Americans for Honesty on Issues
Americans for Honesty on Issues is a Houston, Texas based 527 group that {{As of|2006|alt=by mid-October 2006}} had spent over one million dollars on television advertisements, critical of Democratic Party candidates, in advance of the 2006 United States general election.[https://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/11/us/politics/11donate.html "As Election Nears, Groups Plan Negative Ads"], The 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] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080723104505/http://www.opensecrets.org./527s/527cmtes.asp |date=2008-07-23 }} 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] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051115122917/http://www.tpj.org/docs/pioneers/pioneers_view.jsp?id=756 |date=November 15, 2005 }} 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] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061018191959/http://www.iowademocrats.org/ht/display/ReleaseDetails/i/889682 |date=October 18, 2006 }} 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
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