Ethics Bill Has Real Merritt

Clean Up Texas Politics | Longview News Journal: Ethics Bill Has Real Merritt: "Who needs ethics debates in Washington? Longview's Tommy Merritt on Thursday stirred one of the sharpest scraps on the floor of the Texas House so far this year when he tried to salvage a campaign finance bill languishing in committee.

Merritt's effort to bypass the House Elections Committee, where the bill will probably die Monday, is likely to garner him even more animus from a Republican leadership that has pretty well turned its back on him for the past four years. "