Late at night in smoke-filled rooms, absolutely nothing happens.

Well, that settles it. Tom DeLay's office says that contributions to his campaign from a nonprofit interest group linked to Jack Abramoff had no impact on his legislative agenda. Like everyone else in Congress, "Mr. DeLay makes decisions and sets legislative priorities based on good policy and what is best for his constituents and the country. Any suggestion of outside influence is manipulative and absurd." (AP via Forbes)

Seriously, I don't know why special interest groups even bother giving millions of dollars to congressional campaigns each year. It's not like that money influences who gets into office or what they do once they're there. Sheesh. Losers.