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Ney Praised Stanford In Congressional Record -- Just As He Did For Abramoff
tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com - 2/25/2009
Ney Praised Stanford In Congressional Record -- Just As He Did For Abramoff
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Did Allen Stanford get the Jack Abramoff treatment from Bob Ney? Via the Sunlight Foundation, check out what Ney, the Ohio GOP congressman who went to jail for his role in the Jack Abramoff scandal, entered into the Congressional Record in September 2005: Mr. Ney. Mr. Speaker: Whereas, ...
tag:www.huffingtonpost.com,2009: - 2/21/2009
Ex-Senate Aide Charged In Abramoff Scandal
— tag:www.huffingtonpost.com,2009: — WASHINGTON — A longtime former aide to Mississippi Sen. Thad Cochran has been charged in the Jack Abramoff corruption scandal, accused of accepting gifts and granting favors for the imprisoned former lobbyist. Court documents filed Thursday say Ann Copland took thousands of ... (more) Ex-Senate Aide Charged In Abramoff Scandal

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Blunt looking to ride the wave
firedupmissouri.com - 2/19/2009
Blunt looking to ride the wave
— firedupmissouri.com — Emboldened by recent events and internal polling showing overwhelming public support  for the work of George W. Bush, Matt Blunt, Tom Delay, Jack Abramoff and the Republican way for running government into the ground , Rep. Roy Blunt (R-Another ... (more) Blunt looking to ride the wave

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tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com - 2/18/2009
Six Degrees Of Allen Stanford
— tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com — Here at TPMmuckraker, the more we think about the Allen Stanford saga, the more it seems like a kind of harmonic convergence of recent high-profile muck. The emerging story's range of ties -- some incidental, some more substantive -- to some other ... (more) Six Degrees Of Allen Stanford

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Talking Points Memo:  What Do Jack Abramoff and Allen Stanford Have in Common?

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What Do Jack Abramoff and Allen Stanford Have in Common?
Talking Points Memo — The answer: Bob Ney. Our longtime Abramoff junkies will remember the special shout-out in the Congressional Record that then-Rep. Bob Ney (R-OH) gave to Jack Abramoff's casino buddy, Adam Kidan, and their ill-fated SunCruz venture in Florida. The Kidan shout-out was one of the "official acts" that the feds charged Abramoff with securing from Ney in return for campaign contributions. Both men wound up in jail. (Ney has since served his sentence and been released.) Well, it turns out a few years later, on 2005, Ney gave a ...

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