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Politics : Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Bearcatbob who wrote (15650)	4/17/2004 6:59:19 PM
From: American Spirit	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81568

Tom Delay Guilty Of Bribery Utility's Papers Point to GOP Donations Key Republicans, including House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, solicited campaign donations from a financially strapped utility that was seeking their help in winning an exemption from a federal law, according to internal company records. The lawmakers denied on Thursday there was any connection between the donations and the exemption. Federal law forbids the seeking or granting of government business in exchange for donations. The documents state that executives of Westar Energy wanted to use the tens of thousands of dollars in donations they made to Republicans to get "a seat at the table" of a House-Senate conference committee on the Bush administration's energy plan. The exemption, from a law intended to protect shareholders and ratepayers, was inserted into that plan, then pulled after the utility came under grand jury investigation. The documents show at least one Westar executive questioned why he was contributing to GOP candidates he did not know. June 05, 2003 08:38 PM est