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Pombo and Abramoff, How Close?

By Katie Schlieper
Created Oct 11 2006 - 5:12pm

Rep. Richard Pombo, already under scrutiny for taking $7,500 in campaign contributions from convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff may face further difficulty with the revelation that Abramoff billed his clients for two seperate contacts [1] with the Congressman - who has said (and continues to say) Abramoff never lobbied him personally.

 

The contacts followed a vote on a bill that would have granted the U.S. Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands - a client of Abramoff's - a delegate in Congress, something the Governor of the commonwealth was opposed to.  A month after Pombo voted no on the delegate proposal, Abramoff recorded his first contact with him - and a couple days later wrote him first check to Pombo's campaign. 

 

 


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