Comments on: The House That Jack Built: A Comprehensive Look At The Abramoff Scandal

By: MurryMom

MurryMom — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 15:08:35 +0000

Where can I find information about all of the political figures, state and federal, who received cash from Abramoff. Before they were deposed on Tuesday I was especially concerned about Sen. Santorum and Rep. Hart. Thank you

By: DachsieLady

DachsieLady — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 10:20:05 +0000

Thanks for great summarizing article. I am afraid the full impact of Scanlon and Reed on the Texas state legislators will never be known. Scanlon blew $4.2 million here in Texas contributing to Senator John Corruptnyn. This senator recently got caught trying to sneak through a bill in U.S. senate that would have had U.S. citizens paying higher special taxes to pay for the Mexican part of the NAFTA corridors.

Mohammed Atta and a few of the orther 9-11 “hijackers and terrorists” were seen on more than one occasion visiting and partying and who knows what else on the Abramoff owned Sun Cruise gambling ships in Florida. So were several “conservative Republican” U.S. legislators.

I suspect that several other lobbyists in D.C. have employed similar strategies as Abramoff in getting their money spreak around in the most convoluted, but efective ways.

When you look at the individual amounts most of the legislators received (that we know about), they are small amounts.

Why, here in Texas gubernatorial candidate Carole Keeton McClellan Rylander Strayhorn (mother of ex-White House spokesman Scott McClellan) has so far (conservatively) taken $1.2 million and counting in contributions from Ryan & Company, a tax advocacy firm that represents clients who have tax deficiency cases before Comptroller Strayhorns corrupt administrative appeals procedures. Small and medium sized Texas business really pay for this graft.

I am sick of the U.S. congress and Texas legislature. They have to be watched like a hawk because they will sneak all manner of garbage through on we the people, like the NAFTA corridor scam in Texas. I do not trust or respect any of them. They never vote from principle or try to truly protect and defend and uphold the Consitution. They never study the legislation. They just sell their votes to the highest bidder.

There is so much money changing hands under the table that it is simply horrifying. That is why we are losing our freedoms and our Constitutional republic.

Vote out ALL incumbents in every level of government in November.

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â€œThe melting point of steel isnâ€™t Democrat or Republican. The highest temperature a jet fuel fire can attain isnâ€™t conservative or liberal. The facts are decisive.â€

Professor James Fetzer, Scholars for 9-11 Truth

By: C. Myers

C. Myers — Sun, 07 May 2006 03:23:05 +0000

NEED I SAY MORE.

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, http://www.campaignfinanceanalysisproject.com, Accessed December 7, 2005; Political Money Line Website, http://www.tray.com, Accessed December 7, 2005; Internal Revenue Service Website, http://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 â€“ $22,500
* Senator Evan Bayh (D-IN) Received At Least â€“ $6,500
* Senator Joseph Biden (D-DE) Received At Least â€“ $1,250
* Senator Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) Received At Least â€“ $2,000
* Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) Received At Least â€“ $20,250
* Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) Received At Least â€“ $21,765
* Senator Tom Carper (D-DE) Received At Least â€“ $7,500
* Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) Received At Least â€“ $12,950
* Senator Kent Conrad (D-ND) Received At Least â€“ $8,000
* Senator Jon Corzine (D-NJ) Received At Least â€“ $7,500
* Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT) Received At Least â€“ $14,792
* Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND) Received At Least â€“ $79,300
* Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) Received At Least â€“ $14,000
* Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) Received At Least â€“ $2,000
* Senator Russ Feingold (D-WI) Received At Least â€“ $1,250
* Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) Received At Least â€“ $45,750
* Senator Daniel Inouye (D-HI) Received At Least â€“ $9,000
* Senator Jim Jeffords (I-VT) Received At Least â€“ $2,000
* Senator Tim Johnson (D-SD) Received At Least â€“ $14,250
* Senator Ted Kennedy (D-MA) Received At Least â€“ $3,300
* Senator John Kerry (D-MA) Received At Least â€“ $98,550
* Senator Mary Landrieu (D-LA) Received At Least â€“ $28,000
* Senator Pat Leahy (D-VT) Received At Least â€“ $4,000
* Senator Carl Levin (D-MI) Received At Least â€“ $6,000
* Senator Joe Lieberman (D-CT) Received At Least â€“ $29,830
* Senator Blanche Lincoln (D-AR) Received At Least â€“ $14,891
* Senator Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) Received At Least â€“ $10,550
* Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) Received At Least â€“ $78,991
* Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) Received At Least â€“ $20,168
* Senator Ben Nelson (D-NE) Received At Least â€“ $5,200
* Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) Received At Least â€“ $7,500
* Senator Mark Pryor (D-AR) Received At Least â€“ $2,300
* Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) Received At Least â€“ $3,500
* Senator Harry Reid (D-NV) Received At Least â€“ $68,941
* Senator John Rockefeller (D-WV) Received At Least â€“ $4,000
* Senator Ken Salazar (D-CO) Received At Least â€“ $4,500
* Senator Paul Sarbanes (D-MD) Received At Least â€“ $4,300
* Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) Received At Least â€“ $29,550
* Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) Received At Least â€“ $6,250
* Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) Received At Least â€“ $6,250

By: CLM

CLM — Sun, 07 May 2006 03:20:48 +0000

This is all I have to say.

40 Of The 45 Members Of The Senate Democrat Caucus:

By: mommadona

mommadona — Fri, 10 Feb 2006 04:34:39 +0000

Thank you for doing this. Very well done!

By: J. Bankert

J. Bankert — Tue, 07 Feb 2006 17:38:19 +0000

Regarding Tigua Casino, it may be worth adding George W. Bush to the list or as a side note. As the newly elected Governor of Texas in 1998, he instructed CORNYN to go after the the Tigua Casino. Part of his campaign campaign platform was to rid the state of the evils of gambling. The fact that he actually followed through on a campaign promise makes one wonder what was in it for him?

By: D.Stone

D.Stone — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 19:01:45 +0000

I find it simply amazing that Patric Kennedy was not mentioned as to being one of the persons recieving money and or gifts or a gift from Ambramoff

By: who is mike jones?

who is mike jones? — Mon, 30 Jan 2006 18:26:43 +0000

Okay, so Democrats need to come clean and wash their hands of anything Abramoff related. What I don’t understand is everyone (Dems, liberals, lib bloggers) jumped down Courics throat when she said this scandal is bipartisan and even think progress has published articles saying it is partisan and please do not include Dems and now you guys have a list that includes Reid, one of the more prominent Dems. We all need to do our research or just stick to our guns and say it is partisan. Republicans never fold…that the problem with Dems, grow some balls.

By: leveymg

leveymg — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 12:55:08 +0000

Your list omits the foreign funders and corporations that figure so prominently in Abramoff’s activities that impact on national security.

Please see,

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/1/25/132559/979
Abramoff’s NSA and Domestic Spying Scandal
by leveymg
Wed Jan 25, 2006 at 11:25:59 AM PDT
The National Security Scandals of Jack Abramoff – Part II

(Pt. 1, http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/1/24/121156/129)

While Jack Abramoff’s scandalous rip-off of Indian tribes is well know, his role as a GOP fixer for NSA and CIA contractors has gone virtually under the radar screen. Abramoff’s lobbying activities raise serious questions about the role of his corporate and foreign clients in compromising highly sensitive NSA and Capitol Hill communications networks, in domestic spying and in other illegal national security-related activities.

MORE . . .

and,

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/1/3/10145/56290
Abramoff Plea May Mask Bigger Crime: GOP Foreign Influence Peddling
by leveymg
Tue Jan 03, 2006 at 08:14:05 AM PDT
A plea agreement has been reached between the Bush Justice Department and attorneys representing GOP fundraiser Jack Abramoff.

This reportedly promises to implicate some 20 Congressmen in a elaborate scheme to funnel slush fund money syphoned from Indian tribes and fraud in the purchase of a cruise line to favored lawmakers. However, there is another side to the Abramoff influence-peddling operation that the Indian tribes lobbying fraud and SunCruz probes do not touch, and which major papers, such as The New York Times and The Washington Post, have virtually ignored.

That is the money that Abramoff and fellow GOP fixer, Grover Norquist,have syphoned from Islamic banks and groups known to have financial ties to terrorist organizations, including al-Qaeda.

MORE BELOW . . .

By: Maureen

Maureen — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 05:37:20 +0000

Shall I point out the MAJOR PROBLEM IN THIS METHODOLOGY for you all?

Methodology: Members of Congress were included if they received over $10,000 from Abramoff, his clients or his partners and have allegedly done favors for Abramoff, his clients or his partners. Members who were acting on behalf of a constituent in their state were excluded, even if those constituents were Abramoff clients. Certain members who received less than $10,000 in Abramoff were included because of extensive allegations of favors done for Abramoff.

It is this part here: Members who were acting on behalf of a constituent in their state were excluded, even if those constituents were Abramoff clients. Certain members who received less than $10,000 in Abramoff were included because of extensive allegations of favors done for Abramoff.

Dems have a different policy on accepting funds from lobbyists, I am positive of this as I have doneit.

At a fund raiser instead of writing the check to the group doing the fund raising for a PAC etc, the lobbyists have people write the checks directly to the politician. Now the politicians know who collected what as far as the lobbyists go but this keeps the books clean.

Abramoff did give the Dems money via his clients, This list has chosen to ignor that, therefore this methodology is severly flawed.

If this site wanted to be honest, they would simply list all of Abramoff’s clients and what politician they donated to. That is the only accurate way of doing it.

But I see this site has no of intention of being honest, this is no different then what the Repubs do.

By: Price

Price — Fri, 20 Jan 2006 00:20:03 +0000

It’s great to see the political prostitutes, their pimps, and the johns exposed for all the world to see and, I hope, run out of government forever at the next election. The whole thing makes Heidi Fleisch and her business look like Sunday school at the local Baptist church.

By: Rodney Hatle

Rodney Hatle — Mon, 09 Jan 2006 20:15:01 +0000

I’m not one bit sorry that I couldn’t read even halfway from the beginning. It aint fun and it aint information. Except for just a little of it, this game you play is a mess of unconsidered opinionating, most of which isn’t really opinion at all but rather defending purely personal prejudices. Instead of continuing to do more harm, go somewhere like a good book and find out what “opinion” entails; then write with consideration instead of smart ass smearing that fails to make you look as good as you think you do. Goodbye and, yes, I know it: You won’t miss me.

By: pollyusa

pollyusa — Sat, 07 Jan 2006 03:56:24 +0000

Incredibly well done, thank you.

By: GeriLynn Tarvin

GeriLynn Tarvin — Fri, 06 Jan 2006 01:13:54 +0000

Excellent work here. We dont care who is corrupt- democrat or republican we just want them all- gone!
There must be a return to country first- AMERICA first- not party first.
it saddens me to find that Democrats have also taken from Abramoff.
I am also sure that a lot that got money did so legally and i am also very sure most have not met with or dealt personally with Jack Abramoff. lets keep in mind- he payed for the trips to Scotland and other destinations for Tom Delay- never see nin public wit hdems and not likely playmate of the democratic party.
I see it as a good sign for Democrats- that Republicans are squirming to say of the Democrats- ‘uh they took money too”. they are hoping for a ‘guilt by association’ effect that if so many got money from ‘Jack” it cant be all that bad. its going to be Scooter libby talking next- lets see the republicans pin that stuff on the dems.

By: Lurker3

Lurker3 — Fri, 06 Jan 2006 00:48:52 +0000

pardon them? doubtful…unless he pulls a Clinton and pardons some of his biggest contributors and other criminals on his last day in office…i suppose it is possible.

By: Katrina

Katrina — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 20:09:53 +0000

Too bad Bush will probably pardon all of these @$$wipes in the end…

By: Lurker3

Lurker3 — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 17:37:45 +0000

here are some more names you left off, conveniently:
Gephardt, Landrieu, Pelosi, Waxman (im so clean halliburton is evil), Cleland, Maxine Waters, Lieberman, Rangel, Boxer, and 800k total to Democratic Senatorial Campaign Cmte and Democratic Congressional Campaign Cmte

By: Lurker3

Lurker3 — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 17:28:24 +0000

interesting listing…i wonder why you leave off people such as KERRY, CLINTON, DASCHLE, FRANK AND OTHERS…you are nothing but a political hack site, leaveing out detrimental data on those you support…Reid was a exception beause you want to tey to cover up your bias, but when you leave off 4 of the biggest Dem names, that give you less than zero credibility in my book..

a much better listing is at http://www.capitaleye.org/abramoff_recips.asp

as least they have the intellectual honesty and forthrighness to list EVERYONE, not selective reporting and trying to bury what is ‘bad’ for their ‘heroes’ as this sad excuse for a web site is.

By: Joseph Godin

Joseph Godin — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 15:50:00 +0000

#49 the only thing in the water was the lady who died or did you forget her. Ted Kennedy is like the rest and just because he bears the name doesn’t make him righteous.

By: Joseph Godin

Joseph Godin — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 15:45:02 +0000

Of course someone would have to mention that the Christians would think that Clinton and his indescretion was worse. Let’s leave the religion out of this one as it isn’t only the Christians who thought he did wrong. He got caught and I am sure many others got away with things. Replace the whole Congress and Senate and start fresh. We will never be able to find a perfect government.