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Political_Probes_061024.sPubDate = "10/24/2006 2:38:26 PM GMT";
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Political_Probes_061024.appHeader = "fact file|CONGRESSIONAL CORRUPTION PROBES";
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Political_Probes_061024[i-1].body = "<headline/><br>Click on one of the names on the left to see details about the investigation connnected to that individual.";

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Political_Probes_061024[i++] = new Array("","Rep. Bob Ney, R-Ohio","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
Political_Probes_061024[i-1].body = "<headline/><br>Pleaded guilty two weeks ago for taking money, gifts and favors in return for official actions on behalf of disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff and his clients.";

Political_Probes_061024[i++] = new Array("","Former Rep. Randy \"Duke\" Cunningham, R-Calif.","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
Political_Probes_061024[i-1].body = "<headline/><br>Serving jail time for taking $2.4 million in bribes from defense contractors.";

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Political_Probes_061024[i++] = new Array("","Rep. Curt Weldon, R-Pa.","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
Political_Probes_061024[i-1].body = "<headline/><br>Allegedly used his influence to help his daughter's lobbying firm secure contracts worth $1 million from foreign clients. The FBI raided his daughter's home and office last week in what Weldon termed a politically motivated inquiry.";

Political_Probes_061024[i++] = new Array("","Rep. Mark Foley, R-Fla.","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
Political_Probes_061024[i-1].body = "<headline/><br>Resigned last month after reports detailed his sexually explicit Internet conversations with teenage males who served as House pages. Investigators are trying to determine whether Foley had any illegal sexual contact with the teens.";

Political_Probes_061024[i++] = new Array("","Rep. Jim Kolbe, R-Ariz.","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
Political_Probes_061024[i-1].body = "<headline/><br>Found himself under scrutiny for taking a 1996 camping trip with congressional pages. He had earlier announced plans to retire from the House.";

Political_Probes_061024[i++] = new Array("","Rep. William Jefferson, D-La.","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
Political_Probes_061024[i-1].body = "<headline/><br>Was the target of an FBI raid in May at his Capitol Hill office as part of an investigation into whether he took a $100,000 bribe in 2005  all but $10,000 of which was found in the freezer of his Washington home.";

Political_Probes_061024[i++] = new Array("","Former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, R-Texas","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
Political_Probes_061024[i-1].body = "<headline/><br>Dogged by charges of money laundering in Texas, resigned from Congress in June and is awaiting trial.";

Political_Probes_061024[i++] = new Array("","Rep. Alan Mollohan, D-W.Va.","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
Political_Probes_061024[i-1].body = "<headline/><br>Is the subject of an investigation into federal money given to nonprofit groups that contributed to his campaigns.";

Political_Probes_061024[i++] = new Array("","Sen. Conrad Burns, R-Mont.","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
Political_Probes_061024[i-1].body = "<headline/><br>Received about $150,000 in donations from Abramoff, his clients and his associates. Burns has since returned the money or given it to charity.";

Political_Probes_061024[i++] = new Array("","Rep. John Doolittle, R-Calif.","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
Political_Probes_061024[i-1].body = "<headline/><br>Accepted campaign money from Abramoff and used the lobbyist's luxury sports box for a fundraiser without initially reporting it. Doolittle's wife and one of his former aides also worked for the lobbyist.";

Political_Probes_061024[i++] = new Array("","Rep. Jerry Lewis, R-Calif.","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
Political_Probes_061024[i-1].body = "<headline/><br>Accepted $60,000 from San Diego defense contractor Brent Wilkes, who hired a lobbying firm to push the powerful Appropriations Committee chairman for federally funded projects.";

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