Today we get to put Tom DeLay, pork and circumventing the democratic process in one sentence.
I was reading Think Progress when I came across this letter from Representative Henry Waxman of California addressed to Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert.
Apparently after the House's Energy Bill left committee a 30 page provision was added to the bill which includes $1.5 billion dollars in money for oil and natural gas research in Sugarland, Texas. Guess whose district that is in? 75% of the fund is to be administered by a private consortium. Normally, that much money is administered by the government. Essentially, Tom DeLay is having $1.125 billion go into a black hole fund that will be administered by oil men in his district.
Rep. Waxman is urging Mr. Hastert to have the provision deleted before the bill goes to the full House for a vote.
You have to give to Tom DeLay he is definitely trying to take care of his district.
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