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07-11-2004, 08:46 PM
Money Was Directed to Texas GOP to Help State Redistricting Effort--Washington Post (http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A43219-2004Jul11?language=printer)
In May 2001, Enron's top lobbyists in Washington advised the company chairman that then-House Majority Whip Tom DeLay (R-Tex.) was pressing for a $100,000 contribution, in addition to the $250,000 the company had already pledged to the Republican Party that year.
DeLay requested the new donation with the understanding that it would be partly spent on "the redistricting effort in Texas."
When Enron is involved, you know nothing is on the level.
DeLay declined to comment for this article. Stuart Roy, his spokesman, said: "DeLay is doing everything moral, legal and ethical to increase the Republican majority and advance conservative ideas. Unfortunately, some Democrats are making an attempt to criminalize politics."
HA HA HA...moral, legal, ethical? What a crock. As far as criminalizing politics? Everyone knows that the Republicans wrote the book on that.
Many corporate donors were explicitly told letters that their donations were not "disclosable" in public records. But documents from several unrelated investigations offer an exceptional glimpse of how corporate money was able to influence state politics -- and also of DeLay's bold use of his network of corporate supporters to advance his agenda.
By investing as much as $2.5 million in corporate money in the 2002 election, TRMPAC and another group, the Texas Association of Business, were able to help elect 26 new Republican candidates to the Texas House. The new Republican majority then redrew the congressional district boundaries and, as a result, five Democrats are likely to lose in the Nov. 2 election, according to political experts
The more you know...
In May 2001, Enron's top lobbyists in Washington advised the company chairman that then-House Majority Whip Tom DeLay (R-Tex.) was pressing for a $100,000 contribution, in addition to the $250,000 the company had already pledged to the Republican Party that year.
DeLay requested the new donation with the understanding that it would be partly spent on "the redistricting effort in Texas."
When Enron is involved, you know nothing is on the level.
DeLay declined to comment for this article. Stuart Roy, his spokesman, said: "DeLay is doing everything moral, legal and ethical to increase the Republican majority and advance conservative ideas. Unfortunately, some Democrats are making an attempt to criminalize politics."
HA HA HA...moral, legal, ethical? What a crock. As far as criminalizing politics? Everyone knows that the Republicans wrote the book on that.
Many corporate donors were explicitly told letters that their donations were not "disclosable" in public records. But documents from several unrelated investigations offer an exceptional glimpse of how corporate money was able to influence state politics -- and also of DeLay's bold use of his network of corporate supporters to advance his agenda.
By investing as much as $2.5 million in corporate money in the 2002 election, TRMPAC and another group, the Texas Association of Business, were able to help elect 26 new Republican candidates to the Texas House. The new Republican majority then redrew the congressional district boundaries and, as a result, five Democrats are likely to lose in the Nov. 2 election, according to political experts
The more you know...