Too bad for reasonable republicans (McCain?) to be overwhelmed by these
shitheads!
"Harry Hope" <rivrvu@ix.netcom.com> wrote in message
news:r37fp1523vhsd6k39a8iuhub4537f7tmn7@4ax.com...
http://www.americanprogressaction.org/site/apps/nl/newsletter2.asp?c=klLWJcP7H&b=917053
ETHICS -- ABRAMOFF BOUGHT BURNS' VOTE FOR $12,000:
The Saipan Garment Manufacturers Association and the Northern Mariana
Islands hired http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/print?id=647725 disgraced
lobbyist Jack Abramoff
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/11/AR2005081101752.html
in 2001 to stop legislation cracking down on the islands' sweatshop
factories.
In 2000, Sen. Conrad Burns (R-MT) voted for the bill that "would have
broadened federal oversight of immigration and labor rules on the
islands."
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/12/03/build/state/25-burns-donation.inc
But in May 2001, after at least eight meetings with Abramoff and his
staff,
http://www.news-journal.com/nation/content/shared-gen/ap/US_Congress/Abramoff_Senator.html
a trip to the Super Bowl for two Burns staffers, and $12,000 in
donations around the time of the deal, Burns voted against the exact
same bill
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/12/03/build/state/25-burns-donation.inc
and took the unusual step of calling for a roll call vote, so that his
vote was recorded.
Burns received a total of $150,000 from Abramoff and his clients
between 2001 and 2004.
http://www.news-journal.com/nation/content/shared-gen/ap/US_Congress/Abramoff_Senator.html
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Repugs wallow in this stuff
Harry
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