
Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 11:23:00 -0700 (PDT)
From: cynthia.sandherr@enron.com
To: richard.shapiro@enron.com
Subject: RE: Draft Letter to Congress on Wynn Reliability Legislation
Cc: joe.hartsoe@enron.com, dwatkiss@bracepatt.com
Bcc: joe.hartsoe@enron.com, dwatkiss@bracepatt.com

Congressman DeLay is with us.....but with the demise of Speaker Gingrich, the
role of Committee Chairman has been reinstated.  Thus, this to-be Chairman is
going straight to the Speaker which poses both a political and House Rules
conundrum.  Of course, we are also going to the Speaker, the Majority Leader,
etc.  But it becomes the "pet rock" game where one Member respects another
Member's "pet rock" so that Member respects his "pet rock."  The one
outstanding pressure point we retain is lame-duck Chairman Bliley who is on
our side yet his relationship with the Leadership is poor while Congressman
Tauzin's remains stellar.  You might recall that Congressman Tauzin switched
parties with the price tag being many bennies and "secret deals" from
Leadership.  As of today, Congressman Barton is also on our side (but with
the death of his brother, his mother's open heart surgery, his wife's breast
cancer scare, etc.) we have not gotten him to refocus on approaching
Congressman Tauzin yet.  I will do this at the appropriate time.  I have kept
Ed Buckham apprised of our strategies.




