Sibby Online (Free subscription) | 09/12/2008
Ernest Istook also calls the Fannie and Freddie bailout…socialism: Is socialism too entrenched in America to be reversed? Sen. Jim Bunning is one lawmaker who has had it. Even as others such as The Heritage Foundation label it "unfortunate but...
Bouphonia (Free subscription) | 08/13/2008
It's no use talking to Ernest Istook about donkey carts, or velocipedes, or ornithopters. The plain fact is, he's simply wild about automobiles! He likes them so much that he refers to them, rather tautologically, as "great American Freedom machines." Consider the evidence: As long as you've got enough money to fill your tank, you can use your car to travel from the place where you live to the place...
Sibby Online (Free subscription) | 08/01/2008
From Ernest Istook: "Betcha can't eat just one." Lay's sells billions of potato chips with that slogan each year. The U.S. government operates on the same principle, selling us record-high deficits by appealing to our appetites for federal interventions and...
Watching Those We Chose (Free subscription) | 06/04/2008
Abramoff scandal is still yielding convictions A former chief-of-staff to a former congressman who held a high-ranking seat on the House Appropriations Committee pleaded guilty on Monday to accepting bribes and gifts when he was cos for former congressman Ernest Istook, republican of Oklahoma. Albaugh has agreed to become a cooperating witness and will be sentenced in September. "Socialized Medicine"...
TPMmuckraker (Free subscription) | 06/03/2008
Former Rep. Ernest Istook (R-OK) says he was "as surprised and as shocked as anyone" to learn that his former chief of staff pleaded guilty yesterday in Jack Abramoff's lobbying ring. The Washington Post reports: "I have not seen the...
The Washington Times (Free subscription) | 06/03/2008
A one-time top aide to former Congressman Ernest Istook of Oklahoma pleaded guilty Monday to a conspiracy to defraud the House as part of the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal.
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 06/03/2008
A one-time top aide to former Oklahoma Rep. Ernest Istook pleaded guilty Monday to a conspiracy to defraud the House as part of the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal.
appletree (Free subscription) | 06/03/2008
The latest Republican caught with his greedy hands in the cookie jar is an aid to Representative Ernest Istook of Oklahoma.
TPMmuckraker (Free subscription) | 06/03/2008
In the federal court papers, he's known only as "Lobbyist C." But prosecutors description of the man who funneled illegal favors to John Albaugh, the former chief of staff for U.S. Rep Ernest Istook (R-OK), sounds pretty familiar. After checking...
TPMmuckraker (Free subscription) | 06/03/2008
Federal prosecutors may have their sites on former Rep. Ernest Istook (R-OK) after getting a guilty plea from his former chief of staff. Istook was not accused of any criminal conduct. But the court papers charging Istook's former chief of...
The Liberal Blog Network (Free subscription) | 06/02/2008
John Albaugh, the former chief of staff to retired Oklahoma Rep. Ernest Istook (R) pleaded guilty today to one count of conspiracy to defraud the House as part of the Jack Abramoff scandal....
Kicking Ass (Free subscription) | 06/02/2008
David Kurtz at Talking Points Memo wonders if the Jack Abramoff scandal -- which John McCain refused to thoroughly investigate as a Senate committee chair -- claimed another Republican crook . A one-time chief of staff to former Rep. Ernest Istook is being charged with conspiracy to defraud the House of Representatives in a lobbying scandal. John Albaugh is accused of accepting gifts in return for...
USA Today (Free subscription) | 06/02/2008
A one-time chief of staff to former Rep. Ernest Istook is being charged with conspiracy to defraud the House of Representatives ...
OTB News (Free subscription) | 06/02/2008
WASHINGTON (AP) — A one-time chief of staff to former Rep. Ernest Istook is being charged with conspiracy to defraud the House of Representatives in a lobbying scandal…. Share This
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 06/02/2008
A one-time chief of staff to former Rep. Ernest Istook is being charged with conspiracy to defraud the House of Representatives in a lobbying scandal. John Albaugh is accused of accepting gifts in return for official favors. The charge is outlined in a...
