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CNN Reports Bush-linked company blocked government contract for blind, disabled

Published: February 24, 2015•1 min read•GovPurchase Research Desk
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Bush-linked company blocked government contract for blind, disabled.

A company linked to Jeb Bush blocked a group serving the blind and disabled from landing a government contract, a revelation that could cast Bush’s corporate work in an unfavorable light as he prepares for a possible White House run.

The Democratic super PAC American Bridge unearthed the move in a lawsuit from 2010, when Bush sat on the board of Clothesline Holdings, a New York-based holding company.

The suit against the Veterans Affairs Department, filed by one of Clothesline Holdings’ subsidiaries, successfully argued that the VA improperly awarded a laundry services contract to a non-profit that helps find jobs for the severely disabled.

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