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  • Reid's office admitted intervening in ways Abramoff's clients... found helpful

    02/11/2006 6:01:02 AM PST · by advance_copy · 19 replies · 866+ views
    AP Via St. Paul Pioneer Press ^ | 2/11/06 | John Solomon and Sharon Theimer
    WASHINGTON — Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid portrays convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff's activities as involving only Republicans. But Abramoff's billing records and congressional correspondence tell a different story. They show Abramoff's lobbying team billed for nearly two dozen contacts with Reid's office in a single year to mostly discuss Democratic legislation that would have set the minimum hourly wage for the Northern Mariana Islands, an Abramoff client, initially almost $3 lower than other U.S. states and territories. Reid, D-Nev., also wrote at least four letters to the Bush administration helpful to Indian tribes Abramoff represented, often collecting donations from Abramoff-related...