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  Vitter fund-raiser put on by lobbyist [Abramoff]
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Last EditedBrandonius Maximus  Jun 08, 2005 09:55pm
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MediaNewspaper - New Orleans Times-Picayune
News DateFriday, March 18, 2005 03:00:00 AM UTC0:0
DescriptionWASHINGTON -- A 2003 fund-raiser for then Rep. David Vitter, a longtime gambling opponent, was sponsored by controversial Indian gambling lobbyist Jack Abramoff.

The fund-raiser is the latest connection between Vitter, R-Metairie, now a U.S. senator, and Abramoff, who faces a federal criminal probe and a congressional inquiry into the more than $80 million he and an associate charged to represent Indian tribes.

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