Posted on 02/01/2006 7:49:32 PM PST by SierraWasp
Abramoff scandal not slowing Doolittles fundraising, reports show
By David Whitney -- Bee Washington Bureau Published 5:12 pm PST Wednesday, February 1, 2006
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Doolittle has been linked to the Abramoff scandal because of his close friendship with the convicted lobbyist, who is now cooperating with federal investigators.
The congressman has accepted more than $131,000 in contributions from Abramoff, his associates and partners since 1999, and his wife, Julie Doolittle, worked for an Abramoff charity that has become a focus of the investigation.
But Doolittle insists he has done nothing wrong and has gone to great lengths to convince his colleagues of that.
On Wednesday, he escaped a possible challenge to his leadership position as House Republican Conference secretary when the members voted down a motion that would have put his seat and four others up for election. On a vote of 107-85, the conference defeated a motion by Doolittle's Sacramento-area colleague, Rep. Dan Lungren of Gold River, and New York Rep. John Sweeney to open all leadership seats to election in today's balloting to choose a permanent successor to former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, R-Texas.
In a joint statement after the vote, Lungren and Sweeney said their motion was not intended to castigate any sitting leadership member or to promote any candidate for a leadership spot.
"The intent of our proposal was to engage the conference in the debate necessary to ensure we could remove the cloud of scandal and doubt looming over the House in the wake of recent events," they said.
"A vote of confidence has been cast for the future," they said of the election outcome.
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The loser Lungren, got his A$$ handed to him by recalled Governor Gray Davis and now he does THIS!!! What a worthless ameoba jocky!!!
A Republican in-fighting ping that'll demonstrate the ruthless moderate movement against conservatives within the CA Congressional delegation, BIGTIME!!!
Once again, high praise flows from the pen.
Well the POS SOB is lower than whale poop!!! Look what he does right after getting elected to CONgress!!! Unbelieveably low!!! Agressively low!!! Limbo low!!!
Stop! Please stop! I can't breath.
How did Danny Boy get to congress? Did his great uncle die in office and will it to him...
No more responses needed, you've covered the bases!
trying to stab one of the greatest righteous conservatives in the back
Thank you! Well said!
Should have been "He should just change that R next to his name"
Whatever the Republicans did never would in a million and two years compare to one thing the Clintons did while slumming in the WH.
Sullivan's only stated reason for blasting Rico and hyping Danny Boy, is that he thought that Rico was a little too agressive. Well hell! So do I!! But Lundgren is LAME!!! (and now we see how low he can go!)
It's really ironic because just last week, Sullivan interviewed Doolittle on the Abramoff matter and didn't go after John with any vicious vengance. Well, he couldn't because John Doolittle was cautious and smart! He insisted the interview not be done live and that if it was acceptable to him, it could then be aired, which it was.
You know tubular person... We slice and dice the Demonicrats for their ruthless ways in politics, but looky here what the Repellicans do to each other! And they're not very subtle about it either!!!
Almost! Danny boy began his career as a Congressman in Los Angeles County. His Daddy was Richard Nixon's Doctor and used those connections to launch Danny's political career back in the 70s.
Years later he carpet bagged up to Northern California and won by virtue of a complex three-way race as described by SW above.
Thank you Sir! I wasn't aware of that early history of closeness to RMN, the defamed one that gave us Jimmy Carter in the end!!!
You know this is all payback for not giving an interview to a paper with no honor.
You must be talkin about the Sacramenna BEE!!! (or is it the Auburn Journal?)
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