11.   Local newspapers report that both ministers have raised money in recent years for a possible leadership bid on the condition that some donors not be disclosed.

12.   None of those donations are publicly disclosed and Triad, under investigation by Democrats on the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee, refuses to disclose its donors.

13.   She said donors would be disclosed later, after the group registers as a lobbying organization.

14.   Some questioned the credibility of the watchdog groups, noting in part that Texans for Public Justice refuses to disclose its donors.

15.   The effort is being directed through a non-profit corporation that can raise money in unlimited sums without disclosing its donors.

16.   The Democrats have called for an investigation of the group because it is not registering with the Federal Election Commission as a campaign organization or disclosing its donors.

17.   The House plans to vote on Wednesday on a measure that would weaken the requirement that secret campaign slush funds disclose their donors.

18.   The latter have declined to disclose their donors.

19.   There are no limits on the size of contributions, and the groups are not required to disclose their donors.

20.   When the House finally voted on Wednesday morning to require secret campaign slush funds to disclose their donors, the margin of victory was huge.