Public Campaign Action Fund - rule

Radio Report

Micah Sifry — Tue, 10 Jan 2006 17:19:00 +0000

"To the Point" with Warren Olney was tons of fun. I went on right after Rep. Dreier. He had just sweet-talked his way through ten minutes of how he was taking his task very seriously, getting input from all sorts of people, including John Mc...

Simmons = Kerry

David Donnelly — Tue, 12 Apr 2005 13:01:00 +0000

Rep. Rob Simmons (R-CT), from The Hill:“I voted against Tom DeLay on changes to the House rules,” Simmons said in a release put out by his office, referring to the proposed rule changes that would have protected DeLay in the event that h...

San Antonio Express News: Throw out Politician Protection Act

David Donnelly — Sat, 26 Feb 2005 07:59:00 +0000

An editorial in the San Antonio Express News urges the Texas Legislature to throw out HB 913, the bill designed to protection Tom DeLay, Tom Craddick and their corporate friends from prosecution. The editorial board rightly connects this bill ...

Ethics Committee Shake Up

David Donnelly — Thu, 03 Feb 2005 09:21:00 +0000

Josh Marshall, as usual, has the details.In short, Speaker Hastert revamped the Ethics Committee yesterday and tossed three members, including Rep. Joel Hefley (R-CO) as chair (as expected), Rep. Kenny Hulshof (R-MO), and Rep. Steve LaTourette...

A fourth reason

David Donnelly — Wed, 05 Jan 2005 12:01:00 +0000

Below Rick posted my oped from the Houston Chronicle in which I listed three reasons why DeLay retracted the DeLay Rule.Let's not be Pollyannas. The Chron, on the editorial page, gave a fourth reason:One would like to think DeLay urged the ru...

What the House did yesterday and today

David Donnelly — Tue, 04 Jan 2005 22:58:00 +0000

I have gotten a lot of email about how far Republicans in the House went in backtracking, so I wanted to clarify what they did and what they didn't do.Most of the attention last night and today centered on Tom DeLay's stunning defeat when he...

You Won, DeLay Blinked: Post your comments!

Rick Bielke — Tue, 04 Jan 2005 11:16:00 +0000

Post your comments here to discuss the victory over Tom DeLay and the repeal of the DeLay Rule!Click here to sign up for updates and information on the Tom DeLay scandal. ...

Morning round-up on DeLay Rule reversal

David Donnelly — Tue, 04 Jan 2005 09:01:00 +0000

Lots of newspapers front-page the DeLay Rule Reversal, including the New York Times, Washington Post, and DeLay's hometown Houston Chronicle. Here are key excerpts from those papers and more:NY Times:Mr. DeLay's action came as a surprise. Ai...

Statement on DeLay Rule Reversal

David Donnelly — Mon, 03 Jan 2005 21:39:00 +0000

Public Campaign Action Fund released the following statement tonight on the GOP Congressional majority's actions in reversing the DeLay Rule and abandoning their proposal to weaken ethics guidelines:House Speaker Dennis Hastert and House Majo...

Citizens win.

David Donnelly — Mon, 03 Jan 2005 20:52:00 +0000

GOP reverses course on both the weakening of rules changes and the DeLay Rule, according to Associated Press.Statement soon. ...