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...The move puts Amazon in direct competition with Square, the San Francisco-based start-up led by Jack Dorsey, the Twitter co-founder, as well as groups such as PayPal, owned by eBay....
...“It’s a very divisive issue,” says Jack Billion, Democratic candidate for governor, who backs repeal of the law. “It pits family versus family.”...
...But the polls are clear evidence that the series of scandals that have engulfed Ohio Republicans at home and in Washington, including congressman Bob Ney’s guilty plea in a scandal involving lobbyist Jack...
...” said Joy Padgett, her party’s candidate to fill the seat being vacated by Bob Ney, a Republican member of the House who agreed to plead guilty to corruption charges stemming from the investigation of Jack...
...At the centre of the broad federal corruption probe is Jack Abramoff, a powerful Washington lobbyist with ties to top Republicans in Congress....
...Many struggling Republicans have been beset by scandals over ties between some in their party and Jack Abramoff, a lobbyist who this year pleaded guilty to corruption....
...Dennis Hastert, Speaker of the House, acknowledged that the scandal - which centres around Jack Abramoff, a powerful lobbyist, and threatens to implicate several lawmakers - had weakened public confidence...
...Bush’s top political adviser, came as Republicans tried to contain the fallout from the scandal surrounding Jack Abramoff, the Washington lobbyist who pleaded guilty this month in a federal corruption probe...
...The scramble to push through new restraints on lobbyists, even in such a modest way, shows the urgency with which congressional leaders are trying to contain the damage done by Jack Abramoff, a lobbyist...
...Jack Abramoff, a lobbyist with close ties to Mr DeLay, has pleaded guilty in a federal corruption probe and is co-operating with investigators, prompting worries that several lawmakers may be implicated....
...Mr Scanlon and Jack Abramoff, a Republican with close ties to Mr DeLay, earned more than $80m from Indian tribes from 2001-2004....
...The investigation of Jack Abramoff has already ensnared a host of his former associates, clients and, most recently, a senior scholar at the Cato Institute, the libertarian think-tank, who admitted taking...
...Mr DeLay resigned his leadership post on Saturday amid concerns among colleagues over his ties with Jack Abramoff, a Washington lobbyist who pleaded guilty to charges of bribery, tax evasion and fraud....
...But he said Republicans had to put some of these things behind them, such as the scandal swarming around Jack Abramoff, a powerful lobbyist with close ties to Mr DeLay....
...Michael Scanlon, a former aide, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to bribe members of Congress last month and has agreed to co-operate with a Justice Department probe into Jack Abramoff, a Washington lobbyist...
...Mr DeLay stepped down after Jack Abramoff, a lobbyist with close ties to the Texas Republican, pleaded guilty to charges of bribery, tax evasion and fraud, and agreed to help prosecutors with their investigation...
...The investigation of Jack Abramoff, a Republican lobbyist with close ties to Mr DeLay, and last week's arrest of David Safavian, former head of procurement at the White House's Office of Management and Budget...
...In the House, Tom DeLay, the majority leader, faces allegations of ethics violations in Washington, amid a continuing criminal investigation of Jack Abramoff, a Republican lobbyist with close ties to Mr...
...corruption” among Republicans, and sought to link Mr DeLay's troubles with that of Bill Frist, the Senate majority leader, who faces a federal probe into a stock sale; as well as the ongoing investigation of Jack...
...The reversal comes amid intense scrutiny of Mr DeLay's overseas travel and his relationship with Jack Abramoff, a lobbyist under federal investigation....
...Jack Kevorkian, the assisted suicide advocate now serving 10-25 years in prison for his role in the death of a terminally ill patient, told ABC News by telephone that he was “dismayed” by politicians who...
...Campaign moves into top gear Last week 24 Olympians and professional athletes including Mary Lou Retton, the gold-medal gymnast, and Jack Nicklaus, the golf legend announced their support for George W....
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