Tennessee Democrat state senator Arrested

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For the sting the FBI set up E-Cycle Management Inc., a sham recycling firm with business cards, a Web site, and a chief executive who lobbied lawmakers over wine and finger food.

Undercover agents, posing as executives of E-Cycle, offered lawmakers free trips to Florida and wined and dined them at a reception at a Nashville hotel in January.

During his tenure in the state Senate John Ford has lost paternity lawsuits, given a political job to a girlfriend, used campaign money for his daughter's wedding and been successfully sued for sexual harassment.

Ford, Sens. Kathryn Bowers and Ward Crutchfield, and state Rep. Chris Newton were all sponsors of a bill proposed by E-Cycle that would have given the state the option of getting rid of old computer equipment by selling it to a "qualified electronic recycling company."

According to the indictments, the lawmakers and two other men took $92,000 to usher bills for E-Cycle through the Legislature.

Ford is accused of taking $55,000.

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CNN did it again and changed the article. The earlier article also mentioned another fake company that wanted ties with the state's medicaid.

BTW: All involved were Democrats.

Now what was that about the Rebuplicans and the Corporate lobby?

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well, what do you know, they found Tom DeLay's long lost twin!

Anyways glad they arrested him, serves him right.

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Speaking of him:

CNN: DeLay angered by 'Law & Order' mention