Money connected to Reid:Senator arranged for grant now involved in indictm

[NVMojo]

Senator arranged for grant now involved in indictment of pastors

September 29, 2005

WASHINGTON -- The money that led to the indictment this week of two Las Vegas pastors and the wife of one of them came from federal grants arranged by Sen. Harry Reid in September 2001, a Reid spokeswoman said Wednesday.

Moving to distance Reid from a possible scandal, aide Tessa Hafen said the senator sought the money on behalf of a nonprofit social services agency and not for the churches or persons who have been accused of mishandling the money.

"The money was administered by the Department of Justice, and it went to the agency in Nevada (Alliance Collegiums Association of Nevada)," Hafen said.

The Rev. Willie Davis, the longtime pastor of Second Baptist Church, and his wife, Emma, were indicted Tuesday on fraud charges with an associate minister, the Rev. McTheron Jones.

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http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2005/Sep-29-Thu-2005/news/3594772.html

and this relates to the corrupt fundie story I posted yesterday here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x1813051

[zbdent]

1. And which party is the party who pushes for giving Fed $$$ to religious

organizations?

Well, it sure as hell usually isn't the Dems . . .

[NVMojo]

2. FUNDIE REPUG PARTY!!!!

[Mojorabbit]

3. I am beginning to think

most of them are corrupt. There needs to be a big house cleaning.

[ElectroPrincess]

4. Yes, clean out the cronies! And thin out the Lobbyists?

[Occulus]

5. Naw, just eliminate them

It's fairly clear at this point that lobbying does a few people a lot of good, and the majority of the people no good at all. Members of Congress are too distracted by where the money is coming from for their campaigns (thus making them beholden to those funding sources). Loopholes written into laws, as well as pork riders and pork amendments, are directly proportional to the level of lobbying that is going on.

Fund ALL campaigns publicly and eliminate lobbyists, and we'll see some honesty start to return to Washington.

[Miss Chybil]

6. Perfect idea. We have the "Clean Elections" law here in Arizona.

Which the Republicans hate, but it actually levels the playing field and eliminates the need for politicians to pander to the big money corporations.

[OzarkDem]

7. A good opportunity?

For a new Dem leader in the House?