John Doolittle

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12/25/08
PT picks the top 10 news stories of the year for Roseville ...

Under a cloud of suspicion and facing challenges from within his own party, longtime Republican Congressman John Doolittle announced Jan. ...

Source: Granite Bay Press Tribune,  USA
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12/14/08
Rock Stars, Real and Figurative, Depart the Hill

...Hill gossip mill after his 2007 arrest on suspicion of soliciting sex in an airport bathroom. Reps. Rick Renzi (R-Ariz.) and John Doolittle (R-Calif.) are also leaving Congress amid corruption charges. The exodus of tenured lawmakers on the House side i

Source: Roll Call
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12/12/08
House leaders: Drop Renzi charges

The list includes former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, R-Texas; Rep. John Doolittle, R-Calif.; Rep. Tom Feeney, R-Fla.; and former Sen. ...

Source: Arizona Republic, AZ
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12/11/08
The Friday Line: Ranking Modern Political Scandals

... John Doolittle (R-Calif.) and Tom Feeney (R-Fla.) lost, resigned or were jailed as a direct result of their ties to Abramoff. People like former Rep. ...

Source: Washington Post, United States
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12/10/08
Young Out in GOP Housecleaning

... of the other Republicans currently in ethical trouble either lost (Rep. Tom Feeney) or are retiring (Reps. Rick Renzi, John Doolittle and Jerry Weller). ...

Source: Washington Post Blogs, DC
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12/10/08
Young Out in GOP Housecleaning

...most of the other Republicans currently in ethical trouble either lost (Rep. Tom Feeney) or are retiring (Reps. Rick Renzi, John Doolittle and Jerry Weller). In addition to Young, a few other returning Republicans, including Appropriations ranking membe

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12/09/08
ENPR: Blagojevich arrest causes headache for Obama

This seat was left open by the retirement of scandal-clouded Rep. John Doolittle (R), who barely edged out Brown two years ago. Louisiana-2: There was shock ...

Source: Human Events, DC
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12/08/08
POLITICS: Let This Be a Lesson: 2008 a Bad Year for Political Bad Guys

California Republican Congressman John Doolittle did not seek reelection, amid investigation of his ties to convicted felon and lobbyist Jack Abramoff. ...

Source: Public Integrity, DC
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12/08/08
Lawyer: FBI on Ware case

...to prohibit lawmakers from putting their spouses on campaign payrolls. Introduction of the bill followed disclosures that Rep. John Doolittle, R-California, paid his wife as a fundraiser and she kept 15 percent of the money his campaign raised. Doolittl

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12/07/08
Lawyer: FBI on Ware case

Introduction of the bill followed disclosures that Rep. John Doolittle, R-California, paid his wife as a fundraiser and she kept 15 percent of the money his ...

Source: DetNews.com, MI
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12/07/08
Another one bites the dust

John Doolittle. Bill Thomas. Pete Domenici. Duke Cunningham. Duke, Duke, Duke. Duke Cunningham was, no joke, America's chairman of the House Subcommittee on ...

Source: Examiner.com
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12/07/08
El Dorado supervisors to honor Doolittle

By Cathy Locke The El Dorado County Board of Supervisors, along with other local and regional officials, will recognize retiring Rep. John Doolittle ...

Source: Sacramento Bee,  USA
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12/05/08
It's Election Day in Louisiana

...loss, Brown could have asked for a recount, but opted to concede. The seat was held by retiring nine-term Republican Rep. John Doolittle, who was under investigation in connection with the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal. This is Brown's second straight

Source: CNN
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12/04/08
McClintock to bring conservative approach to Congress

He succeeds nine-term Republican incumbent John Doolittle, who is under investigation for his ties to disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff and did not seek ...

Source: Examiner.com
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12/04/08
Tangled Web: Rangel son got campaign cash

Between 2002 and 2005, Julie Doolittle was paid $136000 in fundraising fees by the campaign of her husband, retiring Rep. John Doolittle (R-Calif.). ...

Source: MLive.com, MI
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12/03/08
Brown concedes 4th District to McClintock

...Nevada, taking in all or parts of nine counties. Brown came close to beating the incumbent congressman, longtime GOP Rep. John Doolittle, in 2006. Doolittle was under a cloud after being caught up in the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal. When Doolittle an

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12/03/08
One month later, four House races still unresolved

...Brown could have asked for a recount, but opted to concede. The seat was held by retiring nine-term Republican congressman John Doolittle, who was under investigation in connection with the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal. This is Brown's second straight

Source: CNN
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12/03/08
Episcopalians form rival branch

...McClintock a lead of nearly 1,800 votes of more than 370,000 counted in the contest for the vacant seat. The incumbent, GOP Rep. John Doolittle, retired while under investigation in the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal. With McClintock's victory, Democrat

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12/03/08
Brown Concedes CA's 4th District

...place in the 111th Congress. This was Brown's second run at the district. In 2006, he came within 3 points of defeating Rep. John Doolittle, whose ties to lobbyist Jack Abramoff made him a vulnerable incumbent, even in this conservative, Northeastern Ca

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12/03/08
McClintock opponent concedes House race

...to Nevada, taking in all or parts of nine counties. Brown came close to beating the incumbent congressman, longtime GOP Rep. John Doolittle, in 2006. Doolittle was under a cloud after being caught up in the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal. When Doolittle

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12/03/08
Brown concedes to McClintock

...district, which stretches from the Sacramento suburbs to the Oregon border. Two years ago, Brown narrowly lost to Republican Rep. John Doolittle, who is retiring from the 4th Congressional District seat amid an FBI probe into his ties to disgraced Was

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12/03/08
Democrat concedes in US House race in California

...a lead of nearly 1,800 votes out of more than 370,000 counted in the contest for the vacant seat. The longtime incumbent, GOP Rep. John Doolittle, retired while under investigation in the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal. With McClintock's victory, Democr

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12/03/08
Democrat concedes in US House race in California

...a lead of nearly 1,800 votes out of more than 370,000 counted in the contest for the vacant seat. The longtime incumbent, GOP Rep. John Doolittle, retired while under investigation in the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal. With McClintock's victory, Democr

Source: Boston Globe
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12/03/08
Democrat concedes in US House race in California

...of nearly 1,800 votes out of more than 370,000 counted in the contest for the vacant seat. The longtime incumbent, GOP Rep. John Doolittle, retired while under investigation in the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal. With McClintock's victory, Democrats hav

Source: Miami Herald
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12/02/08
Brown concedes close 4th District defeat

He had started as an unknown, defeating two other candidates for the Democratic Party nomination to take on veteran US Rep. John Doolittle, R-Roseville, ...

Source: Lincoln News Messenger, CA
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12/02/08
McClintock appears headed for Congress

It wasn't the lead McClintock had hoped for when he decided to run for the seat left open by the retirement of Republican Rep. John Doolittle, who retired ...

Source: San Francisco Chronicle,  USA
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12/02/08
Brown concedes defeat to McClintock in Calif race

...could have requested a recount but McClintock's lead looked insurmountable. McClintock will replace longtime Republican Rep. John Doolittle, who's retiring in the rural district north of Sacramento. It was one of just a few unsettled House races nation

Source: Fresno Bee
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12/02/08
Roseville/Placer County News

2005: Rep. John Doolittle, R-Roseville, inserts language in an appropriations bill, ordering a $1 million bureau study on how much it would cost to build ...

Source: Sacramento Bee,  USA
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12/02/08
Democrat concedes in US House race in California

The longtime incumbent, GOP Rep. John Doolittle, retired while under investigation in the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal. With McClintock's victory ...

Source: The Associated Press
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12/02/08
Auburn dam officially dies as board yanks water rights

...soon. "We don't see on our plate of key issues trying to revitalize Auburn dam," Wirth said. The finale of Auburn dam came as Rep. John Doolittle, R-Rocklin, leaves Congress, where he had been a tireless proponent of the project. The prospect of the dam

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