Republican Corruption
Another Southeast Missouri Republican With Troubles
Submitted by Anna Boone on April 7, 2011 - 10:09amI do not know how a failure to pay taxes for 2008 and 2009 shows that Oliver was working hard to serve his constituents. He also claims that this will not keep him from doing his job as the county prosecutor.
OpenSecrets: Blunt "Reaped Financial Rewards From Disgraced Lobbyist Jack Abramoff"
Submitted by .Sean on August 17, 2010 - 12:49pm
A new blog post from the Center for Responsive Politics breaks down the "financial rewards" Roy Blunt received from convicted felon Jack Abramoff, and describes Blunt as one of the "top beneficiaries" of Casino Jack's largesse.
Read More »Among current candidates and members of Congress, Abramoff’s top beneficiaries include:
House Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-Va.), who took $9,000 directly from the Abramoffs
Blunt, who accepted $8,500
Groundhog Days Gone By: GOP Sees Shadows of Delay and Abramoff, Rejects Blunt's Bid to Be Majority Leader
Submitted by .Sean on February 2, 2010 - 9:43am
Four years ago today, Republicans in the House of Representatives chose a new Majority Leader to replace indicted Rep. Tom DeLay (R-TX). Rep. Roy Blunt, DeLay's hand-picked lieutenant, was expected to fill the slot, and Blunt had publicly predicted an outright win in the three man race.
Blunt won a plurality of the votes in the first ballot against Reps. John Boehner (R-OH) and John Shadegg (R-AZ) -- but came 6 votes shy of receiving a majority. Shadegg came in third, and dropped out for the second ballot. His support swung to Boehner, and Blunt was defeated on the second go-round by a 122-109 vote.
The rejection of Blunt's bid to be Majority Leader was a clear repudiation of the Tom DeLay and Jack Abramoff legacy, to which Blunt was and is inextricably linked.
Read More »St. Louis Dems Launch New BluntAndAbramoff.com Microsite
Submitted by .Sean on January 25, 2010 - 12:24pm
The St. Louis Democratic Party launched a new website today at www.BluntAndAbramoff.com looking at the connections between Rep. Roy Blunt and uberlobbyist Jack Abramoff.
In its initial form, the site focuses on the meetings Blunt and his aides had with Team Abramoff, Blunt's exclusive "friend of the owner" status at Abramoff's DC restaurant, the campaign money Blunt received from Abramoff and Blunt's many connections to Tom DeLay.
Read More »What's the difference?
Submitted by Barking Blue on June 9, 2009 - 6:34amGary Reed Blankenship goes to prison and Eric Feltner gets a light sentence for trying to entice an underage girl online. Same crime but the two cases are handled differently. I am sure there are some individual differences between the two cases; however, it seems odd the two cases were handled so differently from the investigation to the indictment, to the sentence.
