A congressional report has revealed new details on the ties between the White House and convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff. The House Government Committee says Abramoff and his associates had more than four hundred contacts with White House officials over a three-year period. The number includes nine direct contacts with chief White House strategist Karl Rove. Abramoff also secured a sixteen million dollar federal contract for one of his clients after reminding then-White House political director Ken Mehlman of his client’s donations to the Republican Party.