query: member_of_political_party jack abramoff
supports: The White House is the official residence and principal workplace of the President of the United States, located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C. It has been the residence of every U.S. president since John Adams in 1800. The term "White House" is often used to refer to actions of the president and his advisers, as in "The White House announced that...". Jack Allan Abramoff ( / ebrmf / ; born February 28 , 1959 ) is a former American lobbyist , businessman , movie producer and writer . He was at the center of an extensive corruption investigation that led to his conviction and to 21 people either pleading guilty or being found guilty , including White House officials J. Steven Griles and David Safavian , U.S. Representative Bob Ney , and nine other lobbyists and Congressional aides . Abramoff was College Republican National Committee National Chairman from 1981 to 1985 , a founding member of the International Freedom Foundation , allegedly financed by apartheid South Africa , and served on the board of directors of the National Center for Public Policy Research , a conservative think tank . From 1994 to 2001 he was a top lobbyist for the firm of Preston Gates & Ellis , and then for Greenberg Traurig until March 2004 . After a guilty plea in the Jack Abramoff Native American lobbying scandal and his dealings with SunCruz Casinos in January 2006 , he was sentenced to six years in federal prison for mail fraud , conspiracy to bribe public officials , and tax evasion . He served 43 months before being released on December 3 , 2010 . After his release from prison , he wrote the autobiographical book Capitol Punishment : The Hard Truth About Corruption From America 's Most Notorious Lobbyist which was published in November 2011 . Abramoff 's lobbying and the surrounding scandals and investigation are the subject of two 2010 films : the documentary Casino Jack and the United States of Money , released in May 2010 , and the feature film Casino Jack , released on December 17 , 2010 , starring Kevin Spacey as Abramoff . Thomas Dale DeLay (born April 8, 1947) is a former member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Texas's 22nd congressional district from 1985 until 2006. He was Republican Party (GOP) House Majority Leader from 200305. The General Services Administration (GSA) is an independent agency of the United States government, established in 1949 to help manage and support the basic functioning of federal agencies. The GSA supplies products and communications for U.S. government offices, provides transportation and office space to federal employees, and develops government-wide cost-minimizing policies, and other management tasks. David Hossein Safavian (born August 4, 1967) is a Republican lawyer and former Chief of Staff in the United States General Services Administration (GSA). He is a figure in the Jack Abramoff lobbying and corruption scandal. Robert William "Bob" Ney (born July 5, 1954) is an American politician from the U.S. state of Ohio. In 2007, he was convicted on charges of corruption and served a 30-month jail sentence. A Republican, Ney represented Ohio's 18th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1995 until November 3, 2006, when he resigned. Ney's resignation took place after he pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy and making false statements in relation to the Jack Abramoff Indian lobbying scandal. Before he pleaded guilty, Ney was identified in the guilty pleas of Jack Abramoff, former Tom DeLay deputy chief of staff Tony Rudy, former DeLay press secretary Michael Scanlon and former Ney chief of staff Neil Volz for receiving lavish gifts in exchange for political favors. John Adams (October 30 [O.S. October 19] 1735  July 4, 1826) was an American patriot who served as the second President of the United States (17971801) and the first Vice President (178997). He was a lawyer, diplomat, statesman, political theorist, and, as a Founding Father, a leader of the movement for American independence from Great Britain. He was also a dedicated diarist and correspondent, particularly with his wife and closest advisor Abigail.
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answer: republican party