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Donation bought access to DeLay

Aide says TRMPAC donation didn't sway majority leader on bill

SOURCE: WAYNE SLATER // The Dallas Morning News

7 Jul 2005 // A company indicted in a Texas campaign fundraising case says it was told that by giving a Tom DeLay political committee $25,000, company officials would get access to the U.S. House majority leader to influence legislation.

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