JERRY LEWIS News. California
Republican Charles Jeremy 'Jerry' Lewis News
Congress.gov biography:
LEWIS, Charles Jeremy (Jerry), a Representative
from California; born in Seattle, King County, Wash., October 21, 1934;
graduated from San Bernardino High School, San Bernardino, Calif., 1952;
B.A., University of California, Los Angeles, Calif., 1956; Coro Foundation,
1956-1957; insurance businessman; member, San Bernardino School Board,
San Bernardino, Calif., 1964-1968; staff, United States Representative
Jerry Pettis of California, 1966; member of the California state assembly,
1969-1978; elected as a Republican to the Ninety-sixth and to the thirteen
succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1979-present); chair, House Republican
Conference (One Hundred First and One Hundred Second Congresses); chair,
Committee on Appropriations (One Hundred Ninth Congress).
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Charles
Jeremy 'Jerry' Lewis
JERRY LEWIS News:
20071018
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 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
20070504
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Cunningham
-
 Renzi
-  Gibbons
- Jerry
Lewis -  Miers
-  Sampson
-  Griffin
-  Rove
- Noteworthy
- Secret
- US
Attorneys - Law
- Money
- Politics
- Los
Angeles - California
-  Arizona
- Nevada
-  Arkansas
- "The
U.S. Attorney, the G.O.P. Congressman and the Timely Job Offer."
... "There is yet another United States attorney whose abrupt departure
from office is raising questions: Debra Wong Yang of Los Angeles [California]."
... "Carol Lam, the United States attorney in San Diego [California], was
fired after she put [California Republican Representative] Randy Cunningham,
known as Duke, in prison. Paul Charlton, in Arizona, was dismissed while
he was investigating [Arizona Republican Representative] Rick Renzi. Dan
Bogden, in Nevada, was fired while he was reportedly investigating [Republican]
Jim Gibbons, a congressman who was elected [Nevada] governor last year."
... "Ms. Yang was investigating [California Republican Representative]
Jerry Lewis, who was chairman of the powerful House Appropriations Committee."
... "Ms. Yang says she left for personal reasons, but there is growing
evidence that the White House was intent on removing her. Kyle Sampson,
the Justice Department staff member in charge of the firings, told investigators
last month in still-secret testimony that Harriet Miers, the White House
counsel at the time, had asked him more than once about Ms. Yang. He testified,
according to Congressional sources, that as late as mid-September, Ms.
Miers wanted to know whether Ms. Yang could be made to resign. Mr. Sampson
reportedly recalled that Ms. Miers was focused on just two United States
attorneys: Ms. Yang and Bud Cummins, the Arkansas prosecutor who was later
fired to make room for Tim Griffin, a Republican political operative and
Karl Rove protégé." ... "Press reports say she [Ms. Yang]
got a $1.5 million signing bonus to become a partner in Gibson, Dunn &
Crutcher, a firm with strong Republican ties." ... "Gibson, Dunn was defending
Mr. Lewis in Ms. Yang’s investigation." -By Adam Cohen
-NYTimes
20060119
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Jerry
Lewis - California
-
 New
York
- Military
- Legislation
- Politics
- "The
congressman & the hedge fund." ... "One day after
a New York investment group raised $110,000 for Republican Rep. Jerry Lewis
[California Representative], the House passed a defense spending bill that
preserved $160 million for a Navy project critical to the firm. The man
who protected the Navy money? Lewis." ... "The fundraiser, which took place
July 7, 2003, and the subsequent vote illustrate the kind of relationship
between congressman and contributor that's under increased scrutiny in
the nation's capital." ... "Lewis, 71, insists he did nothing improper.
"I'm darn sensitive to make certain we keep arm's length from certain efforts"
by political donors to influence legislation, Lewis said." ... "Both Lewis
and the investment company, Cerberus Capital Management, benefited from
the relationship. Eighteen months after the fundraiser and the House vote,
Lewis won the chairmanship of the Appropriations Committee. He acknowledges
that the fundraising efforts of Cerberus "played a very significant role"
in winning the post. The ties between Cerberus and Lewis, a 14-term congressman
from Redlands, Calif. [California], have not been publicly examined before."
... "In the opinion of Larry Noble, executive director of the non-partisan
Center for Responsive Politics in Washington, the timing of the fundraiser
within days of a favorable vote "looks like influence buying." Noble is
a former chief lawyer for the Federal Election Commission." -By
Matt Kelley -USATODAY
20060109
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Jerry
Lewis - Government
- Money
- Law
- California
- "Watchdog
group calls for investigation of California congressman."
... "A federal watchdog group is asking the U.S. attorney general to open
a corruption investigation of House Appropriations Committee Chairman Jerry
Lewis because of the congressman's ties to a lobbyist who has legally donated
thousands of dollars to Lewis' causes." ... "Citizens for Responsibility
and Ethics in Washington wants the Public Integrity Section of the Department
of Justice to investigate the California Republican's relationship with
lobbyist and friend Bill Lowery." ... "Lewis's PAC has contributed hundreds
of thousands of dollars to help Republicans maintain control of the House.
In January, he was named head of the Appropriations Committee, which oversees
about $900 billion in federal spending." -AP
via -SFGate.com
20051223
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Jerry
Lewis - Randy
"Duke" Cunningham
- Government
- Military
- Money
- Law
- Politics
- California
- "Close
ties make Rep. Lewis, lobbyist Lowery a potent pair."
... "From powerful positions on the House Appropriations Committee, California
[Republican Representative] Rep. Jerry Lewis has greenlighted hundreds
of millions of dollars in federal projects for clients of one of his closest
friends, lobbyist and former [Republican Represenatative from California]
state Congressman Bill Lowery." ... "Meanwhile, Lowery, the partners at
his firm [Copeland Lowery Jacquez Denton & White] and their clients
have donated 37 percent of the $1.3 million that Lewis' political action
committee received in the past six years." ... "One of the defense companies
that received federal contracts with [convicted California Republican Representative
Randy "Duke"] Cunningham's support was a Lowery client [Brent Wilkes' ADCS
Inc.]. And some of the money was disbursed when Cunningham was a member
of the defense appropriations subcommittee and Lewis was the committee
chairman." ... "Lowery, his partners and their spouses have contributed
$135,000 to Lewis' campaigns and political action committee over the past
decade, routinely giving the maximum allowed by law. Lowery also organizes
and hosts Lewis fundraisers. And many of Lowery's defense-contractor clients
contribute to Lewis as part of their lobbying strategy." ... "Taken together,
they have contributed $480,000 to Lewis' political action committee since
2000." ... "Last year Lewis used some of that money to wow the Republican
leadership with checks for $650,000 in "excess campaign funds" to help
maintain Republican control of the House." ... "In 1999 Lewis became chairman
of the defense appropriations subcommittee, which oversees more discretionary
spending than any other congressional body." ... "Despite that early demonstration
of fiscal toughness, earmarks in the defense bills exploded on Lewis' watch."
... "Many of the earmarks went to clients of Lowery's firm, which grew
even more prosperous when Lewis' principal defense-earmarks gatekeeper,
Letitia White, joined the firm in 2003." -By Jerry
Kammer with contributions by Denise Davidson, Erin Hobbs and Peter Uribe
-CopleyNews.com
via -SignOnSanDiego.com
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