Posted on 01/10/2006 12:20:39 PM PST by mlc9852
WASHINGTON - Former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay tried to pressure the Bush administration into shutting down an Indian-owned casino that lobbyist Jack Abramoff wanted closed shortly after a tribal client of Abramoff's donated to a DeLay political action committee, The Associated Press has learned.
The Texas Republican demanded closure of the casino, owned by the Alabama-Coushatta tribe of Texas, in a Dec. 11, 2001 letter to then-Attorney General John Ashcroft. The Associated Press obtained the letter from a source who did not want to be identified because of an ongoing federal investigation of Abramoff and members of Congress.
"We feel that the Department of Justice needs to step in and investigate the inappropriate and illegal actions by the tribe, its financial backers, if any, and the casino equipment vendors," said the letter, which was also signed by Texas Republican Reps. Pete Sessions, John Culberson and Kevin Brady.
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"I do not like what the Republicans have been up to, but unlike you, I'm not anxious to replace them with those paragons of virtue, the Democrats"
I do not know where you got that idea. I want them all out of office...from both parties. A whole new slate of candidates on both sides. A little idealism and adherence to party principles would be great.
I want a conservative government. I haven't seen much of that from the elected Republicans, and certainly not from the Democrats.
Sorry! I had no idea that I was conversing with someone so naive that you are unaware that there are two sets of rules that govern the two parties. That's one sure way to tell them apart if you've run out of other methods to distinguish one from the other.
And all you'd get is a new group who behave exactly the same way. My guess is that a real investigation would find more staffers than Congresscritters who abuse the system. The staffers are largely unknown to us, and have excessive influence, particularly on first term Congresspeople. They're career employees - some work for committees, and stay no matter who is on the committee. Others work in a specific office, but if their boss loses, they just go to work for some new member.
Some of the tribal leaders are as crooked as Abramoff!
Well, I guess that would explain it. I suppose any time there is a lot of money involved, you can expect it.
What do citizens have to do to get term limits for elected leaders? You see I'm a college student majoring in history and am thinking of running for state Representative myself down here in Texas later in life.
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