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Abramoff talks corruption in Washington
-The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell
Abramoff Whistleblower Tom Rodgers Slams '60 Minutes' and Leslie Stahl's Softballs
Tom Rodgers, Native American of the Blackfoot tribe, criticizes the velvet treatment of Jack Abramoff on CBS' 60 Minutes on 11/6/11; Rinku Sen of Applied Research Center says Obama's ICE is destroying families by deporting parents of kids who are US citizens.
-by PETER B. COLLINS on NOVEMBER 7, 2011
The Legacy of the Abramoff Scandals.
"You know, scandals are very effective tools for the opposition in an election year. And we saw, particularly in 2006, when the Republicans lost the House of Representatives and in large measure, they lost it - at least according to exit polls among the voters - because of the Abramoff scandals, where, you know, a prominent lobbyist in Washington was wining and dining and paying off members of Congress, some of whom went to jail."
-NPR News analyst Cokie Roberts, March 8, 2010
Tom Rodgers on Bill Press Show
Monday, November 7, 2011
Chumash get high-powered lobbying help in Washington, D.C.
Santa Ynez Notebook
OCTOBER 3, 2005
Santa Ynez Notebook
The sparring between Santa Barbara County and the Chumash tribe
moved to the national stage Sept. 7-8, as Chumash Chairman Vincent
Armenta and Secretary/Treasurer Kenneth Kahn went to Washington
to meet with a host of influential legislators, lobbyists and
their aides.
Article “Stacked Deck”
From The Legal Times
Vol XXI
No. 44
MARCH 29, 1999
“STACKED DECK”- Tribes Claim Gaming
Panel Favors Old-Line Casinos. With the federal commission on
gambling in the midst of drafting its final report—which
will incluing industry—pro- and anti-gambling forces of
all stripes are girding for a fresh lobbying de recommendations
to Congress on how to address the rapid growth of the gambattle.
Excerpt from Article “Is Panel Biased Against Tribes?”
“IS PANEL BIASED AGAINST TRIBES?”- Indian
tribe lobbyist Thomas Rodgers says that members of the gambling
commission harbored a bias against his clients.
… Rodgers and others who have kept close tabs on the
panel, appointed in 1997 to study the social and economic impacts
of legalized gambling, argue that after almost two years of
gathering information and testimony on all forms of gambling,
the commissioners seem pointed to issue a report that takes
specific aim at Indian gaming.
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