Public Campaign Action Fund - Russia

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...

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 "...

NBC News exposes lobbyist paid for DeLay travel to Russia

David Donnelly — Fri, 29 Apr 2005 10:44:00 +0000

On last night's NBC's Nightly News:The cost of DeLay's room, with all the amenities, was $295 a night. On the bill, charges for DeLay and his chief of staff are mixed with Abramoff's — room charges, sports pool bar, mini bar and phone, f...

Rules are pesky things, huh?

David Donnelly — Mon, 25 Apr 2005 08:08:00 +0000

[Ed. note: I didn't notice that I was making a second post on this... since I've added some additional content from today's coverage, read down...]Jeffrey Smith of the Washington Post blows open another damning element of Tom DeLay's winin...

Dole Calls On DeLay To Come Clean

Nancy Watzman — Mon, 18 Apr 2005 09:57:00 +0000

Count former Sen. Bob Dole in the list of GOP eminent grises calling on Tom DeLay to come clean. "My advice would be the sooner you can get out and tell your story the better. Lay it all out," Dole told CNN's "Late Edition." "I think may...

Newsweek: Abramoff says DeLay knew everything and is lying

David Donnelly — Sun, 10 Apr 2005 08:41:00 +0000

Explosive.From Newsweek:"Everybody is lying," Abramoff told a former colleague. There are e-mails and records that will implicate others, he said. He was noticeably caustic about House Majority Leader Tom DeLay. For years, nobody on Washingt...

Lou Dubose answers the question "How does DeLay stay in power?"

David Donnelly — Fri, 08 Apr 2005 07:43:00 +0000

Author/journalist Lou Dubose does some of the best, most thorough reporting on Tom DeLay and DeLay Inc. This morning he has a long piece in Salon (which you can read if you have a subscription or watch a trailer to a movie to get a day pass).H...

Open Letter to Congress

David Donnelly — Wed, 06 Apr 2005 13:05:00 +0000

Today, Public Campaign Action Fund sent this letter to every Member of Congress:April 6, 2005Dear Member of Congress:Today two major newspapers report two more scandals swirling around House Majority Leader Tom DeLay. His scandals distract Con...

What the Post and Times found

David Donnelly — Tue, 05 Apr 2005 22:33:00 +0000

The “Hammer” is being hammered by breaking stories in both the Washington Post and the New York Times. The Times’ headline “Political Groups Paid Two Relatives of House Leader” puts the focus on the fact that Tom DeLay’s wife and d...

Double Trouble for DeLay

David Donnelly — Tue, 05 Apr 2005 22:09:00 +0000

Breaking news in Washington Post and New York Times:Washington Post: A Third DeLay Travel ControversyNew York Times: Political Groups Paid Two Relatives of House LeaderMore soon... ...