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To: Peter Dierks who wrote (736927)	4/16/2006 7:34:37 PM
From: pompsander	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Newt clearly wants to be the savior of the Republican Party..but since he cheated on his wife with a staffer (whom he later joined in the sanctity of marriage), I doubt if Tom Watson, Prolife or other values voters will let him in the door....but I could be wrong. ________________ Gingrich Worries About GOP Chances in Nov. By DOUGLASS K. DANIEL, Associated Press Writer Sun Apr 16, 3:52 PM ET WASHINGTON - Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, an architect of the Republican takeover of the House in 1994, says incumbents sometimes forget they are in office to change the government, not to be changed by it. ADVERTISEMENT And he is worried that the GOP is in for a bad time in the fall elections. "When you get poll after poll telling you basically the same thing, you have to respect the right of the American people to say they want change," Gingrich said on "Fox News Sunday." An AP-Ipsos poll this month found that just 30 percent of the public approves of the job performance of the GOP-led Congress. By a 49-33 margin, the public favored Democrats over Republicans when asked which party should control Congress. That was the largest margin the Democrats have enjoyed in AP-Ipsos polling. "I think it's very dangerous to stay on defense when you get these kinds of numbers," Gingrich said. "I would hope they would take a real message to the American people, which is not about general direction. It's about performance and it's about specific components of what they're doing." Gingrich was critical of the failure of immigration legislation in the Senate to reflect what he called the nation's desire for border control and other stringent measures. He also questioned the extent of the hurricane recovery in New Orleans. "It's going to be really bad by September when we go back and have a one-year review and we realize how much of New Orleans is not fixed," he said. House Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., and Majority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, have the potential to turn around the GOP's fortunes in the House, Gingrich said. And President Bush has a role to play as well, he said. (edit -generous of Newt to give the President a role here -Pomp) "I am saying that if the president would aggressively look at the failures of performance of the bureaucracy and lead the Congress toward changing the bureaucracy, that the country could, in fact, get very excited again about the opportunity to make government work," he said.

To: Peter Dierks who wrote (736927)	4/16/2006 7:37:13 PM
From: Mr. Palau	Respond to of 769670

LOL CREW Complaint Against Rep. Sam Johnson February 28, 2006 \| Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) forwarded a complaint to the House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, better known as the Ethics Committee, against Rep. Sam Johnson (R-TX) for using executive branch resources, namely the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), for partisan political purposes. The complaint alleges that Rep. Johnson asked the IRS to audit Texans for Public Justice (TPJ) as punishment for the organization’s role in sparking the Texas criminal investigation of Rep. Tom DeLay (R-TX). CREW Files Ethics Complaint Against Senator Rick Santorum (R-PA) February 22, 2006 \| Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) filed a complaint with the Senate Ethics Committee alleging that Senator Rick Santorum (R-PA) violated the Senate Gift Rule by accepting a mortgage from The Philadelphia Trust Company, a bank that serves affluent clients. CREW Sends Complaint to Senate Ethics Committee Urging Investigation into Senator Specter's Committee Staff Member February 16, 2006 \| Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) has asked that the Senate Ethics Committee begin an investigation to determine whether Vicki Siegel, a staff member employed by Senator Arlen Specter (R-PA) on the Senate Committee on Appropriations, has violated the Senate Rules of Conduct. CREW Seeks FEC Investigation Against the U.S. Cuba Democracy Political Action Committee February 15, 2006 \| Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) hereby brings this complaint before the Federal Election Commission (FEC) seeking an immediate FEC investigation and enforcement action against the U.S. Cuba Democracy Political Action Committee, Gus Machado, Mauricio Claver-Carone, Fausto Diaz Jr. and Anolan Ponce for direct and serious violations of federal campaign finance law. FEC Responds to CREW's Complaint Requesting Investigation into Foreign Donations to Speaker Hastert's Campaign February 13, 2006 \| On August 16, 2005, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) requesting an investigation into whether Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert’s campaign committee illegally accepted campaign contributions from foreign nationals in 2000 and 2001. CREW Fights For DOJ Tobacco Records in U.S. District Court February 9, 2006 \| CREW will argue for the release of Department of Justice (DOJ) records relating to the proposed penalty in United States v. Philip Morris, Inc., et al before the Honorable Judge Emmet G. Sullivan this Thursday, February 9, 2006, at 12:00 p.m. at the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, 333 Constitution Ave., Courtroom 24A. CREW Sues DHS Over Continuing Katrina Cover-Up January 30, 2006 \| Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) today sued the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) over its continued refusal to respond to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request on Katrina-related issues. CREW Releases Ethics Complaint Against Acting Majority Leader Roy Blunt January 24, 2006 \| Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) has prepared an ethics complaint against Acting House Majority Leader Roy Blunt (R-MO). CREW is releasing the complaint in the hopes of finding a Member of the House of Representatives willing to forward the complaint to the House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct for consideration. CREW Files DOJ Complaint Against Rep. Jerry Lewis (R-CA) January 9, 2006 \| Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) filed a complaint with the Department of Justice against Congressman Jerry Lewis (R-CA), Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, and a possible contender for House Majority Leader. The complaint asks the Attorney General to have the Public Integrity Section initiate an investigation into the relationship between Rep. Lewis and lobbyist Bill Lowery and Mr. Lowery’s firm, Copeland Lowery Jacquez Denton & White. CREW Sues Department of State Over Katrina Records December 13, 2005 \| The US Department of State has refused to respond to a Freedom of Information Act request for Katrina-related documents from Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW). CREW Sues Dept. of Interior over Abramoff Documents December 6, 2005 \| Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW)has sued the Department of the Interior (DOI) over its failure to provide requested documents related to Jack Abramoff and the Indian gaming scandal. CREW Files IRS Complaint Against James Dobson’s Focus On The Family November 28, 2005 \| CREW filed an Internal Revenue Services (IRS) complaint against Focus on the Family, a conservative, non-profit organization led by its Founder and Chairman James C. Dobson. The complaint asks for the IRS to investigate activities by the group which may violate IRS regulations and require a revocation of its tax-exempt status. CREW files additional complaint with the Senate Select Committee on Ethics against Sen. Bill Frist October 25, 2005 \| Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) filed an additional complaint with the Senate Select Committee on Ethics against Senator William Frist (R-TN) alleging that Senator Frist was well aware that the he held HCA stock at a time when he denied any knowledge of such holdings. The complaint points to recent press reports and letters from trustees to Senator Frist as evidence that the Senator was aware of his holdings. CREW Sues Indian Gaming Commission Over Abramoff-Scandal Documents October 18, 2005 \| CREW has filed a brief in a lawsuit CREW brought against the National Indian Gaming Commission (NIGC) in the District Court for the District of Columbia. CREW’s suit is based on the NIGC’s failure to adequately respond to CREW’s Freedom of Information Act request (FOIA). CREW filed the FOIA after learning that Members of Congress, lobbyists and Christian activists were working with Jack Abramoff to benefit certain Indian casinos at the expense of other Indian tribes. CREW Files Ethics Complaint Against Sen. Bill Frist September 26, 2005 \| Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) filed a complaint with the Senate Select Committee on Ethics against Senate Majority Leader William Frist (R-TN). The complaint alleges that the Senator violated Senate ethics rules by engaging in apparent insider trading and then attempting to cover it up. CREW Files FEC Complaint Requesting Investigation Into Foreign Donations to Rep. Dennis Hastert's Campaign August 16, 2005 \| Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) requesting an investigation into whether Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert’s campaign committee illegally accepted campaign contributions from foreign nationals in 2000 and 2001. CREW Files FEC complaint against ARMPAC August 12, 2005 \| Washington, DC – Today, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) against Americans for a Republican Majority Political Action Committee (ARMPAC), a PAC associated with Majority Leader Tom DeLay. CREW based its complaint on a report released late on August 10th by the Audit Division of the FEC. Although the Audit Division had already referred the report to the FEC’s General Counsel, CREW’s complaint ensures an investigation by the Enforcement Division. citizensforethics.org