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Animal
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Environment
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Politics
- Wyoming
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Montana
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Idaho
- "Court
Upholds Dismissal of Wyo. Wolf Suit: Federal Appeals
Court Upholds Dismissal of Wyoming's Wolf Lawsuit." ... "A federal appeals
court upheld the dismissal of Wyoming's lawsuit against the federal government
over how wolves should be managed in the state after their removal from
Endangered Species Act protection." ... "Wyoming filed suit after the U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service rejected its plan for managing wolves in 2004.
The agency is requiring Montana, Idaho and Wyoming to submit acceptable
plans for managing the animals before it will remove them from the endangered
species list." ... "The Montana and Idaho plans were accepted. Wyoming's
was rejected in part because it would classify wolves as a potential nuisance
that could be shot on sight outside the Yellowstone area." ... "An intervener
in the case on Wyoming's side did not rule out appealing to the U.S. Supreme
Court." (1, 2)
-By Mead Gruver with
contributions by Jennifer Byrd -AP
via -ABCNEWS.com
Gordon
Smith - 
Money
- Politics
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Virgin
Islands - 
Vacation
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Lawmakers
- Idaho
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Oregon
- Montana
- Wyoming
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Missouri
- "Virgin
Islands Donors Invest In Key Senators." ... "Concern
is mounting that Senate support for the [United States] U.S. Virgin Islands'
efforts to reopen a tax loophole is being won with more than $235,000 in
campaign contributions." ... "Five senators identified by USVI [United
States Virgin Islands] representatives as allies in their campaign - Senator
[Mike] Crapo, a Republican of Idaho; Senator Gordon Smith, a Republican
of Oregon; Senator [Max] Baucus, a Democrat of Montana; Senator [Craig]
Thomas, a Republican of Wyoming, and Senator [James] Talent, a Republican
of Missouri - have each received tens of thousands of dollars in campaign
contributions from scores of USVI residents in the last year, according
to filings with the Federal Election Commission." ... "Lobbyists for the
USVI said yesterday that the donations resulted from fund-raisers held
by the lawmakers during trips to the Virgin Islands." ... "As The New York
Sun reported last week, the USVI is currently campaigning for Congress
and the Treasury Department to loosen restrictions imposed in 2004 on the
territory's Economic Development Commission - a program designed to spur
investment in the territory with tax incentives for individuals and businesses."
... "As the Sun reported in 2003, the program's tax breaks were taken up
by some of America's top money managers - including Richard Driehaus and
Jeffrey Epstein, who keep high profiles in Chicago and New York but declare
the USVI as their place of residence for tax purposes. The EDC [Economic
Development Commission] loophole allowed some wealthy Americans to dodge
almost 90% of their federal income tax bills." ... "According to FEC [Federal
Election Commission] records, Mr. Driehaus last year donated, as a USVI
resident, $2,000 each to the campaigns of Messrs. Crapo, Thomas, and Baucus."
... "Mr. Baucus received $66,500 from 52 USVI contributors. Mr. Crapo last
year received $39,000 from 27 USVI donors. Mr. Thomas received $21,000
from 16 USVI donors, and Mr. Talent received $38,600 from 30 USVI donors.
Mr. Smith raked in $47,000 from 48 donors. The numbers were first published
in the St. Thomas Source." ... "Contributions to Mr. Smith, in particular,
have drawn fire from a Democratic interest group, the Senate Majority Project.
The group, which notes that the USVI was Mr. Smith's fourth-largest donor
base by geography after Oregon, Washington, and Virginia, alleges that
Mr. Smith's support for reducing the EDC residency requirements contradicts
past efforts to keep American business from moving to more tax friendly
locales like Bermuda." ... ""Gordon Smith took a trip down to the Virgin
Islands, and came back with $47,000 and a new position on offshore tax
havens," the Executive Director of the Senate Majority Project, Mike Gehrke,
said in a press release from the group." (1, 2,
3)
-By
Meghan
Clyne -NYSun.com
- Wyoming
- Colorado
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- "Denver-Based
Co. Sells Stake in Gas Field." ... "A group of California
utilities has purchased part of a key Wyoming natural gas field from the
Anschutz Pinedale Corp. for $300 million." ... "Anschutz Pinedale will
continue to produce natural gas from its remaining undeveloped 8,000 acres
in the Pinedale Anticline of southwestern Wyoming, Anschutz spokesman Jim
Monaghan said Tuesday. The company is part of the holdings of Denver [Colorado]
billionaire Philip Anschutz." -Newsday.com
Gordon
Smith - Corporate
- Politics
- Sports
- Vacations
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Jets
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Accounting
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Telecommunications
- Energy
- Lawmakers
- Ore
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Nev
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Ind
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Fla
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Mich
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Ky
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Va
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- "Amid
much scrutiny, mixing pleasure and politics goes on."
... "Even if lawmakers are more sensitive these days about teeing up [golfing]
with lobbyists at posh resorts, one would never know it by witnessing a
scene at Dulles International Airport on Sunday night when lobbyists returned
from the Bandon Dunes Golf Resort, a high-end course in southwestern Oregon.
One lobbyist from Accenture, an accounting firm, even disembarked sporting
a long-sleeve Bandon Dunes polo shirt." ... "[Oregon Republican Senator]
Sen. Gordon Smith (R-Ore.[Republican-Oregon]) held the fundraiser, an annual
event for his political action committee Impact America. A score of telecommunications,
financial-services and energy lobbyists paid $3,000 to $5,000 apiece to
join him for the promise of unfettered access for a weekend with the second-term
Oregonian and member of the Finance and Commerce, Science and Transportation
committees." ... "Smith paid Bandon Dunes $14,472 last year to reserve
the resort for his guests, according to disclosure reports filed with the
Federal Election Commission (FEC). Bandon Dunes charges $175 per person
for a round of golf and at least $300 for rooms during the peak season,
from May to October." ... "Smith, the heir of a frozen-foods fortune, seems
to have no qualms about his close ties to the business community. He readily
admitted that he flew to the event on FedEx’s corporate jet and returned
via Union Pacific’s plane." ... "[Nevada] Republican [Senator] Sen. John
Ensign (R-Nev.[Republican-Nevada]) also flew out for the event, as did
[Indiana Republican Representative] Reps. Chris Chocola (Ind.[Indiana]),
[Florida Republican Representative] Ander Crenshaw (Fla.[Florida]) and
[Indiana Republican Representative] Steve Buyer (Ind.[Indiana])." ... "[Michigan
Republican Representative] Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Mich.[Republican-Michigan])
is hosting a golf tournament in July at the Oakland Hills Country Club
[in Michigan], the home of the 2004 Ryder Cup matches and the 2008 PGA
Championship. [Kentucky Republican Representative] Rep. Harold Rogers (R-Ky.[Republican-Kentucky]),
a cardinal on the Appropriations Committee, will hold an event in August
at Pebble Beach, the world-famous coastal golf course in California." ...
"In the winter, several lawmakers including [Virginia Republican Representative]
Chief Deputy Whip Eric Cantor (R-Va.[Republican-Virginia]), hosted trips
to exclusive skiing resorts in Colorado, Idaho and Wyoming." ... "“You
wonder how long Republicans can bifurcate their message to mainstream America
with this gross display of wealth,” the lobbyist said." -By
Jonathan E. Kaplan -TheHill.com
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- Tom
DeLay
- Florida
- Travel
- "The
Foreign Junket: Who Paid for the Malaysia Trip?"
... "On Aug. 30, 2001, then majority whip Tom DeLay, his wife, his staff
and two Florida Republican House members arrived in Malaysia on what was
billed as an educational trip." ... "A Heritage senior fellow who was on
the trip tells TIME that it wasn't Heritage. He says that Belle Haven Consultants,
a for-profit, Hong Kong-based firm linked to the Malaysian government,
played a key 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." -By
Massimo Calabresi
-TIME.com
