Wednesday, January 18, 2006
Does this Senator gamble with ethics?
And I thought gambling profits benefitted senior citizens...
Amanda B. Carpenter writes for the conservative website HumanEvents Online.
"The day after Reid sent the letter, according to the Associated Press, Louisiana’s Coushatta tribe, which already operated a casino, and which was a client of lobbyist Jack Abramoff, but which did not want competition from the Jena tribe, sent a $5,000 contribution to Reid’s tax-exempt Searchlight Leadership Fund. A second tribe represented by Abramoff, the AP reported, also sent Reid’s group a $5,000 contribution. Ultimately, according to the AP, Reid collected more than $66,000 in Abramoff-related contributions."
