Posted on 01/04/2006 1:09:32 PM PST by radar101
Tribal Clients And Associates Of Jack Abramoff Have Contributed Over $3.1 Million To Democrat Party Interests Between 1997 And 2004. (Campaign Finance Analysis Project Website, www.campaignfinanceanalysisproject.com, Accessed December 2005; Political Money Line Website, www.tray.com, Accessed December 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, 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)
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
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)
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 USUAL SUSPECTS.
Senator Harry Reid (D-NV) Received At Least – $68,941.............................................
Senator John Kerry (D-MA) Received At Least – $98,550 ..............................................
Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) Received At Least – $29,550
The Democrat Party culture of corruption rears its ugly head.
Is there any website that lists the Abramoff contribution numbers to Republicans, for comparison?
Pass the popcorn!
Which Indian tribe was it the the Clintonistas stiffed?
Or how about Roger Tamraz http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=+campaign+contribution+Roger+Tamraz&btnG=Search
The referring site (Capital Eye) which has almost too much detailed info to wade through. If you scroll down, however, xcamel has put up a summary table. Unfortunately, that table doesn't detail Abramoff's contributions to individual congressmen.
I'll keep looking.
The Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians paid $15 million to Abramoff and Scanlon's organizations. The funds were diverted to a number of projects, including the Eshkol Academy, an all-boys Orthodox Jewish school set up by Abramoff in Maryland, and to a friend who ran sniper workshops for the Israel Defence Forces.
Then consider that this is one capitol hill lobbying firm but there are hundreds of other ones. They are all feasting on the trough of special interest money. Which is why, with Republicans running everything for, what, six years now, we have the biggest deficits, biggest government and some of the most stupid and wasteful programs.
How much does it cost to buy a loophole? How about a $13 Billion unconstitutional Africa AIDS program? How about a bogus defense contract?
Possibly the first sensible post I have seen on this topic.
Yeah this story is just the old "they were doing it too!!!!" response, because of course the Dems will paint it as a Republican problem only. And of course the Republicans will fight back by mentioning all the Dems involved with Abramoff while glossing over the fact that 2/3 of his money went to Republicans.
Whatever party is in power usually receives the most crooked money. That's the Republicans for the moment. And lo and behold, it looks like the Republican leadership got more money than the Republican rank and file. Money follows power like a stink on... well, you get the idea.
All crooks should go to jail. If it turns out 100 Republicans were crooks and only 2 Democrats, fine with me. Off to jail with them all. If it turns out no one did anything illegal, that's fine too. It's good that a story like this comes out to show the public how Washington actually works.
bttt
If folks are guilty, we better throw the bums out!
Bipartisan cooperation against the public: Now there's a bipartisanship I can believe is real.
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