Indicted former U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay’s ties to former congressmen Van Hilleary and Ed Bryant run deeper than most Tennesseans realized. According to the Chattanooga Times Free Press, Washington lobbyist Susan Hirschmann — one of Hilleary’s top political advisor [...]
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Hilleary, DeLay Connection Revealed
Wednesday, November 16th, 2005Hilleary Leads the 'PAC' When it Comes to DeLay
Monday, October 10th, 2005Republican Senate candidate Van Hilleary appears to be Tennessee’s chief beneficiary of political action committees controlled by indicted former U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay. Hilleary, a former congressman and gubernatorial candidate has received more than $17,000 from DeLay since 1994. Former Congressman Ed Bryant, who’s opposi [...]
Tennessee Republicans Took Delay PAC Funds
Friday, October 7th, 2005From the Chattanooga Times Free Press: Several Tennessee and Georgia politicians accepted campaign donations from indicted former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay’s national political action committee, whose executive director is under Texas state indictments for an alleged scheme involving another DeLay PAC. Records show S [...]
Delay's Woes Get Worse
Thursday, October 6th, 2005The American Progress Action Fund's Daily Report is a good source of news and information on Washington. The lead item in today's email dispatch: Shortly after Rep. Tom DeLay (R-TX) was criminally indicted and forced to step down from his post as House Majority Leader, New York Times columnist David Brooks [...]
Will Tennessee GOP Denounce Delay?
Wednesday, September 28th, 2005U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay of Texas has been indicted for conspiracy in a campaign finance scheme, forcing him to temporarily step down from his leadership post. DeLay, one of the GOP's leading national figures, dismissed the charges as baseless and politically motivated. DeLay's indictment reverberated in federal [...]
