After Threat Failed, Renzi Offered Bill

• By Rachel Van Dongen
• Roll Call Staff
• March 3, 2008, Midnight

In a May 2005 meeting with Resolution Copper Mining, a company trying to engineer a federal land swap near Superior, Ariz., Rep. Rick Renzi (R-Ariz.) allegedly told company officials that he would not support the deal unless they bought his former business partner’s property.