sentences:  Abramoff himself also pleaded guilty to federal corruption charges, including tax fraud and bribing public officials.Abramoff's activities also became an issue for many Democratic candidates in the November 2006 House and Senate elections, as many challengers painted the incumbent Republican Congress as corrupted by Abramoff and his powerful allies.On March 29, 2006, he was sentenced to five years and ten months in prison and ordered to pay restitution of more than $21 million.