HoustonDeLay Judge Throws Out Earle Subpoenas Submitted by Nancy Watzman on Tue, 03/14/2006 - 3:02pm.
A state appeals court yesterday threw out more than 30 subpoenas issued by Travis County District Attorney Ronnie Earle in the criminal case against Tom DeLay. While Voters Vote...DeLay Parties With Lobbyists in D.C. Submitted by Nancy Watzman on Tue, 03/07/2006 - 8:21am.
Tom DeLay won't be in Houston for today's primary. Instead he's partying in D.C. at a fundraiser hosted by lobbyists Bill Paxon and Susan Molinari, both former lawmakers from New York. See the CNN report here.Could there be better proof tha...
Feds Subpoena U.S. Family Network Submitted by Nancy Watzman on Tue, 02/14/2006 - 8:04am.
Remember the U.S. Family Network? This is the operation run by by Ed Buckham, formally Tom DeLay's chief of staff, that reporteldy received most of its funding in the late 1990s from clients of Abramoff.Now federal investigators have issued a...
Adweek Covers Tom DeLay Ad Submitted by Nancy Watzman on Tue, 01/24/2006 - 7:48am.
Adweek covers Houston TV stations' turnabout in deciding to air the DeLay ad. ...
No longer banned in Houston Submitted by David Donnelly on Sun, 01/22/2006 - 6:13pm.
After close to 50,000 emails from our members and members of Campaign for America's Future to four Houston TV stations, our ad is running in DeLay's congressional district. our ad is running in DeLay's congressional district. Read about it here and here. Texas Hires DeLay-Linked Lobbyists Submitted by Nancy Watzman on Tue, 01/17/2006 - 5:56am.
The State of Texas has a $330,000 contract with Todd Boulanger, who used to work closely with disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff, and who has close ties to Rep. Tom DeLay, reports the Houston Chronicle. Boulanger now works for the lobbying firm ...
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Another One Gone posted by Katie Schlieper on 05-16-2008 Sen. John McCain's lobbyist-heavy staff took another loss today in the wake of news about the less than savory folks those lobbyists used to work for. Eric Burgeson, an energy lobbyist, was fired in accordance with the campaign's new conflict of interest policy. He worked for a firm that also handled lobbying for Serbia and Qatar according to Ben Smith at Politico. Published in: John McCain | lobbyists To Really Put Voters First posted by Katie Schlieper on 05-15-2008 Public Campaign Action Fund's Executive Director Nick Nyhart reflects on the study of small donors by the Campaign Finance Institute in this piece for the Huffington Post. As the hype about small donation in the presidential race fails to cut in to big donors influence in congressional races, the best hope to put the balance of power in the hands of small donors remains full public financing of elections, which is what we're asking candidates for Congress to show their support for via the Voters First Pledge. Published in: campaign contributions | small donors | Voters First Pledge More Miller? posted by Katie Schlieper on 05-15-2008 Well this isn't the best news for the campaign to win Clean Elections in Maryland. Senate President Mike Miller (D), a staunch opponent of Clean Elections who has obstructed passage of the legislation in the last two legislative sessions, is considering running for office again despite having said previously that this term would be his last. Miller has been in the state Senate since 1975. Appropriately enough, Miller may announce his run at a fundraising event. Published in: Clean Elections | Maryland |
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