]> http://www.campaignmoney.org/blog/2006/03/23/tx-state-payments-halted-to-lobby-firm-with-ties-to-delay-abramoff Comments for "TX State Payments Halted to Lobby Firm With Ties to DeLay/Abramoff" en http://www.campaignmoney.org/blog/2006/03/23/tx-state-payments-halted-to-lobby-firm-with-ties-to-delay-abramoff <p>The state comptroller halted payments to Cassidy &amp; Associates, a firm hired by the state that has ties to Tom DeLay, reports the <a href="http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/3742358.html" target="_blank"><em>Houston Chronicle</em></a>. Comptroller Carole Keeton Strayton began an audit of the firm after the paper reported that the firm, which employs Todd Boulanger, a former partner of disgraced lobbyist Abramoff, paid $7,600 for a reception for Tom DeLay&rsquo;s ARMPAC within days of receiving its first payment of $15,000 from the state.</p> Thu, 23 Mar 2006 16:51:16 +0000