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BigBadBrian
01-06-2006, 09:51 AM
Murray won't return money from tribes connected to Abramoff

By MATTHEW DALY
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER

WASHINGTON -- Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., received more than $40,000 in contributions from out-of-state Indian tribes represented by disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff, campaign finance reports show.

Murray's total places her ninth among lawmakers - and second among Democrats - who received campaign donations from tribes associated with Abramoff, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, a Washington, D.C.-based group that tracks money in politics. The money was received from 1999 to 2005, the group said in a report posted on its Web site, http://www.opensecrets.org.

Abramoff pleaded guilty Tuesday to fraud, corruption and tax evasion in a wide-ranging political corruption investigation. In Miami on Wednesday, he pleaded guilty to conspiracy and wire fraud charges stemming from his 2000 purchase of a gambling boat fleet.

The contributions received by Murray were legal under federal election law, and a spokeswoman for the senator said she had no intention of returning the money or donating it to charity, as some lawmakers have done. Murray does not know Abramoff and has never met with him, spokeswoman Alex Glass said.

"This money is not coming from Jack Abramoff. It is not related to him," Glass said Wednesday.

Murray "received contributions from tribes," Glass said. "What we've seen throughout her career is she is a strong advocate for tribal sovereignty and tribal issues, and that's why tribes give to her."

A spokesman for Oregon Sen. Gordon Smith, meanwhile, said the Republican lawmaker is returning or giving away $8,500 in campaign contributions related to Abramoff.

Smith returned $3,500 in contributions to two tribes before Abramoff's guilty plea, and donated $4,000 to charity, including $2,000 received from Abramoff in 2001 and 2002, spokesman Chris Matthews said. A leadership committee that received $1,000 from a lobbying firm where Abramoff worked also donated the money to charity, Matthews said.

"Mr. Abramoff clearly engaged in shady business dealings, and Sen. Smith believes the best thing is to return the money to the tribes and donate the other contributions to charity," Matthews said.

The Center for Responsive Politics said Smith had received $12,500 from Abramoff and his clients since 1999, but Matthews disputed that number. An accountant for Smith's campaign has reviewed campaign contributions in detail, but will continue to look into it, Matthews said.

Other Northwest lawmakers also received contributions from tribes connected to Abramoff, the report said, including Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash. ($10,000); and former Rep. George Nethercutt, R-Wash. ($7,000).

A spokeswoman for Cantwell said the senator did not plan to return the money, but declined further comment.

Reps. Jay Inslee, D-Wash. ($5,000); Adam Smith, D-Wash. ($2,000); Peter DeFazio, D-Ore. ($1,500); and Norm Dicks, D-Wash., ($1,500) also received money from Abramoff-connected tribes, as did former Rep. Jennifer Dunn, R-Wash. ($1,500) and Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore. ($1,000), the report said.

The bulk of the money given to the Northwest lawmakers came from four casino-rich tribes concerned about gambling, school construction and other issues, the report said.

The Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe in Michigan gave the largest donations to a Northwest lawmaker, with $14,980 going to Murray from 2002 to 2004.

Murray also received $12,000 from the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians in California; $9,000 from the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians; and $5,000 from the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana, the report said.

The money is a fraction of the overall support Murray has received from Indian tribes since being elected to the Senate in 1992, Glass said. A majority of Murray's tribal contributions have come from Washington state tribes, Glass said.

Murray is a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee and a former member of the Senate Interior appropriations subcommittee, which has jurisdiction over funding for the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

Wyden's chief of staff, Josh Kardon, said Wyden would not return the money, which came from the Saginaw tribe in Michigan.

"We've researched the contribution, and it did not come from Mr. Abramoff. It came from the tribe," Kardon said.

A spokeswoman said Inslee also did not plan to return money he got from the Agua Caliente, the Mississippi Band of Choctaw and the Chitimacha Tribe of Louisiana.

"Jay did not know Abramoff. This money was not given to him by Abramoff. This had nothing to do with Abramoff - none of it," said spokeswoman Christine Hanson.

Money received by Cantwell came from the Agua Caliente, Saginaw and Pueblo of Sandia tribe in New Mexico.

Link (http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/6420AP_WA_Murray_Abramoff.html)

Hardrock69
01-06-2006, 10:10 AM
And your point is?

The above is a non-issue.

BBB is grasping at straws....
:rolleyes:

Nickdfresh
01-06-2006, 10:24 AM
Here goes BIG BLAND BRIAN, starting a thread for every seperate post regarding an issue...

When FORD locks this, as he should, then he'll go cry in FEEDBACK....typical.:rolleyes:

Hardrock69
01-06-2006, 10:59 AM
So this woman (Big Bad Brucie wishes she was a disgraced Kunt) is not going to give back a legal campaign donation.

She is not required to.

This thread should be closed as all it is doing is taking up space.

4moreyears
01-06-2006, 11:28 AM
Originally posted by Hardrock69
So this woman (Big Bad Brucie wishes she was a disgraced Kunt) is not going to give back a legal campaign donation.

She is not required to.

This thread should be closed as all it is doing is taking up space.

Than close most of Fords, Nicksuckdick, od, hardrock, blueballs, and loung's crap to. It also takes up too much space.

Nickdfresh
01-06-2006, 11:45 AM
Originally posted by 4moreyears
Than close most of Fords, Nicksuckdick, od, hardrock, blueballs, and loung's crap to. It also takes up too much space.

You're such a retarded DOLT©2000. Did you even get my point? We already have like three threads on this, that's why called threads you kee-jerk-off little puke, and seperate articles or comments should be placed under them. I didn't say the article wasn't valid, just a whole new Abramoff thread...

Dick bag, STFU.

FORD
01-06-2006, 12:09 PM
I'm not closing the thread, because I'm laughing too goddamned hard.

At least THREE TIMES in this fucking article itself, it very clearly says that the money did not come from Jack 'Off. It came from Native Americans who were SWINDLED by Jack 'Off.

Would the Busheep also argue that a Congressman who received a donation from an organization of screwed over ex-ENRON employees was guilty of taking money from Ken Lay??

BITEYOASS
01-06-2006, 12:29 PM
This is the republican version of hiding the stash IMO!

BigBadBrian
01-06-2006, 12:43 PM
WASHINGTON -- Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., received more than $40,000 in contributions from out-of-state Indian tribes represented by disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff, campaign finance reports show.



The tribes are just a "middleman" you morons. :)

Get that through your liberal noggins. :D

FORD
01-06-2006, 01:15 PM
Right..... that's like saying that since Jack 'Off once worked for Preston Gates, and Ellis, and the "Gates" in that firm is one William Gates Sr, who also happens to represent his son, that any contributions from Microsoft or the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is "money from Jack 'Off".

Hell, let's take it to an even more ridiculous level. Anybody who ever bought a copy of Windows is guilty of collusion with Jack 'Off.

Thank God for Linux!

Warham
01-06-2006, 01:22 PM
Originally posted by Nickdfresh
You're such a retarded DOLT©2000. Did you even get my point? We already have like three threads on this, that's why called threads you kee-jerk-off little puke, and seperate articles or comments should be placed under them. I didn't say the article wasn't valid, just a whole new Abramoff thread...

Dick bag, STFU.

One of you guys should keep all the ant-war shit in one thread then as well, so I don't have to wade through half the forum trying to avoid it.

Nickdfresh
01-06-2006, 01:23 PM
Originally posted by BigBadBrian
The tribes are just a "middleman" you morons. :)

Get that through your liberal noggins. :D

No idiot. The tribes were swindled, in fact in many cases Abramoff would "play both sides," in that he would lobby for two separate, competing tribes over the same issue while concealing this fact from each of them.

Nickdfresh
01-06-2006, 01:25 PM
Originally posted by Warham
One of you guys should keep all the ant-war shit in one thread then as well, so I don't have to wade through half the forum trying to avoid it.

I will when you keep your CLINTON rebuttals to the 1990's threads....:rolleyes:

Warham
01-06-2006, 01:27 PM
Clinton's as valid today for fodder as he was back in 1992.

Now that his wife's in the running for 2008, it's even doubly so.

;)

Nickdfresh
01-06-2006, 01:29 PM
Originally posted by Warham
Clinton's as valid today for fodder as he was back in 1992.

Now that his wife's in the running for 2008, it's even doubly so.

;)

Then why do you mention BILL and events that happened prior to 00?'

Warham
01-06-2006, 01:31 PM
Probably because they have some connection with events that happen in 2006.

It's either for that reason, or sheer comedy.

FORD
01-06-2006, 01:34 PM
Originally posted by Warham
Clinton's as valid today for fodder as he was back in 1992.

Now that his wife's in the running for 2008, it's even doubly so.

;)

Who said Hillary was running?

I haven't heard it from anyone but right wing polls and FAUX News shills.

Warham
01-06-2006, 01:46 PM
FORD,

Remember what I said the other day about you being 'smarter than that'.

It applies to this now, as well.

4moreyears
01-06-2006, 02:11 PM
Originally posted by Nickdfresh
You're such a retarded DOLT©2000. Did you even get my point? We already have like three threads on this, that's why called threads you kee-jerk-off little puke, and seperate articles or comments should be placed under them. I didn't say the article wasn't valid, just a whole new Abramoff thread...

Dick bag, STFU.

there is that DOLT word again. Do you feel gay when you type it?

FORD
01-06-2006, 02:29 PM
Originally posted by 4moreyears
there is that DOLT word again. Do you feel gay when you type it?

Quit cruising for dates here, ya flaming queen.

FORD
01-06-2006, 02:31 PM
Originally posted by Warham
FORD,

Remember what I said the other day about you being 'smarter than that'.

It applies to this now, as well.

Just stating the facts. Not saying it's not a possibility. And a very sickening one at that. But as of now, she is not running. Nor is anyone else that I'm aware of. Which is fine, because there shouldn't be anybody running until at least the Summer of 2007 at the earliest.

Warham
01-06-2006, 03:07 PM
John McCain comes to mind as well.

Nickdfresh
01-06-2006, 03:26 PM
Originally posted by 4moreyears
there is that DOLT word again. Do you feel gay when you type it?

No. But I feel that you're gay when I type it though....

Hardrock69
01-06-2006, 04:49 PM
Homo

:D

Hardrock69
01-06-2006, 04:52 PM
Originally posted by FORD
Who said Hillary was running?

I haven't heard it from anyone but right wing polls and FAUX News shills.


Right.

The Republicans are scared shitless that a WOMAN might actually run for President.

They can't have THAT now, can they?

They will constantly bring it up, worry about it, and will continue to freak out about it until it is 2008 & Billary is not running for Prez...

It is bad enough that they have to worry someday about a BLACK person running.

:eek:

O MI GAWD!

WHAT A HORRIBLE THOUGHT! (say the Refucklicans...)
:rolleyes:

Warham
01-06-2006, 04:53 PM
I hope Hillary runs for President.

I hope Colin Powell does too.

Hardrock69
01-06-2006, 05:16 PM
I think Colin Powell would make a great Prez.

FORD
01-06-2006, 05:20 PM
Not unless he apologizes in public for his role in destroying this country during the first 4 years of the Chimpocracy.

Warham
01-06-2006, 06:17 PM
FORD,

Are you prejudiced against blacks?

ODShowtime
01-06-2006, 07:16 PM
Originally posted by BigBadBrian
The tribes are just a "middleman" you morons. :)

Get that through your liberal noggins. :D

Unfortunately they didn't know that! That's where the immorality and illegality come in.

Pretty nice scheme until the whole house of cards comes down. I'd say we're about 25% of the way there.