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Harris' account of law she helped pass is at issue
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| Contributor | Servo |
| Last Edited | Servo Sep 28, 2006 09:15pm |
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| Media | Newspaper - Miami Herald |
| News Date | Thursday, September 28, 2006 03:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | In calling Democrat Bill Nelson a ''do-nothing senator,'' U.S. Senate challenger Katherine Harris talks up her signature legislation in Congress, the American Dream Downpayment Act, which she tells voters she passed in ''record time'' to help the poor, little guy buy his first home.
But the congresswoman never mentions one person who also benefited from the act: B. Dan Berger, who left his post as chief of staff of her congressional office to lobby for one of the act's prime backers, America's Community Bankers.
Berger began lobbying on the issue so quickly that his name appears on the bankers' group lobbying report that covers the first half of 2003, though he was with Harris until the end of May 2003. It's illegal for a congressional staffer to lobby a former boss within one year, and Berger says he did nothing wrong because he followed the law. |
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