Public Campaign Action Fund - Houston

DeLay Judge Throws Out Earle Subpoenas

Nancy Watzman — Tue, 14 Mar 2006 20:02:26 +0000

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.

Nancy Watzman — Tue, 07 Mar 2006 13:21:00 +0000

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

Nancy Watzman — Tue, 14 Feb 2006 13:04:00 +0000

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

Nancy Watzman — Tue, 24 Jan 2006 12:48:00 +0000

Adweek covers Houston TV stations' turnabout in deciding to air the DeLay ad. ...

No longer banned in Houston

David Donnelly — Sun, 22 Jan 2006 23:13:00 +0000

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.
The ad contains all the same information from the previous ad that TV stations rejected under pressure from Tom DeLay and his DC lawyers.

Texas Hires DeLay-Linked Lobbyists

Nancy Watzman — Tue, 17 Jan 2006 10:56:00 +0000

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 ...

Demand stations run our ad

David Donnelly — Fri, 13 Jan 2006 17:56:00 +0000

FactCheck.org just released its analysis of our ad that is sitting gathering dust at Houston TV stations as station managers remain cowed by Tom DeLay's bullying.Guess what? It's factual:DeLay's primary complaint is that the ad refers to "...

Tell Us What The Houston TV Stations Said

Rick Bielke — Fri, 13 Jan 2006 15:42:00 +0000

Use this open thread to tell us what the Houston TV stations told you about our ad!For more information go to http://ga3.org/campaign/houstonstations. ...

Lots of News on our Ads

Nancy Watzman — Thu, 12 Jan 2006 12:42:00 +0000

Today the Houston Chronicle runs a story saying that our DeLay ad is running on cable and on the Internet but that broadcast stations have caved into pressure. One key quote from the story:Dallas attorney Joe Chumlea, who has handled several l...

David Donnelly On Houston Talk Radio Show At 3:15 PM EST

Rick Bielke — Wed, 11 Jan 2006 15:16:00 +0000

Public Campaign Action Fund's David Donnelly will be on the Deborah Duncan show on KTRH in Houston, Texas at 3:15 EST (2:15 CST) to 3:22 EST (2:22 CST). If you live in Houston please call in and ask David questions on the ads and the DeLay/Ab...