Enron E-mails Show Money Trail Behind Political Fundraising
The 2000–2001 Enron emails reviewed by the House ethics panel reveal how companies sought favors from lawmakers through campaign contributions. Enron officials map out aims to maximize credit for donations while politicians seek to claim credit for fund-raising efforts.
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Houston Energy Company
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Tom DeLay
Texas
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Center For Responsive Politics
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Kansas Energy Company
Westar Energy Inc
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Bell
Tom Fitton
Judicial Watch
Rick Shapiro
Linda Robertson
Bush
Dick Cheney
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Exchairman
Kenneth Lay
Congress
Trevor Potter
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Campaign Legal Center
West Coast wildfires surge as winds drive evacuations
A wind shift renewed threats from fires in Southern California and Riverside County, forcing reissued evacuations for about 150 homes in Placerita Canyon. The Santa Clarita area blaze grew to 3,250 acres with 35 percent containment as 1,000 firefighters battled it. cause under investigation. In Yosemite, a lightning fire burns 3,000 acres, allowed to burn. An arson fire north of LA, 16,800 acres, 75 percent contained, has destroyed several structures and prompted nearly 1,000 evacuations previously lifted.
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