List of those returning Abramoff-related money

[quaoar]

This is from the Associated Press:

This week:
—President Bush, $6,000 from Abramoff, his wife and the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan for the Bush-Cheney 2004 re-election campaign is being donated to the American Heart Association. Abramoff raised at least $100,000 for the campaign.
—House Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Ill. A spokesman would not say much money Hastert received or planned to donate.
—House Majority Leader Roy Blunt, R-Mo., $8,500 to charity.
—Former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, R-Texas, $15,000 to local charities in suburban Houston.
—Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., $2,000 will be returned to the Michigan Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe.
—Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin, D-Ill., $11,000 to the
American Indian Center of Chicago and the American Indian Health Service of Chicago.

Senate Republicans:
—Sen. Kit Bond, R-Mo., $12,500 to the Salvation Army.
—Sen. Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., $1,000 to charity.
—Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., refunding $4,000 to three Indian tribes.
—Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pa., $2,000 to charity.
—Sen. Gordon Smith, R-Ore., $8,500 to be refunded or for charity.
—Sen. John Sununu, R-N.H., $3,000 to charity.
—Sen. Craig Thomas, R-Wyo., $8,000 to victims of the 2005 tornado in Wright, Wyo.
—Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., $2,000 to White Buffalo Calf Woman Society.

Senate Democrats:
—Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., $2,000 to charity.
—Sen. Tim Johnson, D-S.D., $8,250 to Billy Mills Running Strong for American Indian Youth.

House Republicans:
—Rep. Chris Cannon, R-Utah, $2,000.
—Rep. Eric Cantor, R-Va., about $10,000 to the William Byrd Community House.
—Rep. Barbara Cubin, R-Wyo., $250 to charity.
—Rep. Kay Granger, R-Texas, $2,000 to Boys and Girls Club of Greater Fort Worth.
—Rep. Melissa Hart, R-Pa., $2,000 to two women’s shelters.

—Rep. Donald Manzullo, R-Ill., $1,500 to be returned to the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians.
—Rep. Marilyn Musgrave, R-Colo., $1,000 to Crossroads Safehouse.
—Rep. Bob Ney, R-Ohio, $9,000 to charity.
—Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., $949 to USO Operation Phone Home.
—Rep. Bill Shuster, R-Pa., $1,000 to charity.
—Rep. John Sweeney, R-N.Y., $2,000 to St. Jude Children’s Resesarch Hospital.
—Rep. Curt Weldon, R-Pa., 2,000 to charity.
—Rep. Jerry Weller, R-Ill., at least $500 to charity.
—Rep. Heather Wilson, R-N.M., $1,000 to the Great Southwest Council of the Boy Scouts of America.

House Democrats:
—Rep. Eliot Engel, D-N.Y., $1,000 to be retruned to the Saginaw Chippewa Tribe.
—Rep. Lane Evans, D-Ill., $2,000 to Community Caring Conference.
—Rep. Tim Holden, D-Pa., $1,000 to an animal shelter.
—Rep. Nita Lowey, D-N.Y., $2,000 to be refunded.
—Rep. Earl Pomeroy, D-N.D., $6,950 to be refunded.


December 2005:
—Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., $18,892 to seven tribal colleges.
—Sen. Sam Brownback, R-Kan., $42,000 to charity.
—Sen. Conrad Burns, R-Mont., about $150,000 donated to Native American charities and refunded.
—Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N.D., $3,750 to North Dakota’s tribal colleges
—Sen. Byron Dorgan, D-N.D., $67,000 refunded.
—Rep. Ernest Istook, R-Okla., $6,000 to the Oklahoma Medi­
cal Research Foundation.
—Rep. Denny Rehberg, R-Mont., $19,900 refunded and given to charity.

August-November 2005
—Rep. Mike Ferguson, R-N.J., $1,000 to the Children’s Specialized Hospital Foundation.
—Rep. Ralph Regula, R-Ohio, $1,000 to the American Indian College Fund.
—Rep. Rob Simmons, R-Conn., $1,250 to the Bush-Clinton Katrina Fund.
—Sen. Jim Talent, R-Mo., $3,000

[Atman]

1. I watched CBS news this evening...

Bob Scheaffer asked the news bimbo what the democrats' response to all this scandal was. Instead of an honest response, she said something along the lines of "They've been too busy returning their own Abramoff contributions to comment so far." Fucking lying shitheels.

[Lefty48197]

2. Excellent post. I thought I heard sixty some thousand went to Hastert?

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[quaoar]

5. $69K

At least according to this from the Boston Globe:

Hastert, who received $69,000 over a four-year period, wrote a letter to Interior Secretary Gale Norton three years ago, urging her to side with Abramoff’s clients in an Indian casino gambling dispute.

The letters to Norton, whose department has jurisdiction in the matter, urged an outcome that matched the wishes of two of Abramoff’s tribal clients who wanted to stop competition from the proposed casino.

[quaoar]

3. Here's an addendum

Rep. Deborah Pryce, R-Ohio, $8,000 to charity.

[quaoar]

8. Another addendum

Maryland Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. (Republican), $16,000.

[Earth_First]

4. So in otherwords, this is a list of credibility...

Going on the train of thought that those Republicans who "unknowingly" accepted contributions on behalf of Abramoff has had their credibility comprimised, should be no different from Democrats "unknowingly" accepting the same contributions, that their credibility has also been comprimised.

I'm just curious how Hillary Clinton plays out in all of this, and until I am convinced otherwise that no favorable action(s) were given to anyone tied to Abramoff, her credibility is just as questionable.

[cyberpj]

6. kick. So Bush gets 100,000 but gives back 6,000? nt.

[AtomicKitten]

7. Arthur Anderson cooked the books. n/t

[robbedvoter]

11. It must be a shocking first for him nevertheless.

[ddeclue]

9. Would rather see more IMPORTANT list of people NOT returning money.

Who took Abramoff money that refuses to return it?

I'm particularly interested to know about Congressmen Feeney and Keller here in Florida?

Does anyone have that info?

I thought Feeney was into Abramoff for really large amounts of money but his name is missing from the return list above..

This would be really useful to take it to Feeney here in Orlando

Doug D.
Orlando, FL

[quaoar]

12. St. Pete Times says

that Feeney is on vacation and could not be reached for comment.

[ddeclue]

13. Yeah right...better stay on vacation..preferably in a

nonextradition country...

I hear he took one of those illegal golf trips..

:)

Doug D.

[quaoar]

14. He did

Abramoff took him along on a trip to St. Andrew's in 2003. Feeney claims he was misled, that he thought a conservative think-tank as footing the bill. And the dog ate his homework, too.

[saxdog]

10. Support the Coulter Congugal Visit Fund with Jack's Dough

There is a flood of tainted campaign funds being donated to charities today by the best politicians money can buy. Let's start a new non-profit to receive these funds. Funding will be used for the purpose of purchasing and maintaining a deluxe motorhome. This vehicle will be maintained to transport Ann Coulter for conjugal visits to each of the prisons her favorite politicians inhabit. The vehicle can be configured to run on the methane generated from all the BS these guys have sent our way. What should the fund be named? Who should be her driver? Should condoms be included?

[dryan]

15. Tax question.....

are these people allowed to use these "donations" to charity in their income tax?

[cyberpj]

16. HAH! Welcome to DU, you fit right in! ps.condoms=yes.u want reproductions?

:hi:

[ddeclue]

18. Coulter Conjugal visits... I thought they stopped torturing people

at Abu Gharab...

Now there's a scary thought... (M)Ann Coulter visiting you in prison..

:yoiks: :hide:

[newyawker99]

19. Hi saxdog!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[tyedyeto]

17. All of these politicos still accepted the money in the 1st place

Never forget that. I keep seeing how great it is that they are giving the money to charities or whatever. The money is still tainted as are the politicians.