In a major 3,000 word article today, the Washington Post is reporting leading Republican Congressman Tom Delay sought $100,000 in donations to his political action committee from Enron’s top lobbyists in May 2001 so he could help bankroll the redistricting of Texas to ensure the Republicans gain more House seats in Texas. With help from Delay, Republicans in Texas took control of the Texas House for the first time in 130 years and then redrew the state’s congressional map. The redistricting will likely force five Democrats to lose their House seats to Republicans in November. According to the Washington Post, Deley solicited hundreds of thousands of dollars from several corporations including Enron. They money would be sent to either Delay’s PAC, Texans for a Republican Majority, or straight to the Republican Party. Then the money would be sent to individual Republicans running for a seat in the Texas House legislature under the guise of non-corporate money. Delay may have broken Texan law which bars corporate financing of state legislature campaigns.