Public Campaign Action Fund - ARMPAC

So Long, And Thanks For All The Indictments

Katie Schlieper — Wed, 02 May 2007 14:37:29 -0500

After a decade of buying power and influence on the Hill, former Rep. Tom DeLay's ARMPAC (Americans for a Republican Majority Political Action Committe) is going out of business says Paul Kane at Capitol Briefing. The subject of intense legal scrutiny, the activities of ARMPAC, and its local offshoot TRMPAC, placed purveyor Tom DeLay in hot water from which he has yet to escape.

Truth hurts

David Donnelly — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 13:18:37 -0500

Rep. Barbara Cubin (R), the Wyoming incumbent, threatened to slap an opponent who brought up Tom DeLay's ARMPAC donations to her.

DeLay's ARMPAC Shut Down

Katie Schlieper — Thu, 20 Jul 2006 10:33:34 -0500

Tom DeLay's Americans for a Republic Majority political action committee will be fined $115,000 and ordered to shut down following a complaint filed by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) against the group.

TX State Payments Halted to Lobby Firm With Ties to DeLay/Abramoff

Nancy Watzman — Thu, 23 Mar 2006 11:37:03 -0500

The state comptroller halted payments to Cassidy & Associates, a firm hired by the state that has ties to Tom DeLay, reports the Houston Chronicle. 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’s ARMPAC within days of receiving its first payment of $15,000 from the state.

DeLay's ARMPAC under FEC investigation?

David Donnelly — Mon, 13 Mar 2006 14:02:38 -0500

Tom DeLay's ARMPAC received an inquiry from the FEC on March, 8, 2006, asking them to clarify if they charged the "usual and normal" amount for the transfer of ARMPAC's mailing list to DeLay's congressional campaign committee. The campaign was charged $3,138.87 for the mailing list.

Seems like a small amount of money for this list, huh?

The Enron E-Mails

Micah Sifry — Fri, 03 Feb 2006 05:38:00 -0500

Back in 2003, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission released some 1.5 million email messages that it collected as part of its investigation of Enron's price-gouging of California consumers. The press pounced on some of the choicer bits, bu...

Is DeLay's ARMPAC Broke?

Rick Bielke — Wed, 01 Feb 2006 06:39:00 -0500

DeLay's ARMPAC has no money. ARMPAC's year-end report shows that the PAC received $17,000 from six different PACS. The PAC spent a little less than that on disbursements which mostly consisted of the salaries of Delay's wife (Christine D...

Separating from DeLay

David Donnelly — Sat, 07 Jan 2006 19:31:00 -0500

It'll be messy: 229 Members of the 109th Congress took $2,381,328 from Tom DeLay’s ARMPAC. 65 Members of the 109th Congress took $99,50...

And a Peak Into DeLay's Lavish Lifestyle

Nancy Watzman — Tue, 20 Dec 2005 12:06:00 -0500

A major investigation by The Associated Press is a must read. It shows what Tom DeLay does with all that special interest money--over the past six years, he's spent more than $1 million on:...48 visits to golf clubs and resorts with lush fair...

Prosecuter Looking at MO Guv's Records

Nancy Watzman — Thu, 15 Dec 2005 08:25:00 -0500

Fired Up Missouri reports that Texas prosecutors are examining campaign finance records of Gov. Matt Blunt for the year 2000. Previous news reports have said that Prosecutor Ronnie Earle was looking at records for ARMPAC; Roy Blunt's leadersh...