Thank's Jack, You Rock
Sunday, April 16, 2006
Our buddy Jack is still on track to bring down both members of the House and Senate. Sen Tom Coburn a repub from Oklahoma released this little bit of dirt on the Abramoff saga. Besides 7 major players I think there will be a number of aides going down with them....................................................
A Republican senator told a town hall meeting on Friday that he expects at least seven lawmakers will go to jail in the wake of investigations related to convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff and others, according to an Oklahoma newspaper, RAW STORY has found.
Speaking in Wagoner, Oklahoma, Senator Tom Coburn (OK-R) said that "if you've been keeping up with things, you've got a pretty good idea" who the unnamed lawmakers might be.
Last month, Senator Coburn voted against the lobbying reform bill after an amendment was rejected "that would have given Senators greater power to block egregious earmarks."
"Earmark abuse was at the center of the Jack Abramoff and Duke Cunningham scandals yet the Senate failed to clamp down on what Abramoff described as the 'earmark favor factory' in Congress," Coburn explained afterward in a press release. "This bill will not change how members of Congress and lobbyists interact."
"In the wake of the Abramoff and Cunningham scandals Congress could have crafted serious reform legislation," Coburn continued. "Unfortunately, the Senate put public relations ahead of real reform and chose to wash the outside of the cup while leaving the inside filthy."
Posted by mardenhill 4/16/2006 10:04:00 AM
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