Mr. Young received over $25,000 [1] from the bribe-master, convicted felon Jack Abramoff and his clients.
| Don Young is near the top of the lobbyists Donation List |
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|---|---|---|
Industry |
Young's rank out of *all* 535 Reps and Senators | $$ for the 2006 election cycle |
| Construction Services [2] | #5 | $73,000 |
| Transportation [3] | #6 | $84,750 |
| Food & Beverage [4] | #7 | $64,950 |
| Sea Transport [5] | #1 | $62,050 |
| Air Transport [6] | #9 | $61,750 |
| Oil and Gas [7] | since 1989 | $915,763 |
Since the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill in 1989, Don Young has accepted over $900,000 from the Oil & Gas Industry [8]. The Oil giants are raking in record profits [9] with Exxon King of the hill, yet 17 years later, they still haven't paid [10] over 20,000 Alaska fishermen. Don Young has done nothing other than cashing Exxon's checks.
Aside from the $83,000 in corporate jet travel [11], in 1999 Mr. Young took a trip to the Marshall Islands organized by Jack Abramoff [12].
At the time of the trip, Rep. Young was Chairman of the House Resources Committee, which handles issues pertaining to U.S. territories and freely-associated states like the RMI. The revelation of the trip, however, comes at a difficult time for Young.
Roll Call recently reported that he wrote letters to the General Services Administration, allegedly on behalf of Abramoff's tribal clients. That, together with the fact that a former aide of his went to work for Abramoff, and that he's been on the side of a number of Abramoff's clients, has kept the heat on. On Tuesday, in a guest editorial for The Anchorage Daily News, he insisted: "I have never had any personal or professional relationship with Abramoff."
The Anchorage Daily News [13] reported:
[Young] in 2002 signed a letter prepared by Mr. Abramoff, urging a federal agency to change its bidding rules on a building lease -- a change that would help steer the lease toward one of the lobbyist's clients. Five weeks later, two of Mr. Abramoff's Indian tribal clients gave Rep. Young's leadership political action committee $7,000.
One of the members of "Team Abramoff" was Duane Gibson (#8), former aide to Don Young [14].
There's even more info on Young's capades here [15], including stuff about sweatshop labor and worse in CNMI, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
Alaska: It is our duty to send Honest Representatives to Congress!
Since the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill in 1989, Don Young has accepted over $900,000 from the Oil & Gas Industry. The Oil giants are raking in record profits [16] with Exxon King of the hill, yet they still haven't paid [17] over 20,000 Alaska fishermen and their families after the disastrous oil spill. Exxon has avoided paying out the $5 Billion settlement- 17 years later they are still stalling, and our Congressman Don Young has done nothing but cash their checks.
If you think Exxon should pay Alaska's Fishermen (+interest), then vote for "Ben Frank" for Congress Tell all of your friends to vote in the Primary Aug 22nd.