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| Contributor | ArmyDem |
| Last Edited | ArmyDem Aug 16, 2005 06:48pm |
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| Category | News |
| Media | Weekly News Magazine - TIME Magazine |
| News Date | Wednesday, August 17, 2005 12:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Some House members who may have uncomfortable visits home during the August recess
By VIVECA NOVAK
Posted Monday, Aug. 15, 2005
Last week's indictment of former Republican superlobbyist Jack Abramoff by a Fort Lauderdale grand jury could be making at least one member of Congress skittish: Ohio GOP Rep. Bob Ney, who twice put statements in the Congressional Record that favored Abramoff's side of a bitterly disputed deal involving gambling boats that is at the heart of the charges.
Abramoff and a partner were indicted for conspiracy and wire fraud in connection with their 2000 purchase of SunCruz Casinos. In the middle of contentious negotiations over the sale, Ney condemned the seller, Konstantinos "Gus" Boulis, on the floor of the House, implying he was skirting the law. Several months later, Ney praised Abramoff's partner in the purchase as someone who could transform SunCruz "from a questionable enterprise to an upstanding establishment." Several months after that, in March 2001, Abramoff, his partner and three other SunCruz associates each contributed $1,000 to Ney at a fundraiser they had for the congressman at the MCI Center in Washington. Watchdog groups have called for a House ethics committee investigation of whether there was any connection between Ney's actions and the fundraiser. Ney says he was "duped" by Abramoff and his associate, public relations operative Michael Scanlon, a former staffer to Republican House Majority Leader Tom DeLay.
Ney isn't the only House member who might find some uncomfortable moments back home during this month's congressional recess. Some others whose alleged behavior has given constituents something to talk about: |
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