Bugman Charged Improving Transmission Grid Was "Pure Demagoguery"

In June 2001, in the midst of California's energy crisis, the Democrats in Congress tried to set aside $350 million in federal loans and loan guarantees to improve power transmission systems. The Bush Administration's Republican allies in the House said no. "It's pure demagoguery," complained Tom DeLay of that effort.

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