Jack Abramoff

In the wake of Sen. Ted Stevens' indictment, his GOP colleagues quickly began distancing themselves from the stink by dumping campaign contributions Stevens had doled out through his PAC. Among those playing "Take Back the Money" were Mitch McConnell, Elizabeth Dole, and John McCain. We've seen this game before, when politicians scrambled to rid themselves of donations from Enron and Jack Abramoff. Indeed, Dole has now won the Tainted Money Triple Crown, having divested herself of money from all three. The beauty of this D.C. dance is that it is always accompanied by insistent claims that political contributions have absolutely no impact. But no one ever explains why, if the money doesn't buy influence, there is such a rush to return it. Perhaps the answer can be found on Stevens' Bridge to Nowhere.

The story of Jack Abramoff is an intriguing, stranger-than-fiction tale of Washington, D.C.'s tight knit world of members of Congress and the lobbyists who vie for their favor.

A federal appeals court overturned the conviction of a former White House official Tuesday in a significant defeat for prosecutors who are overseeing ...

On this father's day, I'm wondering what kind of men spawned the likes of William Kristol, Newt Gingrich, Jack Abramoff, Bill Bennett, Dick Cheney, and all the other crooks and liars.

Secret plan to keep Iraq under U.S. control, Bush met with Abramoff at least six times, CO2 emissions set to double by 2050, and the Pentagon instructed Guantanamo interrogators to destroy evidence.

*** UPDATES BELOW *** Reps. Henry Waxman and Tom Davis have released a draft of the House Oversight Committee's investigation into the Jack Abramoff ...

McCain's campaign doesn't just have any old 115 lobbyists working for him. He's got some of the worst abusers of the pay-to-play and influence-peddling in Washington, DC.

Rep. Don Young has said he never allowed convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff to be an influential force over him in Congress. But now a trove of old bil...

The most powerful person in the House of Representatives left office after his indictment two and a half years ago. But his case has still not come to trial. Why not?

How can we expect Clinton, who never served in the military and never earned a medal, to succeed where a decorated combat veteran failed?

Political years must be like dog years, because the Democrats are acting as if 2006 is ancient history.

Many are unaware that McCain has surrounded himself with more lobbyists than Jack Abramoff on a golf outing. Vicki Iseman, and his actions on behalf of her clients, is only the tip of the tip of the iceberg.

Progressives can invite conservatives to parties again without fights breaking out over the dip. But do they want to?

Republican Rep. John Doolittle of California, who is under investigation in a congressional lobbying scandal, said Thursday that he'll retire from Con...

Deciding who gets pardons and who gets left twisting in the wind should be a job for a team of tough, seasoned experts.

Trent Lott and Denny Hastert just resigned from Congress, but they're not going to Disneyland. According to Eric Malone, they have something more lucrative in mind.

If Mr. Bush feels that strongly about what he perceives to be a conflict of interest in Pakistan, why doesn't he step down as commander-in-chief, leave Iraq to Iraqis, and Iran to Iranians instead of pursuing a foreign policy that amounts to selective destruction?

Today Chairman Henry Waxman of the Oversight Committee wrote to White House Counsel Fred Fielding asking him to turn over more than 600 pages of docum...