Feeney (R-FL) faces more scrutiny

[ProSense]

Feeney faces more scrutiny

Allegations pile up for the Orlando-area representative, who is "loyal to a fault, even when it hurts him," says a UCF professor and former colleague.
By ANITA KUMAR, Times Staff Writer
Published February 20, 2006

WASHINGTON - Three members of Congress went on a golfing junket to Scotland with lobbyist Jack Abramoff. Two of them are under investigation.

The third is Rep. Tom Feeney of Florida.

Feeney, a Republican from the Orlando area, says he thought that a conservative think tank was paying for the 2003 trip that included a few rounds of golf at the legendary St. Andrews.

No one has accused Feeney of illegal activity, but in Washington, where one scandal after another has made headlines for months, anyone with connections to Abramoff comes under a cloud of suspicion.

Feeney, 47, has tried to move past the allegations but, in typical fashion for him, has shown little regret, or caution.

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http://www.sptimes.com/2006/02/20/Worldandnation/Feeney_faces_more_scr.shtml

Just how tangled up in the
GOP Culture of Corruption is Tom Feeney?

Feeney Called Bipartisan Ethics Committee Admonishments "Slaps on the Wrist." After the Ethics Committee issued its findings and admonished DeLay for the second time in 6 days Florida Republican Tom Feeney said, "The bottom line is that at worst, these are slaps on the wrist to a guy who is our leader."

Tom Feeney has taken $1,000 from disgraced Republican super-lobbyist Jack Abramoff, who pled guilty to fraud, tax evasion, and conspiracy charges in connection to a federal bribery investigation.
With Feeney spending more time worrying about the testimony of indicted lobbyists than the things that matter most to the people of Florida, are they getting the kind of representation they deserve?

Tom Feeney has taken $10,000 from Tom DeLay's ARMPAC. No surprise that Feeney voted with Tom DeLay 94% of the time between Jan. 1 2004 and March 31 2005.
Is this the kind of government-for-hire that working families deserve?

When Democrats offered a solution to clean up the House by strengthening ethics rules, Tom Feeney voted twice to make sure it never even came to an up or down vote.
So instead of a bipartisan effort to get government working for Americans, Tom Feeney stood for cronyism and partisan politics.

Tom Feeney voted to allow Tom DeLay to continue serving as Leader even if he is indicted.
Is Tom DeLay's behavior the kind of leadership that should be REWARDED, not punished?

Tom DeLay has been admonished three times for his unethical behavior, yet Tom Feeney gave DeLay's legal fund $5,000 to help defend him.
Isn't that the definition of cronyism?

http://www.dccc.org/houseofscandal/members/TomFeeneyFL-24.html

[madfloridian]

1. Feeney getting a dirty look from Jeb...pic.

[Orangepeel]

2. had he just proposed his statewide database of women that have abortions?

Or maybe that's when he's announcing that the legislature would certify bush's electors instead of Gore's regardless of what the Supreme Court said.

Either way, Jeb is thinking, "shhh! Feeney! You weren't supposed to say that out loud!"