© 2025 KASU
Your Connection to Music, News, Arts and Views for Over 65 Years
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations
Federal funding for KASU is at risk. Learn what’s happening and how you can help » kasu.org/protect

Advocacy Group Links Abramoff, DeLay

R. Jeffrey Smith of The Washington Post discusses his article, "The DeLay-Abramoff Money Trail." The article tells of an advocacy group, the U.S. Family Network, that was founded by and run at first by Tom DeLay's former chief of staff, Edwin Buckham.

The group was funded almost entirely by companies linked to lobbyist Jack Abramoff and spent spent money in ways that benefited DeLay and his aides. Despite its name, the U.S. Family Network was for the most part not involved in family or social issues.

Copyright 2022 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.