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Shadegg gets rid of tainted donations
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| Contributor | Thomas Walker |
| Last Edited | Thomas Walker Jan 12, 2006 12:06pm |
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| Media | Newspaper - Arizona Republic (Phoenix) |
| News Date | Thursday, January 12, 2006 06:05:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | WASHINGTON - Arizona GOP Rep. John Shadegg last month shed more than $6,900 in campaign contributions from sources connected with lobbyist Jack Abramoff, who has confessed to bilking Indian tribes and buying political influence.
Shadegg's office on Wednesday confirmed that his campaign fund has returned one tribal contribution and donated to charities five others that had come to him through a partner of Abramoff and the political arm of the lobbyist's employer.
One of the contributions went undisclosed for five years in violation of federal campaign-finance rules.
Shadegg's receipt of campaign funds from Abramoff affiliates comes to light as the Arizona congressman has emerged as a potential reform candidate in the race to succeed Tom DeLay, R-Texas, as House majority leader, the No. 2 position in the chamber.
In a statement issued Wednesday night, Shadegg said, "I think we need to clean up our act in the wake of the recent ethics scandals and get back to the agenda that brought us the majority in the first place." |
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