HoustonChron: Campaign finance probe puts sights on DeLay

DeLay, R-Sugar Land, created Texans for a Republican Majority as an offshoot of his Americans for a Republican Majority. The Texas committee was designed to help the GOP win a Texas House majority and put Rep. Tom Craddick, R-Midland, in as speaker.

Texans for a Republican Majority raised more than $520,000 -- a third of all its money -- from corporations.

While a political committee can legally raise corporate money to pay for administrative expenses, it would be illegal to use corporate money for political activities.