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If he took bribes he should go down big time.
answer your question?
BTW he is my senator
Reid aided Abramoff clients
Senators office admits routine contact with lobbying firm
The Associated Press
Updated: 9:58 p.m. CT Feb 9, 2006
WASHINGTON - Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid wrote at least four letters helpful to Indian tribes represented by Jack Abramoff, and the senators staff regularly had contact with the disgraced lobbyists team about legislation affecting other clients.
The activities detailed in billing records and correspondence obtained by The Associated Press are far more extensive than previously disclosed. They occurred over three years as Reid collected nearly $68,000 in donations from Abramoffs firm, lobbying partners and clients.
Reids office acknowledged Thursday having routine contacts with Abramoffs lobbying partners and intervening on some government matters such as blocking some tribal casinos in ways Abramoffs clients might have deemed helpful. But it said none of his actions were affected by donations or done for Abramoff.
All the actions that Senator Reid took were consistent with his long-held beliefs, such as not letting tribal casinos expand beyond reservations, and were taken to defend the interests of Nevada constituents, spokesman Jim Manley said.
Reid, D-Nev., has led the Democratic Partys attacks portraying Abramoffs lobbying and fund-raising as a Republican scandal.
But Abramoffs records show his lobbying partners billed for nearly two dozen phone contacts or meetings with Reids office in 2001 alone.
Most were to discuss Democratic legislation that would have applied the U.S. minimum wage to the Northern Mariana Islands, a U.S. territory and Abramoff client, but would have given the islands a temporary break on the wage rate, the billing records show.
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http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/politics/4868262.html
This opens a new door to nab more assholes who took Abramoff favors.
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Under a deal with the Justice Department, she must cooperate with authorities and is identifying other criminal targets, one of the people said.
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from your article:
hoo boy, you have to know there are still some nervous nellies in Washington DC... wondering if she will turn on them... well... I guess they should have thought of that before betraying the public's trust.
Either party... If they're corrupt? Indict them, prosecute them, convict them, sentence them to prison, incarcerate them and then throw away the key.
Summary: On February 13, MSNBC issued a correction of a falsehood previously documented by Media Matters for America, that former lobbyist Jack Abramoff gave $68,000 in campaign contributions to Sen. Harry Reid.
On February 13, MSNBC issued a correction of a falsehood previously documented by Media Matters for America. As Media Matters noted, on the February 10 edition of MSNBC Live, anchor Alex Witt falsely claimed that Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) "collected nearly $68,000 in campaign contributions" from former lobbyist Jack Abramoff. In fact, a Center for Responsive Politics breakdown of Abramoff's donations (here and here) shows that the lobbyist made contributions only to Republicans, not Democrats.
During the 3:00 p.m. ET hour of MSNBC's February 13 Post-Olympics Show, anchor Amy Robach stated:
ROBACH: We want to correct some information we broadcast in a story on Friday concerning Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid. We stated that Senator Reid has collected nearly $68,000 in campaign contributions from disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff over a period of nearly three years. Now, we should have said that, according to The Washington Post, the money in question came from Abramoff's firm, lobbying partners, and clients -- not from Abramoff directly. MSNBC regrets that error.
Under this same "fairness" one indicted Jefferson completely wipes out all the dozens of Rs convicted ,indicted and under investigation.
