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House Kills Effort to Investigate Lobbyist-Lawmaker Ties
Fox News ^ | 2-25-09 | Mosheh Oinouno

Posted on 02/25/2009 4:28:01 PM PST by STARWISE

The House voted Wednesday to kill a resolution calling for an ethics investigation into potential quid pro quo between lobbyist campaign donations and lawmakers.

Rep. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., sponsored the proposal that would have forced the House Ethics Committee to launch a probe into ties between the source and timing of campaign contributions by lobbyists and subsequent legislator requests for special projects or earmarks.

While open-ended, Flake's resolution was a direct response to the ongoing federal investigation into the PMA Group, a lobbying company accused of making fraudulent donations to lawmakers using names of people who did not exist.

The firm, which has contributed millions to politicians in the last decade, has close ties to senior Democratic appropriators including Reps. John Murtha D-Pa., and Pete Visclosky,D-Ind. The FBI raided PMA's headquarters in November and is investigating the group's founder and president, Paul Magliochetti, a former Murtha aide.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government; Politics/Elections; US: Arizona; US: Indiana; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: 111th; arizona; az; cultureofcorruption; ethics; greedypols; house; illegaldonations; in; indiana; lobbyists; murtha; pa; pelosi; pennsylvania; pmagroup; ratcrime
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The age of tyranny and blatant corruption is truly here.
1 posted on 02/25/2009 4:28:04 PM PST by STARWISE
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To: SE Mom; Bahbah; penelopesire; Miss Didi; rodguy911; Grampa Dave; gpapa; pissant; Velveeta; ...

~~PING!


2 posted on 02/25/2009 4:29:04 PM PST by STARWISE ( They (LIBS-STILL) think of this WOT as Bush's war, not America's war- Richard Miniter))
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To: STARWISE

We won. We can do anything we want and you can’t stop us.


3 posted on 02/25/2009 4:30:11 PM PST by Bahbah (Typical white person-Snow white)
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C L I C K ..


4 posted on 02/25/2009 4:34:04 PM PST by STARWISE ( They (LIBS-STILL) think of this WOT as Bush's war, not America's war- Richard Miniter))
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To: STARWISE
I'm afraid it's all about 2010 Star. If we can't get some of our own CHANGE we will have to deal with this nonsense even longer. At the rate they are self-destructing however we should make some great progress in both house and senate in 2010.
5 posted on 02/25/2009 4:34:23 PM PST by rodguy911 (HOME OF THE FREE BECAUSE OF THE BRAVE--GO SARAHCUDA !!)
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To: STARWISE; Liz; writer33; AT7Saluki

Transparency lasts only just so long...


6 posted on 02/25/2009 4:35:37 PM PST by Libloather (February is Liberal, Leftist, Marxist Awareness Month.)
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To: bert

“FBI raided PMA’s headquarters in November and is investigating the group’s founder and president, Paul Magliochetti, a former Murtha aide.”

LOL. Wonder if this is the guy who gave us the one finger salute at the Nasville Murtha freep?


7 posted on 02/25/2009 4:36:50 PM PST by girlangler (Fish Fear Me)
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To: STARWISE
Well....since you state that The age of tyranny and blatant corruption is truly here, and I certainly agree with ya....perhaps we should investigate this vote....find out who voted which way and let the internet help us raise then rotten roof and expose the maggots to some light.
8 posted on 02/25/2009 4:39:19 PM PST by Republic (Jedem das Seine)
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To: STARWISE

Sounds like it was a party line vote...Republicans and a few dems voting for Flake’s bill. That ought to tell everyone in this country which is the true ‘PARTY OF CORRUPTION...DEMOCRATS’


9 posted on 02/25/2009 4:40:47 PM PST by penelopesire ("The only CHANGE you will get with the Democrats is the CHANGE left in your pocket")
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To: Republic

The Dems ran on corruption and won, the GOP should do the same in 2010. ALL politicians are corrupt to one extent or another, its the nature of the game.

Stick to principles and we win in 2010.


10 posted on 02/25/2009 4:46:32 PM PST by txnativegop (God Bless America! (NRA-Endowment))
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To: Republic

My shiny new democrat congressman just got hit with the largest penalty ever in Michigan. Starting out right.

http://www.rightmichigan.com/story/2009/2/25/95012/4337


11 posted on 02/25/2009 4:49:13 PM PST by cripplecreek (The poor bastards have us surrounded.)
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To: STARWISE

Ah, the Culture of Corruption wins again.


12 posted on 02/25/2009 4:49:15 PM PST by SmithL (The Golden State demands all of your gold)
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To: girlangler

I looked for a photo but couldn’t find one.

He keeps his mug off the public record


13 posted on 02/25/2009 4:50:24 PM PST by bert (K.E. N.P. +12 . The original point of America was not to be Europe)
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To: Libloather

EXECUTIVE ORDER Transparency will not occur when it might show Democrats taking bribes, kickbacks, and other crimes.


14 posted on 02/25/2009 4:54:59 PM PST by Liz (Problem with socialism is you eventually run out of other people*s money. M. Thatcher)
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To: STARWISE

This would make really good press-—if it were a Republican problem. The most we can hope for is a tiny squeak that may get louder. The dems are masters of “the culture of corruption” and hiding it.


15 posted on 02/25/2009 4:57:59 PM PST by freeangel ( (free speech is only good until someone else doesn't like what you say))
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To: STARWISE

bookmark


16 posted on 02/25/2009 5:02:38 PM PST by ElayneJ
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To: Bahbah

Corruption is our right, doncha know?

And then there is the right to lie about it.


17 posted on 02/25/2009 5:08:52 PM PST by AmericanVictory
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To: AmericanVictory; Bahbah; penelopesire; rodguy911; All

“Which lawmakers sponsored those earmarks? CQ reports:

Flake’s office released a compilation of eight earmarks worth $7.7 million in the bill. Taxpayers for Common Sense, a watchdog group, sent out the same list and identified the individual sponsors of the earmarks as Reps. Peter J. Visclosky of Indiana, Tim Ryan of Ohio, John B. Larson of Connecticut, Brad Sherman and Jane Harman of California, Stephen F. Lynch of Massachusetts and Emanuel Cleaver of Missouri. Reps. Mike Doyle and Jason Altmire , both of Pennsylvania, were identified as cosponsors of one earmark.

All but one of those earmarks is in the section of the bill written by the Energy and Water Appropriations Subcommittee, which is headed by [Rep. Pete] Visclosky.

Several of those members, including Doyle, Ryan, Larsen, Altmire, and Sherman, are among the top recipients of PMA’s campaign cash.”

http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/john_murtha/


18 posted on 02/25/2009 5:18:44 PM PST by STARWISE ( They (LIBS-STILL) think of this WOT as Bush's war, not America's war- Richard Miniter))
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To: AmericanVictory
"Civility, Integrity,Bipartisanship"...blah..blah..blah...

Please God.....may they be defeated in multiple ways!

19 posted on 02/25/2009 5:26:09 PM PST by tflabo
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To: Libloather

The Opacity of Hope


20 posted on 02/25/2009 5:28:51 PM PST by Lorianne
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