Pulling out the big guns–I’ve added a new picture of the girls because I hear it is pulling at heartstrings. How can you resist. Let’s shoot for at least $200 more before 7 PM (let’s face it my readers will be watching the debate).
Liberal Oasis and I have issued our final fundraising pleas for the Majority Makers contest put on by the DCCC.
For the last few months, I’ve tried to cover the three race in Illinois in some detail and I hope I have been at least a central place to find information. But today is one week out and it’s now or never. Currently, the Republicans are protecting a corrupt Majority Leader in the House of Representatives:
Tom DeLay, whom Roy Blunt serves under and presumably so will Matt given DeLay’s forays into state politics, has been admonished for three different actions including
1) “raising concerns of “using governmental resources for a political undertaking” for asking the Federal Aviation Administration to track the missing Texas House Democrats in May of 2003″
2) “creating the “appearance of impropriety under House standards of conduct” for holding an energy interest fundraiser while crucial energy legislation was pending before a congressional conference committee”
3) “. Last week featured another letter of “admonition” for the Bug Man from the House ethics committee, following close behind an earlier one in response to his strong-arming the Medicare vote last November”
But deferred is the juciest bit to come:
The committee deferred action on the most serious charge ? that the Sugar Land Republican had used the Texans for a Republican Majority PAC to “‘funnel’ corporate funds to Texas state campaigns in 2002” in violation of Texas law ? pending the outcome of the ongoing TRMPAC criminal investigation in Travis County. There was news this week on that front as well, as the TRMPAC players Jim Ellis, John Colyandro, and Warren RoBold took their first perp walk in an Austin courtroom, amidst more published reports that when they were working campaign donors, the group might as well have been called “TOMPAC.” And there is also the little matter of a congressional (and potentially criminal) investigation of DeLay associates Jack Abramoff and Michael Scanlon, who apparently traded on their connections with the majority leader to scam six Indian tribes (including the El Paso Tiguas) to the tune of $66 million.
To make matters worse, DeLay is claiming he was exhonerated and threatened a Republican on the Ethics Committee.
Remember to donate to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee to ensure that Tom DeLay won’t be Majority Leader again. So far, I’ve raised $2275 from readers and friends. Donate $25 or what you can whether it be $10 or more. Contest ends at 8 PM Central Time.
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