CREW FILES FEC COMPLAINT AGAINST REP. VERN BUCHANAN
19 Aug 2008 // Today, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, and Florida citizens Carlo Bell and D.J. Padilla filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission (“FEC”) against Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-FL) alleging serious violations of campaign finance law.
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The Man Who Wasn’t There
19 Aug 2008 // Ralph Reed, the former director of the Christian Coalition and an associate of the disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff, was a no-show at a fund-raiser for Senator John McCain in Atlanta on Monday night, even though Mr. Reed had sent out e-mail messages asking people to attend. Mr. Reed’s absence quickly threw Senator Barack Obama’s campaign, which had seized on Mr. Reed’s ties to Mr. More»
Feds List Favors Stevens Allegedly Did For Oil Firm
18 Aug 2008 // Federal prosecutors have never tried to say Sen. Ted Stevens provided any illegal favors to VECO, the Alaska-based oil and gas company that helped renovate his home.
Rather, the senator's indictment charges only that he accepted gifts from the company and failed to disclose them in Senate financial reports.
McCain's Reed Fundraiser Revives Scrutiny Of His Abramoff Investigation
13 Aug 2008 // The political world, and the Democratic Party in particular, is in a buzz over news that John McCain will attend a fundraiser hosted by Ralph Reed, the former head of the Christian Coalition who fell from grace during the Jack Abramoff scandal.
Melanie Sloan on John McCain and Ralph Reed: “You just have to wonder who’s the bigger hypocrite.”
13 Aug 2008 // As we reported Monday, Jack Abramoff's ally, Ralph Reed, is hosting a fundraiser for presidential candidate John McCain next week. We stand by our suggestion that John McCain should review the 66 pages of correspondence between Mr. Reed and convicted felon, Jack Abramoff, which were obtained by his committee. Those emails between Reed and Abramoff are posted at governmentdocs.org.
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- CREW, joined by two Floridians who worked for Rep. Vern Buchanan, files FEC complaint against Rep. Vern Buchanan // 19 August 2008 - 11:57am
- Ralph Reed didn't make the fundraiser he hosted for John McCain // 19 August 2008 - 9:07am
- NBC: "It's striking" that Ralph Reed is raising money for McCain and that McCain is letting Reed raise money // 18 August 2008 - 10:52am
- Former Congressman Bob Ney released from confinement after serving sentence for Abramoff-related crimes // 15 August 2008 - 3:48pm
- Stevens invokes "speech and debate clause" as a legal defense // 15 August 2008 - 9:29am
- Pressure builds on McCain over fundraiser with Ralph Reed, who was paid "millions of dollars" by Abramoff // 14 August 2008 - 1:43pm
- Stevens legal team wants trial in Alaska, needs help figuring out evidence // 14 August 2008 - 8:13am
- Read the email Ralph Reed and Jack Abramoff never thought you'd see: About "humping" more business // 13 August 2008 - 2:37pm
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