Rep. Feeney sought rule change tied to Abramoff(as did Doolittle)

[maddezmom]

Source: St. Petersburg Times

He joined in a GOP letter criticizing an energy policy revision.

WASHINGTON - Rep. Tom Feeney insists he never helped convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff, but in 2003 Feeney was among several lawmakers who wrote to the Energy Department opposing changes to a federal program that also were being fought by an Abramoff client.

The members of Congress sent their letter in March 2003, the same week that Atofina Chemicals sent a similar letter to the department criticizing a proposed change in the federal Energy Star program that rates consumer products for energy efficiency.

Five months later, Abramoff treated a small group of people, including Feeney, to a luxury golf trip to Scotland that began with a trans-Atlantic flight on a private jet and featured twice-daily golf at world-famous locales.

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It's unclear why Feeney, an Orlando area Republican, took a position on the rule change in the Energy Star program. Calls to his office Friday were met with a statement: "Rep. Feeney is anxious to discuss this matter further when the time is appropriate."

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Among the other members who signed the letter was California Rep. John Doolittle, whose Virginia home was raided recently by FBI agents investigating fundraising by his wife as part of the Abramoff case.



Read more: http://www.sptimes.com/2007/04/29/Worldandnation/Rep_Feeney_sought_rul.shtml

[Kool Kitty]

1. Seems that Tom DeLay signed this letter, also.

[The Backlash Cometh]

2. Yeah, Feeney is anxious to talk about it When he gets immunity.

[Joanne98]

3. Just think how man more seats we could have won if the WH hadn't interferred.

[1932]

4. "anxious to discuss this matter further when the time is appropriate"

Does that mean he's anxious about having to answer the question now?