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Houston Chronicle (see separate link below)

A TV ad linking Rep. Tom DeLay to disgraced former lobbyist Jack Abramoff was set to hit the airwaves in the Houston area, when lawyers for his campaign told local stations that the ad contained falsehoods and threatened court action.

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by Billy House (Arizona Republic)

Rep. John Shadegg (R-AZ) is positioning himself as a compromise, reform candidate in the battle over the House majority leader job. Some GOP say that neither Blunt nor Boehner represents the breath of fresh air needed by Congress amid DeLay's leg

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Washington Post

An issue underlying the current House leadership race: Both Boehner and his rival for majority leader, Rep. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), have extensive ties to the same K Street lobbying world that stained DeLay's reputation and spawned the Abramoff corrup

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By Jabari Asim - Washington Post

For "Syriana," Clooney packed on the pounds to portray a bloated, world-weary CIA operative who's done things he shouldn't have. Therefore it would be no stretch for him to depict Abramoff, a bloated, corrupt palm-greaser who's

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MSNBC (includes video report)

Jack Abramoff was compensating the wives of lawmakers handsomely for jobs requiring them to do not much. Investigators want to know if Abramoff was also trying to win influence with the spouses of congressmen in what investigators privately call the

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Washington Post

The U.S. Family Network, a public advocacy group that operated in the 1990s with close ties to Rep. Tom DeLay was funded almost entirely by corporations linked to embattled lobbyist Jack Abramoff

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by Robert Novak (National Ledger)

Trent Lott within the next week plans to decide between seeking a fourth term in the U.S. Senate from Mississippi or retiring from public life. That could determine whether Republicans keep control of the Senate in next year's elections.

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Associated Press

A Republican incumbent who alienated his base with a proposal to raise taxes. A chief justice who lost his job over his Ten Commandments stand. A former governor under indictment. A lieutenant governor who helped her ex-husband run for governor.

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Associated Press

Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist's AIDS charity paid nearly a half-million dollars in consulting fees to members of his political inner circle, according to tax returns providing the first financial accounting of the presidential hopeful's

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Associated Press

A federal grand jury on Monday indicted former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman and former HealthSouth Chairman Richard Scrushy on more charges in a political corruption case.

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