Investing in her own future

Kay Bailey Hutchison invests in energy companies. Those companies give her large campaign contributions in return. And I imagine that some of Kay's votes in Congress could have an impact on the companies and their stock prices as well.

Hutchison, who serves as vice chair of the Senate Republican conference and may run for governor of Texas in 2006, owns stock in Houston-based Halliburton, whose extensive contracted services to the U.S. military in Iraq has led to billing disputes with the government. The company once was headed by Vice President Dick Cheney.

Nope, no conflicts there. None at all.