Americans for Honesty on Issues

Americans for Honesty on Issues

Americans for Honesty on Issues is a Houston, Texas based 527 group that, as of mid-October 2006, has spent over one million dollars on television advertisements, critical of Democratic Party candidates, in advance of the 2006 United States general election. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/11/us/politics/11donate.html?ex=1318219200&en=a0e531f5075039ac&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss "As Election Nears, Groups Plan Negative Ads"] , "New York Times", 2006-10-11] 527 groups are tax-exempt organizations that participate in political activities, typically via soft money contributions, which have no legal limit. [ [http://www.opensecrets.org/527s/527cmtes.asp 527 Committee Activity] at OpenSecrets.org] By United States federal law, they are not allowed to coordinate their efforts with political campaigns.

Backers

* Sue Walden, a Houston business owner, is the president of Americans for Honesty on Issues. Walden was a lobbyist for Enron and is considered a close ally of the former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, who was forced to resign from Congress amid ethics scandals. Walden has been a Minor League Pioneer fundraiser for George W. Bush [ [http://www.tpj.org/docs/pioneers/pioneers_view.jsp?id=756 Sue Walden entry] at Texans for Public Justice website] , raising $43,000. ["Houston Chronicle", 2003-07-19, cited by [http://www.iowademocrats.org/ht/display/ReleaseDetails/i/889682 Iowa Democratic Party website] ] and was an adviser to Kenneth L. Lay, the former chief executive of Enron.

* Bob J. Perry, a Houston construction firm owner, appears to be the sole funder of AHI. Perry was the major funder of Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, who ran a campaign against John Kerry in the 2004 election. He also is the majority funder of the Economic Freedom Fund [ [http://www.patriotproject.com/2006/10/new_frontgroup.php "New Front-Group Alert - Americans for Honesty on Issues"] , Patriot Project website, 2006-10-20] and has donated $5,000,000 to the Free Enterprise Fund [http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=2006_4211284 "Builder's $8 million tops GOP donor list"] , "Houston Chronicle", 2006-10-17, page A1] .

ee also

* Bob J. Perry
* Economic Freedom Fund
* Free Enterprise Fund

References


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