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Congress.gov biography:
"BLUNT, Roy, a Representative from Missouri;
born in Niangua, Webster County, Mo., January 10, 1950; B.A., Southwest
Baptist University, Bolivar, Mo., 1970; M.A., Southwest Missouri State
University, Springfield, Mo., 1972; clerk and chief election officer, Greene
County, Mo., 1973-1984; Missouri state secretary of state, 1984-1993; president,
Southwest Baptist University, Bolivar, Mo., 1993-1996; elected as a Republican
to the One Hundred Fifth and to the five succeeding Congresses (January
3, 1997-present); majority whip (One Hundred Eighth through One Hundred
Ninth Congresses); acting majority leader, One Hundred Ninth Congress,
September 28, 2005-February 2, 2006; minority whip (One Hundred Tenth Congress)."
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20071018
-
 Randy
"Duke" Cunningham
-  Brent
Wilkes -  Jerry
Lewis -  Duncan
Hunter
-  Tom
DeLay
- Roy
Blunt
-  Dennis
Hastert -  Money
-  Politics
-  Lawmakers
-  Travel
-  Flying
-  Government
-  Military
-  Intelligence
- San
Diego -  California
-  Texas
-  Missouri
-  Hawaii
-  Florida
-  Nevada
-  Idaho
-  Illinois
- "Witness:
Contractor Gave Lawmaker Perks." ... "[Former California
Republican Representative Randy "Duke"] Cunningham, a San Diego Republican
who held seats on the powerful House intelligence and defense appropriations
committees, was elected to eight terms before resigning in 2005. He pleaded
guilty that year to accepting $2.4 million in bribes from [Brent] Wilkes
and others and is serving an eight-year prison sentence." ... "[Wilkes
nephew and employee Joel] Combs testified Wednesday that his uncle communicated
with other prominent lawmakers, including California Republicans Jerry
Lewis and Duncan Hunter, former House Majority Leader [Republican] Tom
DeLay of Texas, Republican Whip [Missouri Representative] Roy Blunt, and
Sen. Daniel Inouye, a Hawaii Democrat." ... "But the relationship with
Cunningham was at the center of Wilkes' success in Washington, and Combs
said his uncle worked to keep the lawmaker happy - efforts that included
staking his nephew money to purposely lose in poker games with the lawmaker."
... "Combs recalled dinners at Washington's fancy Capital Grille restaurant,
shooting lessons, and trips to Florida, Las Vegas [Nevada] and Idaho provided
by Wilkes for the congressman from 1998 until 2002. During that period,
Cunningham made calls to Pentagon officials on Wilkes' behalf and helped
secure about $90 million in federal contracts for Wilkes' company." ...
"The perks included a $20,000 stay in a private villa at a resort in Hawaii,
where Wilkes, Combs and the congressman went diving - an expedition captured
in an underwater video that was played for jurors. Combs said he also hired
women from an escort service for his uncle and the congressman." ... "Wilkes
also paid to fly Cunningham and former House Speaker [Illinois Republican
Representative] Dennis Hastert from a golf outing in Palm Springs [California]
to San Diego [California] for a reception and then back to Washington on
private jets, Combs testified." -By Allison Hoffman
-AP via -Guardian.co.uk
20060110
-
 Tom
DeLay
- Jack
Abramoff
- Money
- Missouri
-  Ohio
- "Blunt,
Boehner Share Broad Network of Lobbyist Ties With DeLay."
... "Representatives Roy Blunt of Missouri and John Boehner of Ohio have
been among the key intermediaries between Republican lawmakers and lobbyists
since their party took control of the U.S. Congress in 1995." ... "Both
[Blunt and DeLay] men's political action committees employ Jim Ellis, who
was indicted along with DeLay. DeLay's PAC gave Blunt's committee a $150,000
donation in 2000, and Blunt's PAC gave $10,000 to DeLay's non-profit foundation
that same year. Both lawmakers' PACs have employed Alexander Strategy Group,
a Georgetown-based firm whose partners include former Abramoff and DeLay
associates." ... "In 1995, Boehner handed out campaign checks from the
tobacco industry to members on the House floor at a time when lawmakers
were considering eliminating a tobacco subsidy." -By
Laura Litvan -Bloomberg
20051115
-
 Alaska
- Missouri
- Legal
-  Environmental
- Politics
- "Alaska
oil-drilling measure may return." ... "Legislation
to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling, apparently
scuttled in the House last week, may resurface quickly, Republican leaders
signaled Tuesday." ... "Missouri Rep. Roy Blunt, the acting majority leader,
told reporters there would be no attempt to reinsert the controversial
provision in deficit-cutting legislation pending in the House." ... "But
when asked about plans for a final House-Senate compromise measure, he
sidestepped. "It's too early to worry about" the final bill, he said of
a measure that is expected to be drafted in December."
-AP via -CNN
20051005
-
Tom
DeLay - Texas
- Missouri
- Business
- Secrets
- "DeLay
and successor Blunt swapped donations between secretive groups."
... "Tom DeLay deliberately raised more money than he needed to throw parties
at the 2000 presidential convention, then diverted some of the excess to
longtime ally [Missouri Republican] Roy Blunt through a series of donations
that benefited both men's causes." ... "When the financial carousel stopped,
DeLay's private charity, the consulting firm that employed DeLay's wife
and the Missouri campaign of Blunt's son [Missouri's governor] all ended
up with money, according to campaign documents reviewed by The Associated
Press." ... "The government's former chief election enforcement lawyer
said the Blunt and DeLay transactions are similar to the Texas case and
raise questions that should be investigated regarding whether donors were
deceived or the true destination of their money was concealed." -By
John Solomon and Sharon Theimer with contributions by David Lieb
-AP via -MercuryNews
20050930
-
Missouri
- Tom
DeLay - Law
- "Ethics
cloud hangs over new House GOP leader: He employs
adviser indicted with DeLay." ... "As he worked to unite the party and
turn its attention back to the legislative agenda, Rep. Roy Blunt of Missouri,
DeLay's successor as majority leader, faced ethics questions himself."
... "Records on file with the Federal Election Commission show that since
2003, Blunt's political action committee has paid $94,000 in salary to
the consulting firm of Jim Ellis, a longtime associate of DeLay. Ellis
has been indicted in the same case as DeLay, for allegedly conspiring to
illegally influence the outcome of Texas legislative elections by channeling
corporate money to Republican candidates." -By Mary
Curtius -LAtimes
via -SFGate.com
20050929
-
Missouri
- Illinois
- California
- Texas
- Tom
DeLay
- "Blunt
Will Seek to Continue Indicted DeLay's Political Agenda."
... "U.S. House Republicans chose continuity over change in selecting [Missouri
Republican] Roy Blunt, a long-time lieutenant to Majority Leader Tom DeLay,
to step into Delay's role after a Texas indictment forced him out of his
post." ... "Blunt, 55, the No.3 House Republican, won the support of the
party's 231-member caucus after social-conservative groups rebelled over
[Illinois Republican] House Speaker Dennis Hastert's initial plan to replace
DeLay with Rules Committee Chairman David Dreier [California Republican],
who has a less conservative voting record." ... "Blunt also has had his
ethics called into question. The Washington Post reported in 2003 that
Blunt tried to insert into a homeland security measure a provision benefiting
Altria Group Inc.'s Philip Morris unit. At the time, Blunt was dating a
lobbyist with the company. A top aide to Hastert stripped the provision
out, the Post reported." -By Laura Litvan
-Bloomberg
20050928
-
Tom
DeLay - Missouri
- Legal
- Politics
-"DeLay
is likely to see a surge in contributions: GOP lawmakers,
corporations are among the donors." ... "Tom DeLay will have an ample legal
defense fund with which to fight the criminal charge against him, and much
of the money comes from other Republican lawmakers as well as corporations
interested in a variety of legislation." ... "The fund has pulled in $1,089,871
since its inception in July 2000, according to Public Citizen, which has
tracked the donations using documents filed to the House Legislative Resource
Center." ... "DeLay's Republican colleagues in the House have given a sum
total of $389,500." ... "The top congressional donor is Rep. Roy Blunt
of Missouri, who is taking over as House majority leader." -By
Jessica Holzer -HoustonChronicle.com
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