GOP sen. expects 7 lawmakers headed to prison after corruption probes

April 17, 2006

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GOP sen. expects 7 lawmakers headed to prison after

corruption probes

GOP senator expects seven lawmakers headed to prison after corruption

probes

RAW STORY

Published: Saturday April 15, 2006

A Republican senator told a town hall meeting on Friday that he

expects at least seven lawmakers will go to jail in the wake of

investigations related to convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff and others,

according to an Oklahoma newspaper, RAW STORY has found.

Speaking in Wagoner, Oklahoma, Senator Tom Coburn (OK-R) said that " if

you've been keeping up with things, you've got a pretty good idea " who

the unnamed lawmakers might be.

Tulsa World reports that Coburn indicated that six congressman and a

senator would end up being convicted on corruption charges and that

" members of both parties have been involved in questionable dealings. "

Last month, Senator Coburn voted against the lobbying reform bill

after an amendment was rejected " that would have given Senators

greater power to block egregious earmarks. "

" Earmark abuse was at the center of the Jack Abramoff and Duke

Cunningham scandals yet the Senate failed to clamp down on what

Abramoff described as the 'earmark favor factory' in Congress, " Coburn

explained afterward in a press release. " This bill will not change how

members of Congress and lobbyists interact. "

" In the wake of the Abramoff and Cunningham scandals Congress could

have crafted serious reform legislation, " Coburn continued.

" Unfortunately, the Senate put public relations ahead of real reform

and chose to wash the outside of the cup while leaving the inside filthy. "

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