http://successultranow.com/inspiration/politics/exposed-rahm-emanuel-and-the-chicago-political-syndicate/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_D'Amato
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1) Alfonse Marcello "Al" D'Amato (born August 1, 1937) is an American lawyer and former New York politician. A Republican, he served as United States Senator from New York from 1981 to 1999.
2) Controversies
D'Amato is also known for his public controversies and brash style. After a series of investigations in 1991, the Senate Ethics Committee reprimanded D'Amato for allowing his brother Armand, a lobbyist, to use office stationery to help solicit million-dollar Navy contracts for Unisys. Armand D'Amato was convicted on 7 of the 24 counts of mail fraud in May 1993. A federal appeals court reversed Armand D'Amato's mail fraud conviction, finding insufficient evidence against him. Al D'Amato blames William Weld, at the time a federal prosecutor, for an overzealous prosecution against Armand.
The senator's brother was also partners with Lucchese crime family captain Paul Vario and mob associate Phillip Basile. When Basile was arrested for getting mob associate Henry Hill a no-show job at one of his discos, Senator D'Amato testified on Basile's behalf.[5]
During the Don Imus radio program on April 4, 1995, D'Amato used a mock Japanese accent to impersonate Lance Ito, a Japanese American judge overseeing the ongoing O.J. Simpson trial (though Ito, born and raised in the United States, has a characteristically American accent). He later apologized on the Senate floor for his comments.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/03/us/politics/03congress.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
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Obama Signs Two-Week Budget Extension
By CARL HULSE
Published: March 2, 2011
Stephen Crowley/The New York Times
Reporters surrounded Mitch McConnell and John A. Boehner after a stopgap spending bill was approved Wednesday.
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http://www.debbieschlussel.com/4861/bidens-fund-got-seed-money-millions-in-biz-from-8-billion-defrauder-stanford-what-was-vp-joes-role/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_J._Mitchell
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George John Mitchell, Jr., (born August 20, 1933) is the U.S. Special Envoy for Middle East Peace under the Obama administration. A Democrat, Mitchell was a United States Senator who served as the Senate Majority Leader from 1989 to 1995. He was chairman of The Walt Disney Company from March 2004 until January 2007, and was chairman of the international law firm DLA Piper at the time of his appointment as special envoy. He was the Chancellor of Queen's University in Belfast, Northern Ireland and was the main investigator in both Mitchell Reports.
http://www.nndb.com/people/044/000048897/
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DLA Piper (2002-)
Verner, Liipfert, Bernhard, McPherson and Hand Partner (1997-2002)
Member of the Board of Disney (as Chairman, 2004-06)
Member of the Board of DLA Piper Chairman, Global Board (2002-)
Member of the Board of FedEx
Member of the Board of Staples (1998-2006)
Member of the Board of Starwood Hotels
Member of the Board of Unilever
Member of the Board of Unum Provident
Member of the Board of Xerox
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Armey
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DLA Piper
At the start of 2003, Armey joined the Washington office of the law firm DLA Piper (formerly DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary) as a senior policy advisor.[17] Armey was also the firm's co-chairman of its Homeland Security Task Force.[18]
In August 2009 Armey was asked to step down from his lobbying position at DLA Piper, which was doing lobbying work for the pharmaceutical industry regarding health care reform legislation. Armey was simultaneously chairing the conservative group FreedomWorks which was actively working to defeat health care reform by encouraging and organizing high conservative turnouts at congressional and senatorial town hall meetings. DLA Piper was concerned about the conflict of interest particularly since their clients were spending millions in advertising and lobbying money to support the passage of health care reform and FreedomWorks was linked to demonstrations at town hall forums where health care reform was being discussed.[19]
http://www.dlapiper.com/sports_media_and_entertainment_group_release/
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About the New Partners
Frank Ryan is a trial lawyer, as well as a trusted counselor, for intellectual property, sports and entertainment, media, technology, and litigation issues, advising clients on global privacy and data protection rights. As outside intellectual property counsel to ESPN, he has represented the company in a wide variety of matters relating to ESPN’s worldwide intellectual property portfolio. Other representations include American Broadcasting Company, Orly Adelson Productions, TomTom, Caché, and the Walt Disney Company. Additionally, Ryan practices in the areas of patents, trademarks, trade dress, copyrights, First Amendment rights, and trade secrets.
http://www.opensecrets.org/revolving/departing.php?cong=111
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Adler, John H  | New Jersey District 03 | Greenberg Traurig LLP | Lobbying Firm |
http://fedupusa.wordpress.com/a/
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- Advisory Panels and Committees
- Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)
- Coast Guard (USCG)
- Critical Infrastructure Partnership Advisory Council
- Customs and Border “Protection” (CBP)
- Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
- Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC)
- Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
- Secret Service (USSS)
- Transportation Security Administration (TSA)
- Media Mouthfeces: Berntsen to Charen
- Media Mouthfeces: Chafets to Drogin
- Media Mouthfeces: Drudge to Geist
- Media Mouthfeces: Geller to Heil
- Media Mouthfeces: Heilemann to Alex Jones
- Media Mouthfeces: Kagan to Lehrer
- Media Mouthfeces: Leibovich to Medved
- Media Mouthfeces: Melber to Palkot
- Media Mouthfeces: Pallasch to Rich
- Media Mouthfeces: Richburg to Shales
- Media Mouthfeces: Shapiro to Sylvester
- Media Mouthfeces: Talev to Zwerdling
| Alfonse D'Amato | |
 | |
| In office January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1999 | |
| Preceded by | Jacob K. Javits |
|---|---|
| Succeeded by | Charles Schumer |
| Born | August 1, 1937 Brooklyn, New York |
| Nationality | American |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Katuria Elizabeth Smith D'Amato |
| Alma mater | Syracuse University |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
Alfonse Marcello "Al" D'Amato (born August 1, 1937) is an American lawyer and former New York politician. A Republican, he served as United States Senator from New York from 1981 to 1999.
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D'Amato is also known for his public controversies and brash style. After a series of investigations in 1991, the Senate Ethics Committee reprimanded D'Amato for allowing his brother Armand, a lobbyist, to use office stationery to help solicit million-dollar Navy contracts for Unisys. Armand D'Amato was convicted on 7 of the 24 counts of mail fraud in May 1993. A federal appeals court reversed Armand D'Amato's mail fraud conviction, finding insufficient evidence against him. Al D'Amato blames William Weld, at the time a federal prosecutor, for an overzealous prosecution against Armand.
The senator's brother was also partners with Lucchese crime family captain Paul Vario and mob associate Phillip Basile. When Basile was arrested for getting mob associate Henry Hill a no-show job at one of his discos, Senator D'Amato testified on Basile's behalf.[5]
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