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The Washington Post has a long story over investigations into House Majority Leader Tom DeLay's fundraising for Texas state legislature candidates.
Republicans won their first majority there since the nineteenth century, apparently with over $2 million in corporate money (including substantial donations from Ken Lay and Enron). Capturing the state legislature allowed them to gerrymander the House districts in an effort to push out several Democratic incumbents in this fall's election. Apparently funneling corporate money to state legislature candidates is illegal in Texas, and DeLay's under investigation. The article has more context; no word on the timetable of any charges or conclusions, but the investigation's gone on for twenty months.
Republicans won their first majority there since the nineteenth century, apparently with over $2 million in corporate money (including substantial donations from Ken Lay and Enron). Capturing the state legislature allowed them to gerrymander the House districts in an effort to push out several Democratic incumbents in this fall's election. Apparently funneling corporate money to state legislature candidates is illegal in Texas, and DeLay's under investigation. The article has more context; no word on the timetable of any charges or conclusions, but the investigation's gone on for twenty months.
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