Lawmaker's fund raising at Reliant Energy probed

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http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/metropolitan/2415366

A prominent Houston lawmaker's campaign fund-raising sweep at Reliant Energy has become part of a growing Travis County grand jury probe into possible criminal misuse of corporate funds to finance a Republican takeover of the Texas House.

Rep. Beverly Woolley, R-Houston, swept through Houston corporate offices on Sept. 9, 2002, raising money for targeted House races as well as for Texans for a Republican Majority, according to an itinerary of her travel obtained by the Houston Chronicle.

Notes on her itinerary indicate she spoke to some donors about what types of legislation they would like.

Assistant Travis County District Attorney Greg Cox declined to discuss any specific TRM fund raising, including Woolley's.

"We're looking into the whole deal, the raising of the money, the spending of the money, to determine whether or not TRMPAC's use of corporate money was legal," Cox said.