In the delegation’s letter, which was dated last Friday but released publicly on Tuesday by Sen. Murphy, the lawmakers contend that Zinke’s relationship with MGM Resorts was the reason for his inaction.<\/p>\n
The East Windsor casino is just 13 miles south of MGM Springfield, the $960 million integrated resort being built in Massachusetts. The satellite plan is to keep gambling dollars from flowing out of the state.<\/p>\n
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Connecticut’s DC reps cite a February 1 Politico <\/i>article titled, “Zinke’s agency held up Indians’ casino after MGM lobbying.” The report alleges that Zinke purposely declined to approve the East Windsor casino due to the “politically connected gambling giant.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Politico <\/i>says a review of Zinke’s schedule revealed numerous meetings and phone calls with MGM lobbyists and the company’s Republican supporters in Congress.<\/p>\n
The delegation concluded that while Zinke and the DOI refused to talk over the tribal gaming compact amendments, “MGM and its allies had direct access to Interior.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Four of the seven members of the Connecticut congressional delegation are asking the Office of the Inspector General to investigate why the US Department of the Interior (DOI) failed to act on its revised tribal gaming compacts with the Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan Sun Native Americans in a timely manner. Last year, the Connecticut General […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":80588,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,18,61,13592],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Connecticut Congressional Delegation Wants Answers on DOI Inaction<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n