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A Naked Emperor Disrobed: Or, How Enron Did Texas
Blakeslee, Nate | March 4, 2002 issue

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In the spring of 1991 Texas state representative Kevin Bailey killed an Enron Corp. bill. In 1992 he found himself in a primary fight against an Enron-recruited candidate, who promptly used Enron cash to hire away Bailey's own campaign manager. In subsequent years, Enron grew steadily more powerful in Texas. The company rose in tandem with the state Republican Party. In 1999 Enron pushed its holy grail, deregulation of retail electricity, through the Texas legislature. Enron is also the largest corporate contributor to the current membership of the Texas Supreme Court, whose justices are elected in expensive partisan races and where some portion of the coming Enron litigation may very well wind up.

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BILLS, Legislative; POLITICAL parties; BAILEY, Kevin; LEGISLATION; ENRON Corp.; TEXAS; UNITED States
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