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MoveOn Moves Into Texas Fight (Dotty Lynch, Douglas Kiker, Steve Chaggaris and Clothilde Ewing, 8/25/03, CBS News)

MoveOn.org is raising money to support the 11 Democratic Texas state senators who’ve been camped out in New Mexico for almost a month to delay a vote on a GOP congressional redistricting plan.

MoveOn, which was formed to oppose the Clinton impeachment but has since morphed into an all-purpose lefty activist group, has raised more than $850,000 toward its $1 million goal in its "Defend Democracy" fundraising drive. The money will be used to help pay the mounting expense of the Democrats, who’ve been in Albuquerque since July 28 in order to deny the Texas Senate quorum in a special session called by Republican Gov. Rick Perry. [...]

MoveOn’s cash will certainly help the 11 Democrats, who have been staying a hotel for almost a month. A Texas political consultant working with MoveOn says 27,000 people have given money so far, including 2,000 Texans, the AP reports.

One would have thought it was illegal to purchase influence with elected officials, but, if not, it raises the age old question: "We've established what you are; now what's your price?" Posted by Orrin Judd at August 25, 2003 2:01 PM