CREW Files DOJ Complaint Against Rep. Jerry Lewis (R-CA) - CORRECT
Campaign funds going to legal fees
SOURCE: Ken Dilanian // USA Today
18 May 2007 // Two dozen current and former members of Congress caught up in criminal investigations or ethics inquiries spent more than $5 million in campaign funds on legal fees during the last 27 months covered by campaign-finance records.
Ethics Tremor Makes California GOP Rep. Lewis’ Pedestal a Little Wobbly
SOURCE: Rachel Kapochunas // Congressional Quarterly
12 May 2007 // California Republican Rep. Jerry Lewis was sitting pretty when his 2006 bid for a 15th House term began. With his party then in the majority, Lewis was chairing the powerful Appropriations Committee. More»
Lewis holds fast to approps seat
SOURCE: Susan Crabtree // The Hill
26 Apr 2007 // Rep. Jerry Lewis (R-Calif.) is holding tightly onto his Appropriations panel seat even though two House GOP members resigned committee assignments in the last week after the Department of Justice escalated its investigations of them.
At Congress' "favor factory," revolving door keeps spinning
SOURCE: Editorial Staff // USA TODAY
18 Sep 2006 // Congressional aide Letitia White whirled through the revolving door one day in 2003 and came out a partner in a well-connected lobbying firm the next. Within two years, her lobbying fees had topped $3.5 million.
The secret to success for the one-time congressional receptionist?
We're changing the culture
SOURCE: Rep. Brian Bilbray (R-CA) // USA TODAY
18 Sep 2006 // The American people believe that the accountability and transparency they expect from their leaders have been replaced by backroom deals. The practice known as "earmarking" has fostered a system that places a premium on waste and abuse.
Feds look at congressman and a land deal
SOURCE: Jeremiah Marquez // The Associated Press
5 Sep 2006 // Federal investigators probing Rep. Jerry Lewis' ties to lobbyists are looking into a land deal that put nearly 41 pristine acres in the congressman's neighborhood off-limits to developers, The Associated Press has learned.
Recipient of Lewis earmark opens Redlands office
SOURCE: Colleen Mensching // Redlands Daily Facts
31 Aug 2006 // Anyone trying to connect the dots between defense contractor Trident Systems Inc. and Rep. Jerry Lewis, R-Redlands, has another line to draw.
Trident, founded 1985 and based in Fairfax, Va., now has an office suite in Lewis's hometown.
Receptionist-turned-lobbyist gets attention of federal investigators
SOURCE: Erica Werner // The Associated Press
28 Aug 2006 // Depending on your perspective, Letitia White is either the epitome of a Capitol Hill success story or a prime example of an unsettling mix of money, politics and public policy.
Congressman Jerry Lewis defends the use of 'earmarks'
FEDERAL FUNDS: It's not out of control, he says. Allocations are less than 1 percent of the budget.
SOURCE: Duane W. Gang // The Press-Enterprise
16 Aug 2006 // Inland Rep. Jerry Lewis defended congressional earmarking Tuesday during a visit to Mt. San Jacinto Community College's nursing program in Menifee.
A $1.49 million federal grant has helped expand the program at the Menifee campus and school officials thanked Lewis, R-Redlands, for his support.
A tangled web blots lobbying
SOURCE: George Watson // San Bernardino County Sun
7 Aug 2006 // Over the past decade, government watchdogs have focused on the millions of dollars funneled into campaign coffers.
Campaign finance reform has stoked public debate and made national headlines.
It's all about money.
But more recently, watchdogs have been pursuing a different money trail.
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