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Originally Posted by raytri";p="
I started writing a blog entry on it a while back, then stopped after realizing there just wasn't a lot there.
While Feinstein sat on the subcommittee that approves construction projects, she had no role in awarding contracts; that's done by a government agency.
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Wow! That sure as heck didn't stop the Democrats from demonizing Dick Cheney over Haliburton----even though he had no role in awarding contracts.
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Originally Posted by raytri";p="
Further, for the entire time in question she was in the minority, and thus didn't lead the subcommittee. So to assume she had any influence on who got contracts, you'd have to argue that the Republican leadership abetted her.
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Oh? So can you show me the rule that says "conflicts of interest ONLY applys to those in the Majority?" I'll wait.....
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Originally Posted by raytri";p="
Even further, her husband sold his interest in the defense contractors in 2005. So for more than a year there hasn't even been a question of it being improper.
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That leaves ONLY 5 years that WERE.