Backgrounder On Roy Blunt

With Majority Leader Tom DeLay's indictment today, Rep. Roy Blunt (R-K Street) could very well become the Majority Leader.  Here's a handy guide to some background information on Blunt and his lax ethical standards.

In short, Blunt and DeLay are unethical twins, separated at birth.

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 Here's the Fired Up! "book" on Rep. Roy Blunt:

The "book" on Rep. Roy Blunt

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If you want to understand the extent of the ties between the worlds of Tom DeLay and Roy Blunt, below is a link to the single most important documents you can review.  These documents give you great insight into the nature and extent of the joint operations of Blunt and DeLay's political operations.

This link to the October 6, 2005 PoliticalMoneyLine front page outlines the joint activities of Blunt's ROYB Fund and DeLay's ARMPAC Convention, an account which DeLay has never disclosed the source of funds.

October 6, 2005 front page from PoliticalMoneyLine.

These amounts collected by Blunt from DeLay and others, like Enron, are not reflected in the amounts in the databases of any of the traditional watchdog sites as these reports were only filed with the Missouri Ethics Commission.  The reports were originally made available online at Fired Up! Missouri.com on June 9, 2005.

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The most comprehensive story thus far on Rep. Roy Blunt and his political operation, Blunt, Inc. is a May 17 story from the Washington Post.

Washington Post story on Blunt, Inc.

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In November, John Judis at The New Republic did an in depth piece that looks at the financial ties between Blunt's political operation and DeLay's.  It's a must read:

The New Republic piece on Blunt and DeLay.

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Here is some background on Rep. Roy Blunt's wife, Abigail Perlman, a lobbyist for Phillip Morris.

Background on Rep. Roy Blunt and Ms. Perlman.

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Here's are items that provide additional general background on Roy Blunt's ties to Tom DeLay:

Here is background on the ties between Roy Blunt, Tom DeLay and Jim Ellis.  Ellis is currently under indictment with Tom DeLay in Texas.  Ellis formerly ran both DeLay's ARMPAC and Blunt's ROYB Fund.  In addtion, Ellis was a lobbyist with Ed Buckham's Alexander Strategy Group.

 Background on Jim Ellis

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 Rep. Roy Blunt has such cozy ties to K Street, that he has a staff on his official payroll who is tasked to be the the liaison to K Street.

The background on Sam Geduldig, Blunt's Liaison to K Street.

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Here's a link with pdf copies of all Rely On Your Beliefs Campaign Finance Reports for 1999 and 2000, many of which are not listed on Center For Public Integrity and Moneyline, because they were only filed with the Missouri Ethics Commission:

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Here's background on Blunt from the Campaign For A Cleaner Congress:

http://www.cleanercongress.org/mo/blunt/20050727/

Here's a link to Blunt's air travel:

http://www.firedupmissouri.com/node/2645

http://www.firedupmissouri.com/node/1431

http://www.firedupmissouri.com/node/1307

Here's a link to Blunt's ties to Duke Cunningham:

http://www.firedupmissouri.com/groupw

Here are links showing ties to Abramoff:

Rep. Blunt has made extensive efforts on behalf of Jack Abramoff's tribal clients.  

Blunt's efforts on behalf of Abramoff's tribal clients
Including a timeline

http://www.firedupmissouri.com/node/1960

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http://www.firedupmissouri.com/club_abramoff

http://www.firedupmissouri.com/paved_with_money  

CREW Report showing $8,500 in contributions from Abramoff to ROYB:

http://www.beyonddelay.org/beyond_delay/rep_roy_blunt_r_mo

Blunt's Role in the Westar Scandal (Westar has been implicated in the TRMPAC matter)

http://www.firedupmissouri.com/westarcorruptiontriangle

Here are links to items referencing his son, Andy, a lobbyist for several companies with close ties to Roy Blunt:

http://www.firedupmissouri.com/taxonomy/term/3

Roy Blunt's definition of compassionate conservatism:

http://www.firedupmissouri.com/node/1472

Blunt on DeLay:

http://www.firedupmissouri.com/node/1303

An interesting map of Blunt's political connections:

http://www.firedupmissouri.com/node/1262

Here's a summary link to numerous other ethical issues regarding Roy Blunt (some will be repeats of links listed above):

http://www.firedupmissouri.com/taxonomy/term/21

Here are links to background on Roy Blunt's trusty sidekick, Greg Hartley.  Hartley is Blunt's former Chief of Staff, and now a major player on K Street at Cassidy & Associates.

Background on Gregg Hartley 

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