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...flurry of demands by DeLay's staff to Abramoff's lobbying operation call into question whether DeLay's office really believed the trip was, in fact, "sponsored, organized and paid for by the National Center for Public Policy Research," as DeLay spokesman Dan Allen maintained when the Washington Post first reported the indirect financing arrangement last month. What's more, if the idea for and details of the London leg originated with DeLay's office, that raises questions about possible violations of a House rule governing gifts and travel. The rule allows members to accept gifts, under limited circumstances...
...anyone how it tends to happen. Again and again, it was not big violations of the law or congressional rules that landed Washington power brokers in trouble as much as smaller lapses in judgment: House Speaker Jim Wright over how his book was being sold, Ways and Means chairman Dan Rostenkowski over his exchange of stamps for cash at the House post office, Democratic whip Tony Coelho over a questionable junk-bond investment, and eight lawmakers who lost their seats in 1992 in part over checks they bounced at the House bank...
Everyone is concerned about the state of Reagan's health. But once again the media told me more than I wanted to know. Any day I fully expected the CBS Evening News to sign off as follows: "Thanks for being with us. This is Dan Rather reporting from inside the President's colon. Good night." George Zinnemann Upper Marlboro, Md. The Whiz Kid's Exit...
...role. "Heritage had nothing to do with it," says the senior fellow, former Wyoming Senator Malcolm Wallop. "Belle Haven did." It would be a violation of House ethics rules if a group other than the official sponsor paid for a trip for a member of Congress. DeLay's spokesman Dan Allen insists, "Heritage sponsored, organized and paid for the trip," and Heritage spokeswoman Khristine Bershers said documentary proof exists in storage but was not immediately available...
Ongoing through April 27. “Two-Person Art Show,” featuring paintings, dioramas by Dan Marks, HMS, and furniture made with found objects and discarded wood by Yoav S. Liberman, woodworking instructor, Eliot House. Harvard Neighbors Gallery, Loeb House, 17 Quincy St. Open weekdays only; call (617) 495-4313 for hours. Free...