{"id":4290,"date":"2010-08-08T07:00:43","date_gmt":"2010-08-08T11:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/1boringoldman.com\/?p=4290"},"modified":"2010-08-08T06:47:42","modified_gmt":"2010-08-08T10:47:42","slug":"naming-three-post-offices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/1boringoldman.com\/index.php\/2010\/08\/08\/naming-three-post-offices\/","title":{"rendered":"naming three post offices…"},"content":{"rendered":"
A review of congressional records by the AP shows Deal was the lead sponsor on 72 bills over his 18-year career. Just seven became law, and three of those involved the naming of post offices.<\/em><\/div>\n
Washington Examiner <\/a><\/em><\/div>\n
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In Washington, my Congressman was a crook…<\/div>\n
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Ethics Report Faults Ex-Congressman<\/a><\/strong><\/div>\n
New York Times<\/strong>
By ERIC LIPTON
March 29, 2010<\/div>\n

WASHINGTON — Nathan Deal, a former Republican congressman who is running for Georgia governor, resigned from the House last week in a move that seemed certain to end an ethics investigation that could have proved politically embarrassing. But on Monday, the Office of Congressional Ethics<\/a><\/strong> released its report anyway, concluding that Mr. Deal appeared to have improperly used his office to pressure Georgia officials to continue a vehicle inspection program that generated hundreds of thousands of dollars a year for his family’s auto salvage business.<\/p>\n

The 138-page report details how Mr. Deal and his chief of staff intervened in 2008 and 2009 on behalf of the company, Recovery Services Inc., also known as Gainesville Salvage and Disposal. The report also said Mr. Deal had improperly failed to disclose that he was a corporate officer at the company, meaning that the $75,000 he earned from the business in 2008 violated a House limit on members’ outside income…<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n
and now he’s a bigot…<\/div>\n
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Nathan Deal steps up attacks on Karen Handel for supporting gays<\/a>
examiner.com<\/strong>
by Ewa Kochanska
August 5, 2010<\/div>\n

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The Republican battle for the Georgia gubernatorial nomination heats up today, just five days before the August 10 primary runoff, with former Congressman Nathan Deal attacking his opponent former Secretary of State Karen Handel in a TV ad for supporting various gay-rights groups.<\/div>\n