James Steven "Steve" Griles was an American coal industry lobbyist and the United States Deputy Secretary of the Interior during the George W. Bush administration from July 12,2001,until his resignation on December 7,2004.
Edward Walter Gillespie is an American politician,strategist,and lobbyist who served as the 61st Chair of the Republican National Committee from 2003 to 2005 and was counselor to the President from 2007 to 2009 during the Presidency of George W. Bush. In 2012 Gillespie was a senior member of the Mitt Romney presidential campaign.
Samuel Richard "Sandy" Berger was an attorney who served as the 18th US National Security Advisor for US President Bill Clinton from 1997 to 2001 after he had served as the Deputy National Security Advisor for the Clinton administration from 1993 to 1997.
The domestic policy of the George W. Bush Administration was the domestic policy of the United States from 2001 to 2009 while George W. Bush was president. Bush's main domestic policy advisors include Chairman of the Council of Economic Affairs Edward Lazear,Rob Portman,director of the Office of Management and Budget;U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao Vice President Dick Cheney;U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Henry Paulson;U.S. Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez;U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Michael O. Leavitt and Allan Hubbard,director of the National Economic Council.
The 2006 United States Senate elections were held on November 7,2006,with all 33 Class 1 Senate seats being contested. The term of office for those elected in 2006 ran from January 3,2007,to January 3,2013. Prior to the election,the Republican Party controlled 55 of the 100 Senate seats.
Jack Allan Abramoff is an American lobbyist,businessman,film producer,writer,and convicted felon. He was at the center of an extensive corruption investigation led by Earl Devaney that resulted in his conviction and 21 other people either pleading guilty or being found guilty,including White House officials J. Steven Griles and David Safavian,U.S. Representative Bob Ney,and nine other lobbyists and congressional aides.
The monetary influence of Jack Abramoff ran deep in Washington,as Jack Abramoff spent millions of dollars to influence and entertain both Republican and Democratic politicians. Abramoff had a reputation for largesse considered exceptional even by Washington standards. In addition to offering many Republican members of Congress expensive free meals at his restaurant,Signatures,Abramoff maintained four skyboxes at major sports arenas for political entertaining at a cost of over $1 million a year. Abramoff hosted many fundraisers at these skyboxes including events for Republican politicians publicly opposed to gambling,such as John Doolittle. Abramoff gave over $260,000 in personal contributions to Republican candidates,politicians,and organizations,and funded numerous trips for politicians and staffers and gave none to Democrats.
Tony Charles Rudy is an American politician. He served in the office of U. S. Representative Tom DeLay (R-TX) from approximately 1995 to 2001,and rose to be his deputy Chief of Staff.
The presidency of Ronald Reagan in the United States was marked by numerous scandals,resulting in the investigation,indictment,or conviction of over 138 administration officials,the largest number for any president in American history.
Counselor to the President is a title used by high-ranking political advisors to the president of the United States and senior members of the White House Office.
The Brooks Brothers riot was a demonstration at a meeting of election canvassers in Miami-Dade County,Florida,on November 22,2000,during a recount of votes made during the 2000 United States presidential election,with the goal of shutting down the recount. After demonstrations and acts of violence,local officials shut down the recount early.
Leslie H. Southwick is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and a former judge of the Mississippi Court of Appeals.
During the 2007 Congressional investigation of the dismissal of eight U.S. attorneys,it was discovered that administration officials had been using a private Internet domain,called gwb43.com,owned by and hosted on an email server run by the Republican National Committee,for various official communications. The domain name is an abbreviation for "George W. Bush,43rd" President of the United States. The use of this email domain became public when it was discovered that Scott Jennings,the White House's deputy director of political affairs,was using a gwb43.com email address to discuss the firing of the U.S. attorney for Arkansas. Communications by federal employees were also found on georgewbush.com and rnchq.org. Congressional requests for administration documents while investigating the dismissals of the U.S. attorneys required the Bush administration to reveal that not all internal White House emails were available. Conducting governmental business in this manner is a possible violation of the Presidential Records Act of 1978. Over 5 million emails may have been lost. Greg Palast claims to have come up with 500 of the Karl Rove emails,leading to damaging allegations. In 2009,it was announced that as many as 22 million emails may have been lost.
Scott Evertz operates a governmental and international affairs consulting practice in Washington,DC. He advises private sector and non-governmental organizations on health policy and political strategies. Previously,he was Vice President for International Affairs,OraSure Technologies. Prior to that,he was the Director of the White House Office of National AIDS Policy,first started by Bill Clinton,and was appointed by George W. Bush. He was the first openly gay individual appointed to a political position by a Republican President in history,causing significant controversy among the party's social conservatives.
During President George W. Bush's two term tenure in office,a few of his nominations for federal judgeships were blocked by the Senate Democrats either directly in the Senate Judiciary Committee or on the full Senate floor in various procedural moves,including the first use of a fillibuster to block a Federal Appeals Court nominee. Republicans labeled it an unwarranted obstruction of professionally qualified judicial nominees.
Todd Boulanger is an American lobbyist. He was senior vice president of Cassidy &Associates and was a figure in the Jack Abramoff scandal.
The Center for a Free Cuba is a Washington,DC-based organization. It states that it is "an independent,non-partisan institution dedicated to promoting human rights and a transition to democracy and the rule of law on the island. Established in November 1997,the center gathers and disseminates information about Cuba and Cubans to the media,non-governmental organizations,and the international community. The center also assists the people of Cuba through its information outreach and humanitarian programs on the island."
Bobbie Kilberg is an American political advisor who has worked for Presidents Richard Nixon,Gerald Ford,George H. W. Bush,and George W. Bush. Kilberg has served as the president and CEO of the Northern Virginia Technology Council since 1998. She was briefly an attorney with the Washington law firm of Arnold &Porter from 1971 to 1973. She served on the staff of President Richard Nixon's United States Domestic Policy Council,under President Gerald Ford as Associate Counsel,and for President George H.W. Bush as Deputy Assistant to the President for Public Liaison and director of the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs.
