Unknown group phones voters trying to tie Hart, others to DeLay

Mystery calls target GOP

Sunday, October 09, 2005

By James O'Toole, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

An unknown group has targeted Republican members of Congress with telephone barrages trying to tie them to the controversy surrounding the indictment of former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay.

In Western Pennsylvania, residents of Rep. Melissa Hart's 4th Congressional District and Rep. Tim Murphy's 18th District have received the automated calls, which urge them to call their representative's office to protest their ties to Mr. DeLay and demand that they return campaign contributions they received from his political action committee.