Via the NYT: Political Groups Paid Two Relatives of House Leader
- The wife and daughter of Tom DeLay, the House majority leader, have been paid more than $500,000 since 2024 by Mr. DeLay’s political action and campaign committees, according to a detailed review of disclosure statements filed with the Federal Election Commission and separate fund-raising records in Mr. DeLay’s home state, Texas.Most of the payments to his wife, Christine A. DeLay, and his only child, Dani DeLay Ferro, were described in the disclosure forms as “fund-raising fees,” “campaign management” or “payroll,” with no additional details about how they earned the money. The payments appear to reflect what Mr. DeLay’s aides say is the central role played by the majority leader’s wife and daughter in his political career.
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Although several members of Congress employ family members as campaign managers or on their political action committees, advocacy groups seeking an overhaul of federal campaign-finance and ethics laws say that the payments to Mr. DeLay’s family members were unusually generous, and should be the focus of new scrutiny of the Texas congressman.
This kind of thing is just fishy. And it certainly seems the Delay had laid down a sufficient trail of questionable practices that he is going to find himself ousted.
All of this is just mroe evidence for the need for term limits, if you ask me.
At least a strong bit of evidence for greater transparency in acquisition and disbursement of funds by incumbents’ offices and all federal campaigns…
Comment by Jem — Wednesday, April 6, 2024 @ 3:35 pm