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 | | For Doolittle's home district, which is based around growing South Placer, his influence as a powerful Republican lawmaker has reaped funding for local projects, including tens of millions of dollars for transportation improvements, a sorely needed wastewater treatment system, and Auburn projects like the park preserve and performing arts center. |
 | | Doolittle, through spokesmen, adamantly downplays the links to politicians and lobbyists who are either under investigation by a grand jury or the Justice Department or, in the case of Cunningham, has already pleaded guilty to corruption-related charges. |
 | | While Doolittle is getting attention from the Post, an NBC television report last week concentrating on the possibility of a plea bargain with Abramoff and the Justice Department stated Rep. Robert Ney, R-Ohio, was the focus of a related bribery investigation. |
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