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Leadership Selfinflicted Favours

Representatives Tom DeLay (R- Texas), Billy Tauzin (R-La.) and Joe Barton (R- Texas) are implicated in a bribery scandal involving a corrupt Kansas electric utility, Westar Energy. The basic facts are not in dispute and, sadly, the story reads like routine Washington: wealthy special interests (Westar and its executives) contribute lots of money to key politicians (DeLay, Tauzin and Barton) in exchange for special legislative favors.
· Utilising Power [TomPaine ]