Who are the 12 senators involved in the Abrabhoff case?

[butterfly77]

[Independent_Liberal]

1. I know Burns is one of them.

I'm not sure who the others are.

[snowbear]

2. Here's more info-

DeLay is probably the sleaziest of the sleazy.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/3484962.html

[LSparkle]

3. Isn't Kay Bailey "Technicality" Hutchison one of them?

[0007]

15. John Cornyn is one.

Haven't heard anything about Hutchison being in on cutting the pie. But it wouldn't surprise me.

[mzteris]

4. Reid and Hastert

were both mentioned in an article I read a week or so back.

Is this "12 senators" thing something new I should know about?

[Bonhomme Richard]

5. I can only hope Lieberman is one of them. n/t

[Behind the Aegis]

7. ;

:eyes:

[FARAFIELD]

6. I just have to say

He has got to be the sleaziest cocksucker in my memory in congress, its beyond hubris, he is just flat out greedy

[butterfly77]

8. Please let Norm Coleman and ...

Stevens,Sensenbrenner and etc...

[snowbear]

9. Ah c'mon Butterfly...

If you knew there were twelve of them.. you're ahead of the game..

You tell us who they are!

[butterfly77]

11. I heard someone on Air America say it was twelve...

but he said he didn't know who they were.

[Contrary1]

10. I found this...

"...To get an idea of who exactly has what sort of clout, here is AP’s entire list of lawmakers recently linked to this investigation, in order of how much dough Sugar Daddy Jack sent their way:

SENATE
Trent Lott (R-Miss.) $92,000
Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) $82,500
Harry Reid (D-Nev.) $67,441
Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) $62,500
Mary Landrieu (D-La.) $32,000
John Breaux (D-La.) $27,500
John Ensign (R-Nev.) $16,293
David Vitter (R-La.) $6,000
(Vitter refunded these donations on 2/18/02)
Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) $2,750

HOUSE
Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) $103,500
John Doolittle (R-Calif.) $64,500
Tom DeLay (R-Texas) $57,000
Chris John (D-La.) $56,625
Jim McCrery (R-La.) $36,250
Eric Cantor (R-Va.) $31,500
Ernest Istook (R-Okla.) $29,000
Pete Sessions (R-Texas) $22,500
Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) $20,100
Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) $6,000
Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.)$4,000
Steve Chabot (R-Ohio) $3,000
John Shadegg (R-Ariz.) $2,500
Shelley Berkley (D-Nev.) $2,500
Sue Myrick (R-La.) $2,000
Ronnie Shows (R-Miss.) $2,000
Pete Hoekstra (R-Mich.) $2,000
Melissa Hart (R-Pa.) $2,000
Sam Johnson (R-Texas) $2,000
Gene Taylor (D-Miss.) $1,750
Walter Jones (R-N.C.) $1,000
Virgil Goode (R-Va.) $1,000
Robert Aderholt (R-Ala.) $1,000
Jim Ryun (R-Kan.) $500

http://slantblog.blogspot.com/

[hopein08]

12. Vitter must be glad he refunded early...

and wasn't he one of the people quite closely connected when he was in the House?

[snowbear]

14. Hmmm... wonder if Senator Reid has some splainin' to do?

...Or are there different levels of involvement by those on that list?

[tyedyeto]

13. STATE BY STATE GOP SCANDAL SCORECARD

http://www.waynemadsenreport.com/gopscorecard.htm

This scorecard is about all scandals, not just those involved with Abramoff, but you can scroll and count them.