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Tom DeLay: hey, Mr. Majority Leader! How, er, ethical are you?

Publication: Texas Monthly
Publication Date: 01-JUN-05 		Format: Online
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Full Article Title: Tom DeLay: hey, Mr. Majority Leader! How, er, ethical are you?(PASS/FAIL: Sharpen your pencils for a quiz about ...)

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1. Which of the following fund-raising feats did Enron pull off on behalf of U.S. congressman Tom DeLay, who sponsored two energy deregulation bills and a bill that would have provided a retroactive tax break of $254 million to the failing company?

(A) raising an estimated $300,000 for one of his political action committees

(B) donating $32,700 to his campaigns during his years in Congress

(C) granting a $750,000 consulting contract to two of his top aides

(D) all of the above

2. House ethics rules bar members from taking overseas trips paid for by lobbyists or registered foreign agents. Which of the following trips did DeLay take?

(A) to Russia, in 1997, paid for by a Bahamian company connected to Russian oil interests

(B) to Britain, in 2000, paid for, in part, by a lobbyist for an Indian tribe and a gambling services company

(C) to South Korea, in 2001, paid for by a registered foreign agent

(D) all of the above

3. The House...

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