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Half the House of Representatives. Three-quarters of the Senate. The head of the Justice Department. And of course the president and vice-president. Kenneth Lay and Enron have sent a total of $5.7 million from Houston to Washington since 1989, $4.1 million of it to the business-friendly Republicans - and $623,000, over the course of his political career, to George W. Bush alone. (And that's only at the national level - Texas attorney general John Cornyn has had to join the mass recusals because he'd received $158,000 for his own campaigns...
...Here's what Kenneth Lay appears to have gotten for his money (and friendship) with this White House. A seat at the table for Dick Cheney's energy-policy formulations - OK, six seats - and the grace of the Enron-friendly energy policy that resulted. Possibly veto power over the head of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission - former chief Curtis Hebert Jr. says Bush replaced him not long after Hebert declined Lay's demand for a friendlier stance toward energy deregulation. And a very big black book...
...that's about it. Kenneth Lay, when he was king of the futuristic energy-trading field his company pioneered, got for his investment what super-rich business leaders have been getting from politicians since the Rockefellers and the Carnegies - the ear of powerful pols...
...just as soon as the momentum had swung to Princeton, the Crimson stole it back on the next two possessions. A lay-up by Gellert followed by a monstrous, breakaway dunk by junior guard Brady Merchant pulled Harvard within...
Despite the huge momentum play, Princeton again remained composed. Sophomore guard Ed Persia converted a lay-up and senior forward Mike Bechtold drained a three-pointer to push the Princeton advantage to 50-45 with two minutes left...