Public Campaign Action Fund - sugarland

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...

How confident (and tone deaf) is DeLay?

David Donnelly — Fri, 03 Mar 2006 12:55:00 +0000

From the Wall Street Journal (no link):Former Majority Leader DeLay, girding for November defense of his House seat, plans fund-raiser Tuesday hosted by lobbyists Bill Paxon and Susan Molinari. Next Tuesday is the primary election in Texas. Ni...

Mr. DeLay Goes To Austin

Rick Bielke — Mon, 06 Feb 2006 16:46:00 +0000

DeLay is heading to Austin in search of campaign cash (how ironic): From KXAN.com news brief:"Congressman Tom DeLay of Sugarland returns to Austin, not for another court appearance, but for two fundraisers. The former U.S. House Majority...

Sugar Land Express in reverse

David Donnelly — Tue, 06 Dec 2005 08:58:00 +0000

TPMCafe gets Paul Begala to write a reflection of his youth in Tom DeLay's district:I grew up in Tom DeLay's district. If you want to get a feel for what it was like back then, rent "The Sugar Land Express." It's a prison break movie, mad...

Ain't Nothin' But A Hound Dog

Meghan Scott — Fri, 26 Aug 2005 09:45:00 +0000

Oh, where to begin? The Houston Chronicle has this gem today. It accompanies Samantha Levine's story that leads with the staff of embattled Republican Majority Leader Tom DeLay calling the Sugar Land Parks & Recreation Department to say h...

How much is $1.5 billion?

David Donnelly — Fri, 29 Jul 2005 08:49:00 +0000

DeLay slipped in a provision into the energy bill that could direct $1.5 billion to an energy consortium in his district, including big oil companies like Halliburton. We're urging people to contact their Senators to do whatever it takes to g...

DeLay trying to give $1.5 billion to consortium that includes Halliburton

David Donnelly — Thu, 28 Jul 2005 08:40:00 +0000

UPDATE, 1:41 p.m.: Bill passed the House a little while ago. I've changed the target on the campaign to the Senate. They'll vote tomorrow. Let's raise a stink.We gotta stop this one.Based on a letter sent to House Speaker Dennis Hastert fro...

Don't Drink the Water

Meghan Scott — Mon, 16 May 2005 10:03:00 +0000

In today's Boston Globe, Susan Milligan writes up Tom DeLay's leading role on legislation that would relieve the MTBE ( methyl tertiary butyl ether) industry of almost all liability in the clean-up of contaminated water supplies in New Engl...

DeLay reacts to TRMPAC trial

David Donnelly — Wed, 02 Mar 2005 07:54:00 +0000

Tom DeLay, from just past the outer fringes of reality:DeLay, R-Sugar Land, called the lawsuit "frivolous" during a Washington news conference."I'm not watching it (the trial) at all," DeLay said."That's a group of losers that are tryin...

DeLay says separation of church and state not in U.S. Constitution

David Donnelly — Tue, 01 Mar 2005 19:39:00 +0000

Associated Press has the direct quote:"I hope the Supreme Court will finally read the Constitution and see there's no such thing, or no mention, of separation of church and state in the Constitution," said DeLay, a Republican from Sugar Lan...