Lawmaker Tied to Abramoff to Retire
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Representative John Doolittle of California was once a rising star in the Republican Party until he came under investigation in a scandal involving Jack Abramoff.
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Wanted: Face time with President Bush or top adviser Karl Rove. Suggested donation: &#36;100,000. The middleman: lobbyist Jack Abramoff. Blunt e-mails that connect money and access in Washington show that prominent Republican activist Grover Norquist facilitated some administration contacts for Abramoff&#039;s clients while the lobbyist simultaneously solicited those clients for large donations to Norquist&#039;s tax-exempt group.
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Susan B. Ralston has resigned from the White House in the wake of a report that she served as a conduit between Jack Abramoff and Karl Rove.
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Rep. John Peterson, a vocal opponent of interstate tolling and leading congressional advocate for rural America, announced his retirement on Thursday.
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A former chief of staff to then-Rep. Robert W. Ney (R-Ohio) pleaded guilty yesterday to corruption charges stemming from accepting gifts, gambling chips and trips -- including an expense-paid junket to Scotland with his boss -- from former lobbyist Jack Abramoff and a foreign businessman.
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One of Pennsylvania's most powerful politicians announced on the state Senate floor Monday that he expects to be indicted soon in an extortion case and that he was temporarily giving up a key committee post.
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Hoping to stem a tide of rising pension debt, a California legislator will propose a controversial overhaul on Monday that would convert traditional public employee retirement plans to privately managed 401(k)-style plans, the Los
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Disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff had hundreds more contacts with top White House officials than those Bush administration officials had previously acknowledged, according to a congressional report to be released on Friday.
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House leaders have suspended a multimillion-dollar wireless communications license that federal prosecutors say was corruptly awarded to a Dulles telecommunications firm by Rep. Robert W. Ney (R-Ohio) in exchange for gifts from lobbyist Jack Abramoff.
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A federal judge Tuesday granted disgraced former lobbyist Jack Abramoff and ex-partner Adam Kidan three more months of freedom before they must begin their prison terms for fraud convictions.
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Former deputy interior secretary J. Steven Griles asked lobbyist Jack Abramoff for many favors for close female friends and in exchange helped Abramoff's clients at the government agency, according to prosecutors, who urged a federal judge to give Griles substantial prison time.
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New Yorkâs campaign finance laws allow former candidates to keep spending unused contributions.
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A U.S. congressional committee found   that disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff had more contacts with   top White House officials than Bush administration officials   had previously acknowledged, a senior congressional aide said   on Thursday.
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A U.S. lawmaker ousted as a federal judge in 1989 on corruption charges tried on Wednesday to convince Democratic colleagues he deserves to head a congressional committee designed to help protect America's security.
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Rep. Bob Ney's agreement to plead guilty to federal corruption charges was not only the biggest win yet for the Justice Department in the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal, it was also a loud reminder that the case is not going away.
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Retiring US Rep. Billy Tauzin, who left his post as head of the House committee that regulates the pharmaceutical industry earlier this year, will become head of the industry&#39;s top lobbying group next month.
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A GOP environmentalist who arranged lobbyist Jack Abramoff's entree into the Interior Department was sentenced to two months in a halfway house and four years probation