Lots of DeLay-related news today. This whole ugly mess is entangling more and more major players.
NY Times has a piece on all the major funders to his private foundation:
A children's charity established by Tom DeLay, the House majority leader, has been underwritten by several of the nation's largest companies and their executives, including companies that routinely lobby lawmakers on issues before Congress, according to a review of charity records released by the companies and other documents.According to the Times, the list of donors is a who's who of major corporations and billionaires:
AT&T, the Corrections Corporation of America, Exxon Mobil, Limited Brands and the Southern Company, as well as Bill and Melinda Gates, the Microsoft founder and his wife, and Michael Dell of Dell computers.The growing DeLay/Abramoff scandal is now further entangling some of the other big GOP players, including Grover Norquist and Ralph Reed, who've been subpeonaed by the Senate Indian Affairs Committee, chaired by John McCain. Raw Story has the details. Apparently, Grover's group, Americans for Tax Reform, won't turn over documents to the Hill. Ralph, the little cherub, is running for Lieutenant Governor in Georgia.
Oh, what a tangled web we weave.....
