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Abramoff said the Bush team's careful and deliberate approach to leadership is the exact opposite of the Clinton team. "The feeding frenzy which started even before Clinton was inaugurated, and continued to the final pardon, was perhaps best exemplified by the reckless and unprofessional handling of his responsibility to appoint honorable public servants," he said.
The Hill
Lobbyists approve of Bush's businesslike style
May 2, 2001
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Jack Abramoff has recruited a new Republican lobbyist for his team: Hill staffer Neil Volz. Volz, 31, works as the chief of staff for Rep. Bob Ney, R-Ohio . . . Volz says he'll miss the flow of the legislative process, but now he plans to "enjoy it from a different angle."
National Journal
People
February 9, 2002
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No tribe spends more--or more effectively--than Mississippi's Choctaw . . . Most of the money has gone to one of the capital's premier lobbyists, Jack Abramoff, a top Republican Party fund raiser. It was money well spent. In the 1997 legislative caper, Thad Cochran, Mississippi's five-term Republican Senator, slipped into a 40,000-word appropriations bill a 19-word sentence that exempts the tribe from oversight by the National Indian Gaming Commission.
Time
Playing The Political Slots
December 23, 2002
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