Crapo (R) donations questioned

(because you really can't hear the name too many times)

BOISE – U.S. Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, received more than twice as much money in donations from people in the U.S. Virgin Islands than from his home state last year, according to the Federal Elections Commission.

That prompted the Senate Majority Project, a Democratic interest group, to question Crapo's involvement in the islands, which have a population of 110,000 people.

Crapo had received $39,000 from Virgin Islands residents by the end of the 2005-06 election cycle, compared with just under $20,000 from Idaho residents.

Lobbyists for the islands are trying to reduce the number of days a person must remain on the islands to be considered a resident, an issue that could have tax benefits.

Currently, under a 2004 act of Congress, individuals must spend at least half the year in the Virgin Islands to be considered a resident for tax purposes. Lobbyists would like to see that reduced to an average of 122 days per year over a three-year period.

http://www.spokesmanreview.com/tools/story_pf.asp?ID=121201

He couldn't have picked a better name.

:headbang:
rocknation

You vote for crap, you get crap.

This thread could become very interesting if we look at like Jon Stewart would.

When I first heard his name several months ago, I thought it was a DU jokester deliberately twisting the guy's name, like we do with BushCo and many others. THEN I found out that's REALLY his name!!!!

I hope they DO find illegality in the money he took! Can't get rid of too many Pubs!

With the small states you have a tendency to get more donations from out of state then from within. I'm sure you'd see the same thing with both Carper & Biden here in Delaware

with an o

and you can spell it from there.

You Idahoans on DU, please make sure to get the word out
about this! It sounds like the sort of thing
that VOTERS might like to know!

:spray:

It's like his legal name and everything :spray:

You tickled me.