I only call liars, LIKE YOU, on being liars.
It's been YOU, crowfarm mingotree who SINCE you first arrived here have lied about so many things I NEVER stated.
It's been YOU who keeps 'making up lies about others'.....you're just totally delusional if YOU believe otherwise.
There are several leftie posters I haven't EVER called liars, because, IMO, they aren't. I only focus on you who actually do continually lie.
And I do NOT call people a liar BECAUSE they disagree with my opinions... again MORE delusion on YOUR PART.
I call people who make things up posters NEVER SAID, speak for OTHERS, won't admit to the clearly see truth, liars....BECAUSE they lied. Like YOU have since the first day you arrived here.
It appears to me you've made some sort of New Year's resolution to behave in a more decent manner here than you EVER have before. AND you're not following ME around 24/7 anymore....posting LIES.
That's good....and I hope it continues.
What's the point of starting a discussion if you think everyone else is lying ?????
posted on January 5, 2006 08:43:10 AM new
Well, as USUAL linda cannot address an issue in my posts but but continues to lie and call others liars , too
Proves I won the point I made and linda can't refute it. All she can do is rant and rave and try to draw attention away from the issue and the fact I proved her wrong once again
Thanks, linda, I can always count on your predictability.
posted on January 5, 2006 08:47:17 AM new
And I can always count on you to be and act just as you described YOURSELF.
mingotree/crowfarm - posted on December 20, 2005 "Ya but linda, I'M the nasty atheist, scummy LIBERAL and YOU are the enlightened "christian"?? How quickly you lower yourself to my level.
posted on January 5, 2006 09:39:09 AM new
Bush seeks to link Jack Abramoff to Democrats
Thursday, December 15, 2005
President Bush defended the Republican Party on Wednesday amid a series of corruption scandals in Washington, D.C., attempting to link disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff to Democrats.
In an interview with Fox News, Bush made his first public comments about Abramoff, a Republican insider who raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for the party. Although the president said he was "not all that familiar with a lot that's going on up there on Capitol Hill," he charged that Abramoff spread the money around in Washington.
"But it seems like to me that he was an equal money dispenser, that he was giving money to people in both political parties," Bush told Fox's Brit Hume.
Bush also came to the defense of Rep. Tom DeLay (R-Texas), the former House majority leader who has been indicted in Texas for allegedly violating election laws and who has been linked to Abramoff. When asked whether he thought DeLay was innocent, he responded "Yes, I do."
Yet the president had no kind words for another Republicanwho was indicted in a corruption scheme and resigned after pleading guilty to taking millions in bribes. "I feel Duke Cunningham was wrong and should be punished for what he did," he said, referring to former congressman Randy Cunningham of California. "And I think anybody who does what he did should be punished, Republican or Democrat."
Despite Bush's views, the scandals in Washington have touched Republicans so far. In addition to the indictments of DeLay, Cunningham and a former White House official who represented tribes, Michael Scanlon, a former Republican aide to DeLay, pleaded guilty last month in a scheme to bribe another Republican congressman and defraud tribes out of tens of millions of dollars.
And the majority of Abramoff's money went to Republicans, not Democrats. According to a Washington Post analysis, Republican politicians and political action committees received 63.7 percent of the $5.3 million in contributions made by Abramoff's former tribal clients and associates from 1999 through 2004.
News reports also indicate the Department of Justice is looking at the actions of a half of dozen Republicans in the House and the Senate who accepted money from Abramoff, whose former aides went to work for Abramoff or whose spouses received work as a result of their connections to Abramoff.
Two top GOP operatives -- Grover Norquist of Americans for Tax Reform and Ralph Reed, a key Bush fundraiser -- took millions from Abramoff's tribes as well, the Senate Indian Affairs Committee's investigation has shown.
As the committee closes its probe and DOJ investigators sharpen their cases, Republicans like Bush have sought to bring Democrats into the picture. The first major target has been Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-North Dakota), who accepted $67,000 in donations from Abramoff's former clients.
Dorgan, the vice chairman of the Indian Affairs Committee and the top Democrat on the Interior Appropriations subcommittee that controls Indian funding, has lashed out at the campaign. "It's not surprising that from the sleazy world of those who defrauded the Indian tribes, we have seen bogus charges against those of us who are doing the investigating," Dorgan said last month at a press conference at the United Tribes Technical College in Bismarck, North Dakota.
Dorgan has since returned the money to four tribes who had hired Abramoff.
posted on January 5, 2006 09:53:29 AM new
I'm glad, for once, the Republicans are letting American voters KNOW that it was democrats too.
Far too often, imo, since the press favors the left....voters only get to hear about what terrible things the republican's do....but they usually leave OUT reporting the terrible things the dems do....or they give it so little press time as to hardly be noticed. Not run on the front pages like anything the republicans do.
Donating to anyone's campaign is NOT ILLEGAL.....it's only illegal IF it's used to 'bribe' or 'help get legislation passed'.
As it appears the $80 million dollars that came from the Indian casinos was used for.
I hope when this is all sorted out...things change about how ALL lobbyists 'pay/buy' SOME of the votes from our members of Congress.
I hope some noticed that they're old kerry and clinton took this money too. Along with all the other 'finger pointering democrats' who were found to have ALSO accepted this money.
posted on January 5, 2006 10:04:01 AM new
From Atrios...Saving the House by David Brooks.
I don't know what's more pathetic, Jack Abramoff's sleaze or Republican paralysis in the face of it. Abramoff walks out of a D.C. courthouse in his pseudo-Hasidic homburg, and all that leading Republicans can do is promise to return his money and remind everyone that some Democrats are involved in the scandal, too.
That's a great G.O.P. talking point: some Democrats are so sleazy, they get involved with the likes of us.
If Republicans want to emerge from this affair with their self-respect or electoral prospects intact, they need to get in front of it with a comprehensive reform offensive.
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Fourth, enforce House rules. There's bound to be corruption when spending provisions can be slipped into legislation in the dead of night, outside the normal oversight procedures. There's bound to be corruption when members are forced to vote on sprawling bills nobody has a chance to inspect. Instead, all legislation should be posted online for 72 hours before the vote, so the staff and bloggers can nitpick and expose.
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Finally, today before noon, fire Bob Ney as chairman of the House Administration Committee. For God's sake, Republicans, show a little moral revulsion.
Back in the dim recesses of my mind, I remember a party that thought of itself as a reform, or even a revolutionary movement. That party used to be known as the Republican Party. I wonder if it still exists.
posted on January 5, 2006 10:23:32 AM new
""That's a great G.O.P. talking point: some Democrats are so sleazy, they get involved with the likes of us.""
Maybe if SOME listened to something besides Rush the Druggy they'd hear about the Democrats involvement in this latest REPUBLICAN scandal
It's out there if you look!
posted on January 5, 2006 10:24:39 AM new
Liar_K,Bear and Ron,
Its great being a progressive today early January 2006. A progressive watching your form of crooked,CON-servative,phony religious based government crumble.
My side told you from the beginning your form of government based on lies wouldn't make it. Your bunch lied going in and are still lying on their way out.
You all went from dancing in the streets to being made fools of for trying to defend your failed form of government.
For a party that is so against Lawyers. Your party members sure are hiring a bunch of them. LOL
posted on January 5, 2006 12:57:02 PM new
December 15, 2005
Abramoff Was A Republican
Was Jack Abramoff "giving money to both political parties," as President Bush suggested yesterday? No.
The lobbyist himself was a Bush Pioneer and directly wrote more than 200K in checks from '92 to '05 to Republicans. Abramoff never gave a penny to Democrats or Democratic committees.
True -- he encouraged or "directed," as the Washington Post says, his clients to give generously to politicians of parties, which they did. And several associates who worked closely with Abramoff were, indeed, "equal money dispenser[s]" as Bush said.
posted on January 5, 2006 01:17:03 PM new
Leave it Lindumb@ss, Bear (Rumor has it that Bear is a huge fan of gay "bear" porn, hence the name) for them to continue pointing fingers at the Democrats. It is appalling that anyone in either party accepted contributions from Jack Abram Off. Instead of holding their congressmen accountable, they continue to point fingers at everyone else but their own representatives. Both the Republicans and Democrats who participated should be held to the flame (Bear loves flames) on this one.
posted on January 5, 2006 04:33:41 PM new
Rusty,
Am I glad your back from the hospital, sorry to hear about your ruptured rectum. Next time be careful.
BTW How I heard of your mishap was, I found your other message board. All your butt buddies are there. They don't seem to like straight people, whence, they don't like me.
Back on subject.
Bear, Where did you get the list of those that took th money.
Amen,
Reverend Colin http://www.reverendcolin.com
posted on January 6, 2006 06:53:18 AM new
It's a long and winding road....
""GUAM — BUSH REMOVES FEDERAL PROSECUTOR INVESTIGATING
ABRAMOFF: In 2002, Abramoff was the target of a grand jury
investigation in Guam. On November 18, 2002, U.S. Atty. Frederick A. Black issued a grand jury subpoena issued seeking records involving a highly unusual contract between Abramoff and the Superior Court in Guam. Apparently, Superior Court officials in Guam paid Abramoff over $324,000 — funneled through a Laguna Beach attorney Howard Hills — to lobby against a bill in Congress that gave the Guam Supreme Court authority over the Superior Court. The Los Angeles Times reported this August that the day after Black issued the subpeona, “President Bush removed the supervising federal prosecutor [Black] and the inquiry ended soon after.” Black had “served as acting U.S. attorney for Guam and the Northern Mariana islands since 1991.” He was replaced by Leonardo Rapadas, the man that the Guam Republican Party recommended to Karl Rove be given the job. [Los Angeles Times, 8/7/05]
