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Buxtehude Donating Member (232 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-27-06 08:23 PM
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Look who's gone fish'n and look who paid.mm mm mm
And what are we paying these people? And what kind of healthcare do they have? And what other perks do we provide them?


Marketplace® Report: Powerful Members of Congress Mingle with Energy
Lobbyists at Exclusive Alaskan Resort
3 Senators Violate Ethics Rules; Who Paid for Others is Unclear

WASHINGTON, June 26 /PRNewswire/ -- At least three U.S. Senators
violated Congressional ethics rules by accepting lodging or travel expenses
to attend an annual Alaska charity fishing trip with energy lobbyists and
other executives, according to a new investigative report by Marketplace®
and American RadioWorks®.
In addition, House Speaker Dennis Hastert and former Senate Majority
Leader Trent Lott declined to reveal who paid for their travel to the
event, despite numerous inquiries by Marketplace.


http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=109&STORY=/www/story/06-26-2006/0004387065&EDATE=
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Amonester Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-27-06 09:09 PM
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1. Kick - To not let this one go away unnoticed. N/T
Plus: Let Sibel Edmonds Say What She Knows about that Hastert Pig.
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Buxtehude Donating Member (232 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-27-06 09:21 PM
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3. Bully! thanks for the kick.n/t
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ellenfl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-27-06 09:12 PM
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2. let me guess . . . republicans. kicked. eom
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Buxtehude Donating Member (232 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-27-06 10:03 PM
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4. Who else? n/t
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eppur_se_muova Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-28-06 09:21 AM
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5. Needs one more rec ... K&R. nt
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Sydnie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-28-06 09:24 AM
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6. Done K&R
Ok, Lott and Hastert ... who's the third?
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Buxtehude Donating Member (232 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-28-06 05:40 PM
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7. Hope this don't get lost!
Know what I mean Vern?
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cyberpj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-28-06 07:08 PM
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8. K&R. nt
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LuckyLib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-28-06 07:40 PM
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9. Why am I not surprised?
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