DeLay fundraiser hopes to PAC house

[Robbien]

WASHINGTON – Setting aside his troubles for a few hours, Majority Leader Tom DeLay plans a high-dollar "wine and cigar" fundraiser Wednesday night for his political action committee.

The reception at an office a few blocks from the Capitol is Americans for a Republican Majority's first event since a dinner about two months ago. Ticket prices run from $1,000 per person to $5,000 for a sponsor.

It was unclear who is on the invitation list or how much money Mr. DeLay hopes to raise. A spokesman in his congressional office declined to comment, referring calls to ARMPAC. The committee's director, Jim Ellis, did not respond to requests to discuss the event.

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ARMPAC raised about $94,000 in April, the last month for which figures were available, and $390,000 in the first four months of the year. Last year, the committee took in nearly $1.6 million. Since 1994, the committee has raised $13.3 million.

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/politics/national/stories/060805dnnatarmpac.1264b45c2.html

[Catherine Vincent]

1. Meanwhile ....DeLay hires second lawyer for possible ethics inquiry

http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/politics/3213861

:evilgrin:

[dArKeR]

2. We know how the Crime Family works!

In the past three months, seven American soldiers have been arrested in two separate incidents involving arms smuggling and drug trafficking. At the start of May, Army Warrant Officer Allan Tanquary and Sgt. Jesus Hernandez were arrested near the Tolemaida military base with nearly 40,000 rounds of ammunition that were allegedly intended for right-wing paramilitaries. At the end of March, five US soldiers were detained for allegedly smuggling 35 tons of cocaine from the Apiay base to El Paso, Texas. Two have been released, while the others are in the US awaiting trial in military courts.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20050607/wl_csm/oimmune_1

[dArKeR]

3. NRAers, fools, Nazis, Fundimentalist Christians, and the Beast

[kevinmc]

4. French Wine and Cuban Cigars ......

I'll bet.

[LightningFlash]

5. You mean his cult of thugs....

All he's doing is celebrating with his frat party of criminals. :mad:

http://houseofscandal.org/ The truth shall set the world free...

[AuntiBush]

6. Is this how they're collecting for his DEFENSE FUNDS?

[LightningFlash]

7. Yet again the elaphant's in the house.