Public Campaign Action Fund - Energy

So that's why he kept them a secret

Adam Smith — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 17:34:05 +0000

Yesterday, the Washington Post cleared up a little bit of the confusion of who served on Vice President Cheney's Energy Task Force back in the beginning of the administration.

The Enron E-Mails

Micah Sifry — Fri, 03 Feb 2006 10:38:00 +0000

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...

DeLay still wielding power

David Donnelly — Wed, 12 Oct 2005 08:13:00 +0000

The New York Times' Carl Hulse has a good analysis of DeLay's political capital under this headline:DeLay is King Without a Crown in the HouseLast week, on an energy bill vote, it appeared that the DeLay and the Republicans lost 212 to 210, ...

DeLay's "Waterloo"

Meghan Scott — Tue, 20 Sep 2005 09:44:00 +0000

Well, it looks like the "Gang of 500," who fancies itself so ahead of the curve, is finally catching on to what we've known for the past year. Republican House Majority Leader Tom DeLay is in serious trouble.ABC News' The Note has this to...

Westar Employees to Pay Fines for DeLay Contributions

Meghan Scott — Mon, 22 Aug 2005 11:59:00 +0000

Westar Energy, Inc., a Kansas-based utility company, and three of its employees have agreed to pay the Federal Election Commission more than $40,000 in fines to settle accusations that they used improper fundraising techniques to contribute to...

"Tom, Jack and Friends:" A "Cheat Sheet"

Meghan Scott — Thu, 11 Aug 2005 09:14:00 +0000

It can be hard keeping your Congressional scandals and the whole cast of characters straight. Luckily, TPMCafe.com has provided us with a cheat sheet. A who's who in the world of political scandal. In "Tom, Jack, and Friends," Josh Eidelson...

"Too Much Texas Influence" in Iowa

Meghan Scott — Tue, 09 Aug 2005 09:41:00 +0000

James Berge of Kensett, Iowa writes to the Globe-Gazette that his representative in Congress, Tom Latham, has chosen to vote for the good of Republican Majority Leader Tom DeLay and his state of Texas, rather than for the good of the people he...

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...

Thanks, Congress, for Failing to Lower Gas Prices...

Meghan Scott — Tue, 26 Jul 2005 09:38:00 +0000

The New York Times reports today that Senate and House negotiators have reached an agreement on broad energy legislation that is expected to be up for votes in the House Wednesday and the Senate Thursday. Unfortunately, as Americans head off o...

DeLay and Drug Companies: Best Friends Forever

Meghan Scott — Fri, 01 Jul 2005 10:54:00 +0000

"It's not hard to put a dollar figure on House Majority Leader Tom DeLay's importance to corporate America," write Bloomberg News' Michael Forsythe and Jonathan D. Salant. "For drug makers, his support is worth $13 billion; for petrochem...