Rodriguez vs. Bonilla

There is a runoff next week in Texas. Democrat Ciro Rodriguez is opposing Republican Rep. and Bush lapdog, Henry Bonilla. Bonilla has voted against the troops and American workers.

Republican Rep. Henry Bonilla (TX-23) has received over $475,992 from oil and gas industries, according to the GOP Auction House. Here are even more facts from the site:

• Rep. Bonilla voted against cracking down on the oil and gas industries price gouging.
• Rep. Bonilla voted for the GOP energy bill that gave billions to oil, gas and nuclear industries.
• Rep. Bonilla voted to strip overtime protection from millions of workers.
• Rep. Bonilla voted to allow federal loans to American companies that have escaped paying U.S. taxes by moving offshore.
• Bonilla has taken:
• $22,942 from Tom DeLay's ARMPAC.

With all of these ties to the DeLay mess, is it any surprise that Bonilla has:

• Voted to weaken House ethics rules when DeLay proposed doing so as GOP Majority Leader.
• Voted to allow the GOP House Leader to continue to serve after an indictment, an apparent tactic to protect DeLay.
• Voted with Tom DeLay 93% of the time (through 3/31/2006)
• Rep. Bonilla opposed expanding access to the military's TRICARE health insurance program to thousands of Reservist and National Guard members, even though 20 percent of all Reservists do not have health insurance, and 40 percent of Reservists aged 19 to 35 lack health coverage.
• Rep. Bonilla voted against granting a bonus to grant a $1,500 bonus to every American service member serving in Iraq and Afghanistan, including National Guard and Reserve forces.