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April 12, 2005
More DeLay Fun
WASHINGTON -- Fundraisers for a political committee founded by House Majority Leader Tom DeLay routinely solicited donations by identifying legislative actions that prospective givers wanted, from video gambling to lawsuit limits, memos show.

"What companies that you know of would be interested in tort reform in Texas with asbestos problems that might support TRMPAC?" one DeLay fundraiser wrote in a memo prospecting for donors to the Texans for a Republican Majority Political Action Committee (TRMPAC).

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Other TRMPAC fundraising memos mention that Texas racetrack owners needed state permission for video gambling, that banks wanted new Texas home-lending rules and that energy firms wanted less regulation.

Federal law and congressional ethics rules prohibit government officials from connecting political donations to their official actions. DeLay was admonished last year by the House's ethics committee for creating the appearance of connecting energy industry donations with federal legislation.

DeLay spokesman Dan Allen said Monday, "These memos already have been covered in the press and the conclusions being reached are speculative and unsubstantiated. The contention being pushed is unfairly vague."

Newsday

Ah, so his spokesman is saying 1) This isn't new lawbreaking, this stuff has already been covered, so it should presumably be ignored, and 2) the contentions are "unfairly vague."

Here's the more specific version: HE BROKE THE LAW. LOTS OF TIMES.

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Thank you--De Lay needs to be made a Frito Lay, and stuffed in a bag and shipped off--SOMEPLACE ELSE, out of politics. If there ever was a need for some serious uprising about a government, America has got it bad, NOW.
I just still cannot believe these people still keep getting elected, or even still keep their jobs after they break the law.
Hell, Clinton only got a few blow jobs, he and Monica were consenting adults, and I doubt that broke the law, and he STILL got impeached by those holier-than-thou jerks.
What the hell is going on and when will it stop??! HELP!