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...York Republican Congressman Peter King has insisted the administration revisit its approval of the transfer of control of U.S. ports to "a company coming out of a country where al Qaeda has such a strong presence," and which could be easily infiltrated by the terrorist network. Democratic Senators Hillary Clinton of New York and Bob Menendez of New Jersey plan to hold hearings on the issue next week, and are seeking legislation banning companies controlled by foreign governments from buying U.S. port facilities. Menendez alleged that the UAE has a "serious and dubious history... as a transit point for terrorism...
...Katrina was a national failure, an abdication of the most solemn obligation to provide for the common welfare." TOM DAVIS, U.S. Congressman, whose House Select Committee released a report last week criticizing the government's response to the hurricane that devastated New Orleans on Aug. 29 last year...
...Shockey even got a contract from the city of Redlands, which is Congressman Lewis' hometown. "The only cities in the country that don't need a lobbyist are the ones represented by a cardinal," Washington parlance for an a Appropriations subcommittee chairman, says Keith Ashdown of Taxpayers for Common Sense, a budget watchdog. Karl Haws, a former Redlands mayor and city councilman who made the formal motion in January 2000 to give Shockey's firm a contract for $30,000, according to council minutes, says it was "helpful to have a knowledgeable person to guide you.... We can't fairly...
...majority, according to the San Diego Union-Tribune, which first reported on some of Shockey's history late last year. And so, when House Republicans rewarded Lewis, 71, with the Appropriations chairmanship 13 months ago, Shockey was among the handful of trusted former aides whom the affable, silver-haired congressman pressed back into service...
...committee post meant an almost 90% pay cut, but Shockey's lobbying firm helped cushion the blow. Copeland, Lowery, Jacquez-where Lewis?s close friend Bill Lowery, a former California congressman, is a partner-gave Shockey a $600,000 going-away buyout, according to Shockey?s financial disclosure form. He was to receive his buyout in three $200,000 payments scheduled for February, May and August 2005-even as he was in his committee post. The firm would also keep Shockey in the family by hiring his wife, Alexandra-another former Lewis aide-as a consulting lobbyist...