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Democrats Don't Know Jack???(Abramoff)
NRSC Newsletter ^ | Dec. 14, 2006 | NRSC

Posted on 01/04/2006 1:09:32 PM PST by radar101

Tribal Clients And Associates Of Jack Abramoff Have Contributed Over $3.1 Million To Democrat Party Interests Between 1997 And 2004. (Campaign Finance Analysis Project Website, www.campaignfinanceanalysisproject.com, Accessed December 2005; Political Money Line Website, www.tray.com, Accessed December 2005)

National Democrat Party Affiliated Committees Received Over $1.2 Million From Indian Tribe Clients And Lobbying Associates Of Jack Abramoff. (Campaign Finance Analysis Project Website, www.campaignfinanceanalysisproject.com, Accessed December 7, 2005; Political Money Line Website, www.tray.com, Accessed December 7, 2005; Internal Revenue Service Website, www.irs.gov, Accessed April 21, 2005)

The Democrat Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) Received Over – $430,000 The Democrat Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) Received Over – $629,000 The Democrat National Committee (DNC) Received Over – $177,000

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


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 109th; abramoff; baucus; bayh; bennelson; biden; billnelson; bingaman; blanchelincoln; boxer; bribes; carllevin; chrisdodd; chuckschumer; contributions; corruption; corzine; dems; donors; dorgan; durbin; feingold; feinstein; harkin; harryreid; hillary; inouye; jackreed; jayrockefeller; jeffords; kentconrad; kerry; landrieu; leahy; lieberman; mariacantwell; markpryor; mikulski; obama; pattymurray; pollitics; ronwyden; salazar; sarbanes; stabenow; tedkennedy; timjohnson; tomcarper

1 posted on 01/04/2006 1:09:34 PM PST by radar101
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To: radar101

The USUAL SUSPECTS.
Senator Harry Reid (D-NV) Received At Least – $68,941.............................................
Senator John Kerry (D-MA) Received At Least – $98,550 ..............................................
Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) Received At Least – $29,550


2 posted on 01/04/2006 1:12:21 PM PST by radar101
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To: radar101
Senator John Kerry (D-MA) Received At Least – $98,550

The Democrat Party culture of corruption rears its ugly head.

3 posted on 01/04/2006 1:13:01 PM PST by ladtx ("It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it." -- -- General Douglas MacArthur)
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To: radar101
The MSM spin on this story is an outrage. They claim that that Republicans received most of this illicit cash while an objective news source such as this points out that almost all the money went to Democrats!

Hopefully, this investigation and trial will lead to Everyone who received his money being forced from office and into prison.
4 posted on 01/04/2006 1:18:43 PM PST by H. Paul Pressler IV
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To: radar101

Is there any website that lists the Abramoff contribution numbers to Republicans, for comparison?


5 posted on 01/04/2006 1:19:43 PM PST by Phocion ("Protection" really means exploiting the consumer. - Milton Friedman)
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To: radar101
Looks like both Big Stupid Government parties may go down on this one.

Pass the popcorn!

6 posted on 01/04/2006 1:22:28 PM PST by Hank Rearden (Never allow anyone who could only get a government job attempt to tell you how to run your life.)
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To: radar101
CNN's Jack Cafferty just mentioned the Abramoff scandal and says he “can't wait for it!”. He mentions Hastert, Delay & Blunt... BUT NO DEMS!
7 posted on 01/04/2006 1:23:12 PM PST by johnny7 (“Iuventus stultorum magister”)
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To: radar101

Which Indian tribe was it the the Clintonistas stiffed?


8 posted on 01/04/2006 1:23:13 PM PST by BenLurkin (O beautiful for patriot dream - that sees beyond the years)
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To: radar101

Or how about Roger Tamraz http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=+campaign+contribution+Roger+Tamraz&btnG=Search


9 posted on 01/04/2006 1:27:24 PM PST by BenLurkin (O beautiful for patriot dream - that sees beyond the years)
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To: Phocion
Try this thread: Jack Abramoff Lobbying and Political Contributions, 1999 - 2006* (Good Website).

The referring site (Capital Eye) which has almost too much detailed info to wade through. If you scroll down, however, xcamel has put up a summary table. Unfortunately, that table doesn't detail Abramoff's contributions to individual congressmen.

I'll keep looking.

10 posted on 01/04/2006 1:27:27 PM PST by batter ("Never let the enemy pick the battle site." - Gen. George S. Patton)
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To: BenLurkin

The Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians paid $15 million to Abramoff and Scanlon's organizations. The funds were diverted to a number of projects, including the Eshkol Academy, an all-boys Orthodox Jewish school set up by Abramoff in Maryland, and to a friend who ran sniper workshops for the Israel Defence Forces.


11 posted on 01/04/2006 1:29:21 PM PST by radar101
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To: Phocion
Oops, I'm wasting bandwidth. I should've scrolled down further on that thread I referred you to. Check out Ol' Dan Tucker's post (29)
12 posted on 01/04/2006 1:33:59 PM PST by batter ("Never let the enemy pick the battle site." - Gen. George S. Patton)
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To: soccer8
Thanks for the link, I found this in that story, listing all the politicians.
13 posted on 01/04/2006 1:34:28 PM PST by Phocion ("Protection" really means exploiting the consumer. - Milton Friedman)
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To: H. Paul Pressler IV
This isn't objective and it doesn't point out any such thing as "most of the money went to Democrats". Try again. Elsewhere the entire list since 1996 is posted and it contains many, many Republicans. Including Bush, who is returning money he got.

Then consider that this is one capitol hill lobbying firm but there are hundreds of other ones. They are all feasting on the trough of special interest money. Which is why, with Republicans running everything for, what, six years now, we have the biggest deficits, biggest government and some of the most stupid and wasteful programs.

How much does it cost to buy a loophole? How about a $13 Billion unconstitutional Africa AIDS program? How about a bogus defense contract?

14 posted on 01/04/2006 1:34:50 PM PST by Jack Black
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To: Jack Black

Possibly the first sensible post I have seen on this topic.


15 posted on 01/04/2006 1:38:38 PM PST by _____when_we_win
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To: Jack Black

Yeah this story is just the old "they were doing it too!!!!" response, because of course the Dems will paint it as a Republican problem only. And of course the Republicans will fight back by mentioning all the Dems involved with Abramoff while glossing over the fact that 2/3 of his money went to Republicans.

Whatever party is in power usually receives the most crooked money. That's the Republicans for the moment. And lo and behold, it looks like the Republican leadership got more money than the Republican rank and file. Money follows power like a stink on... well, you get the idea.

All crooks should go to jail. If it turns out 100 Republicans were crooks and only 2 Democrats, fine with me. Off to jail with them all. If it turns out no one did anything illegal, that's fine too. It's good that a story like this comes out to show the public how Washington actually works.


16 posted on 01/04/2006 1:43:04 PM PST by Phocion ("Protection" really means exploiting the consumer. - Milton Friedman)
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To: radar101

bttt


17 posted on 01/04/2006 1:54:36 PM PST by Christian4Bush (Over THREE THOUSAND PEOPLE lost their 'civil liberties' on September 11, 2001.)
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To: Phocion; Jack Black
Someone raised a good point on another thread (albeit, in jest). They said that this will bring in a new era of bipartisan cooperation. The way Abramoff spread himself around, there are a lot of politicians on both sides who are worried. The question is are they worried enough and numerous enough to attempt to 'sweep it under the rug'...

If folks are guilty, we better throw the bums out!

18 posted on 01/04/2006 1:57:10 PM PST by batter ("Never let the enemy pick the battle site." - Gen. George S. Patton)
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To: soccer8

Bipartisan cooperation against the public: Now there's a bipartisanship I can believe is real.


19 posted on 01/04/2006 1:58:41 PM PST by Phocion ("Protection" really means exploiting the consumer. - Milton Friedman)
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To: Peach

ping


20 posted on 01/04/2006 1:58:49 PM PST by Iowa Granny (Wisdom comes with age, but sometimes age comes alone.)
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To: radar101

PING for later


21 posted on 01/04/2006 2:03:09 PM PST by alwaysontheright
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To: radar101

Not just a GOP problem....(posted by mystery-ak http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1551333/posts?page=13#13)

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








Abramoff Lobbying & Political Contributions to Democrats,
per FEC Records
# # # # #

Democratic Senatorial Campaign Cmte $423,480
Democratic Congressional Campaign Cmte $354,700
Democratic National Cmte $65,720
Patrick J. Kennedy (D-RI) $42,500
Patty Murray (D-Wash) $40,980
Charles B. Rangel (D-NY) $36,000
Harry Reid (D-Nev) $30,500
Byron L. Dorgan (D-ND) $28,000
Tom Daschle (D-SD) $26,500
Democratic Party of Michigan $23,000
Brad R. Carson (D-Okla) $20,600
Dale E. Kildee (D-Mich) $19,000
Steny H. Hoyer (D-Md) $17,500
Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) $15,500
Democratic Party of Oklahoma $15,000
Chris John (D-La) $15,000
John Breaux (D-La) $13,750
Frank Pallone, Jr (D-NJ) $13,600
Richard A. Gephardt (D-Mo) $12,000
Mary L. Landrieu (D-La) $11,500
Barney Frank (D-Mass) $11,100
Max Baucus (D-Mont) $11,000
Maria Cantwell (D-Wash) $10,000
Democratic Party of North Dakota $10,000
Nick Rahall (D-WVa) $10,000
Democratic Party of South Dakota $9,500
Democratic Party of Minnesota $9,000
Ron Kind (D-Wis) $9,000
Peter Deutsch (D-Fla) $8,500
Joe Baca (D-Calif) $8,000
Dick Durbin (D-Ill) $8,000
Xavier Becerra (D-Calif) $7,523
Tim Johnson (D-SD) $7,250
Democratic Party of New Mexico $6,250
Daniel K. Inouye (D-Hawaii) $6,000
David E. Bonior (D-Mich) $5,000
Jon S. Corzine (D-NJ) $5,000
Democratic Party of Montana $5,000
Fritz Hollings (D-SC) $5,000
Jay Inslee (D-Wash) $5,000
Thomas P. Keefe Jr. (D-Wash) $5,000
Barbara A. Mikulski (D-Md) $5,000
Deborah Ann Stabenow (D-Mich) $5,000
Earl Pomeroy (D-ND) $4,500
Tom Carper (D-Del) $4,000
Kent Conrad (D-ND) $4,000
Jerry Kleczka (D-Wis) $4,000
Sander Levin (D-Mich) $4,000
Robert T. Matsui (D-Calif) $4,000
George Miller (D-Calif) $4,000
Kalyn Cherie Free (D-Okla) $3,500
James L. Oberstar (D-Minn) $3,500
Charles J. Melancon (D-La) $3,100
Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) $3,000
Cal Dooley (D-Calif) $3,000
John B. Larson (D-Conn) $3,000
David R. Obey (D-Wis) $3,000
Ed Pastor (D-Ariz) $3,000
Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif) $3,000
Richard M. Romero (D-NM) $3,000
Brad Sherman (D-Calif) $3,000
Bennie G. Thompson (D-Miss) $3,000
Max Cleland (D-Ga) $2,500
Grace Napolitano (D-Calif) $2,500
Henry A. Waxman (D-Calif) $2,500
Bill Luther (D-Minn) $2,250
Gene Taylor (D-Miss) $2,250
Neil Abercrombie (D-Hawaii) $2,000
Ken Bentsen (D-Texas) $2,000
Dan Boren (D-Okla) $2,000
Rosa L. DeLauro (D-Conn) $2,000
John D. Dingell (D-Mich) $2,000
Doug Dodd (D-Okla) $2,000
Ned Doucet (D-La) $2,000
Lane Evans (D-Ill) $2,000
Sam Farr (D-Calif) $2,000
John Neely Kennedy (D-La) $2,000
Carl Levin (D-Mich) $2,000
Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark) $2,000
Nita M. Lowey (D-NY) $2,000
Robert Menendez (D-NJ) $2,000
Adam Schiff (D-Calif) $2,000
Ronnie Shows (D-Miss) $2,000
Adam Smith (D-Wash) $2,000
Ellen O. Tauscher (D-Calif) $2,000
Mike Thompson (D-Calif) $2,000
Maxine Waters (D-Calif) $2,000
Peter DeFazio (D-Ore) $1,500
Norm Dicks (D-Wash) $1,500
John Kerry (D-Mass) $1,400
Barbara Boxer (D-Calif) $1,000
Dennis Cardoza (D-Calif) $1,000
Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) $1,000
Jim Costa (D-Calif) $1,000
Susan A. Davis (D-Calif) $1,000
Eliot L. Engel (D-NY) $1,000
Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif) $1,000
Tim Holden (D-Pa) $1,000
Patrick Leahy (D-Vt) $1,000
Joe Lieberman (D-Conn) $1,000
Jim Maloney (D-Conn) $1,000
David Phelps (D-Ill) $1,000
Charles S. Robb (D-Va) $1,000
Brian David Schweitzer (D-Mont) $1,000
Pete Stark (D-Calif) $1,000
Gloria Tristani (D-NM) $1,000
Derrick B. Watchman (D-Ariz) $1,000
Rick Weiland (D-SD) $1,000
Paul Wellstone (D-Minn) $1,000
Ron Wyden (D-Ore) $1,000
Bob Borski (D-Pa) $720
Shelley Berkley (D-Nev) $500
Howard L. Berman (D-Calif) $500
Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) $500
Democratic Party of Washington $500
Barbara Lee (D-Calif) $500
Loretta Sanchez (D-Calif) $500

Grand Total $1,541,673

Posted by TAB


22 posted on 01/04/2006 2:09:15 PM PST by conservativecorner
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To: conservativecorner

Thats just the DEM's now where's the Rino list


23 posted on 01/04/2006 3:47:50 PM PST by snowman1
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