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To: 3AngelaD

ah, here it is...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/16/AR2006101601029.html

Reid to Reimburse Campaign for Donations

By JOHN SOLOMON
The Associated Press
Tuesday, October 17, 2006; 2:39 AM

WASHINGTON -- Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid paid cash for a $750,000 condo at the Ritz-Carlton where he lives. But when it comes to giving the doorman and other support staff Christmas bonuses, he's been using campaign donations instead of his own money.

Federal election law bars candidates from converting political donations for personal use.



Senate minority leader Harry Reid, D-Nev. speaks at a news conference in Omaha, Neb. in this Jan. 12, 2005 file photo. Reid announced Monday, Oct. 16, 2006 he is amending his ethics reports to Congress to more fully account for a Las Vegas land deal that allowed him to collect $1.1 million for property he hadn't personally owned for three years. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, FILE) (Nati Harnik - AP)

Questioned about the campaign expenditures by The Associated Press, Reid's office said Monday his lawyers had approved them but he nonetheless was personally reimbursing his campaign for the $3,300 he had directed to the staff holiday fund at his residence.

Reid also announced he was amending his ethics reports to Congress to more fully account for a Las Vegas land deal _ highlighted in an AP story last week _ that allowed him to collect $1.1 million in 2004 for property he hadn't personally owned in three years.

In that matter, the senator hadn't disclosed to Congress that he first sold land to a friend's limited liability company back in 2001 and took an ownership stake in the company. He collected the seven-figure payout when the company sold the land again in 2004 to others.

Reid portrayed the 2004 sale as a personal sale of land, not mentioning the company's ownership or its role in the sale."

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11 posted on 10/17/2006 6:57:33 AM PDT by bitt ("And an angel still rides in the whirlwind and directs this storm.")
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To: bitt
Federal election law bars candidates from converting political donations for personal use.

...a Las Vegas land deal that allowed him to collect $1.1 million for property he hadn't personally owned for three years.

Why are no 'Pubbies demanding his resignation? Could it be that they have their own shenanigans going on?

13 posted on 10/17/2006 7:08:07 AM PDT by Thermalseeker
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To: bitt
In that matter, the senator hadn't disclosed to Congress that he first sold land to a friend's limited liability company back in 2001 and took an ownership stake in the company. He collected the seven-figure payout when the company sold the land again in 2004 to others. Reid portrayed the 2004 sale as a personal sale of land, not mentioning the company's ownership or its role in the sale."

Is there any legitimate reason he would have done any of that (for the economically impaired among us, me being one)?

25 posted on 10/17/2006 1:52:23 PM PDT by Howlin (Why Won't Nancy Pelosi Let Louis Freeh Investigate the Page Scandal?)
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