CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM

Kenny's Kids
http://www.kennyskids.org/

How they voted on the Shays-Meehan Campaign Finance Reform Act:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/onpolitics/articles/rollcallhr2356_021402.html

Key Provisions of Shays-Meehan
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/onpolitics/transcripts/shaysmeehan2002_glance.htm

Common Cause's Enron Information Center
http://www.commoncause.org/publications/enron/enronhome.htm

The Center for Responsive Politics
(Enron and Arthur Andersen-related political contributions)
http://www.opensecrets.org.

Texas Democrats call on Texas Republicans to return Enron donations
http://www.enronownsthegop.com.

ACCOUNTING

2002 Critical Perspectives on Accounting Conference
http://aux.zicklin.baruch.cuny.edu/critical/

Corporate Sunshine Working Group
http://www.foe.org/international/cswg/

Suggested Accounting Reforms
By Dr. Ralph Estes (1/21/02), Director of the Stakeholder Alliance http://www.stakeholderalliance.org/,
http://www.citizenworks.org

American Institute of CPAs
http://www.aicpa.org/

Arthur Andersen
http://www.andersen.com

Connecticut Attorney General subpoenas
Andersen documents related to Enron (2/5/02)
http://www.cslib.org/attygenl/mainlinks/linkindex14.htm

Calls on State Board to investigate Andersen
http://www.cslib.org/attygenl/mainlinks/tabindex4.htm

Roman Weil: The Fundamental Causes of the Accounting Debacle at Enron
http://www.thecorporatelibrary.com/special/weil.pdf

CONGRESSIONAL INVESTIGATIONS

Senate Committee on Government Affairs
http://www.senate.gov/~gov_affairs

Senate Banking Committee
Oversight Hearing on "Accounting and Investor Protection Issues
Raised by Enron and Other Public Companies."
http://banking.senate.gov/02_02hrg/021202/index.htm

Senate Commerce Committee hearings on pension-related issues
http://commerce.senate.gov/

Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee
(Hearings on the impact of Enron’s collapse on energy markets; and hearings
on S.1766 – Amendments to the Public Utility Holding Company Act)
http://energy.senate.gov

Senate Finance Committee
(to hold hearings on whether Enron used tax shelters to mask its true financial
condition; pension plan issues)
http://finance.senate.gov/

House Energy and Commerce Committee
Hearings on Enron Collapse
http://energycommerce.house.gov/107/hearings/01242002Hearing474/hearing.htm#Released

House Oversight Subcommittee:
http://energycommerce.house.gov/107/subcommittees/Oversight_and_Investigations.htm

House Committee on Education and Workforce
Hearings on Enron Retirement Plan
http://edworkforce.house.gov/

House Committee on Financial Services
(Capital Markets Subcommittee Hearings on Enron Collapse and related issues)
http://www.house.gov/financialservices/testoc2.htm

House Government Reform Committee (minority party inquiry)
Investigation into Enron’s political influence (no hearings)
http://www.house.gov/reform/min/

ENERGY DEREGULATION

Enron's Role in California Energy Crisis
(San Francisco Chronicle, 2/3/02)
http://www.powertothepeople.org/newswire/enrondereg.shtml

Post: Focus on Enron Delays Electricity Reform
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55148-2002Feb10.html

Ex-Enron Employee: Enron Manipulated California Energy Market
http://www.truthout.com/02.22C.Enron.Manipulated.htm

Public Citizen:
"Blind Faith: How Deregulation and Enron’s Influence over Government
Looted Billions from Americans"
http://www.citizen.org/publications/release.cfm?ID=7138

The Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights (FTCR) "Bailout Watch"
(focuses on the California energy crisis of last year). Also follows
Enron's and Ken Lay's influence on Cheney's Energy Task Force.
http://www.consumerwatchdog.org

Derivatives Study Center
http://www.financialpolicy.org

CHENEY AND ENRON

Judicial Watch Lawsuit (filed before the GAO’s suit, and broader in scope) to Obtain
Cheney’s Energy Policy Documents
http://www.judicialwatch.org/1350.shtml

Sierra Club Sues Cheney for Energy Task Force (1/25/02)
http://www.sierraclub.org/newsroom

Rep. Henry Waxman, D-California, pointed out in a letter to Vice President
Cheney "at least 17 policies in the White House energy plan that were
advocated by Enron or that benefited Enron" (site includes correspondence with
the Vice President and timeline of Energy Task Force)
http://www.house.gov/waxman/

House Government Reform Committee (minority party inquiry)
Investigation into Enron’s political influence (no hearings)
http://www.house.gov/reform/min/

PENSION RIGHTS

The Pension Rights Center’s Enron Tragedy web page
http://www.pensionrights.org/page3.html

House Committee on Education and Workforce
Hearings on Enron Retirement Plan
http://edworkforce.house.gov/

Senate Commerce Committee hearings on pension-related issues
http://commerce.senate.gov/

Fear, Greed dominate Pensions Debate
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42427-2002Feb7.html

LA Times on Pension fallout
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-022002pension.story

ENRON AND TAXES

Citizens for Tax Justice says Enron paid no corporate income taxes in
four of the last five years, though it earned nearly $1.8 billion.
http://www.ctj.org/html/enron.htm

Senate Finance Committee
(to hold hearings on whether Enron used tax shelters to mask its true financial
condition; pension plan issues)
http://finance.senate.gov/

ENRON INTERNATIONAL

Polaris Institute's Guide to the Enron Collapse
(explains Enron's relevance to and role in pushing the WTO GATS
agreement)
http://www.polarisinstitute.org/

Enron's High-Risk Overseas Projects Funded by U.S. Taxpayers
(via Ex-Im Bank and OPIC)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18707-2002Feb15.html

Prayas Energy Group's "Lessons of the Enron Disaster" (Dabhol, India)
http://www.prayaspune.org/energy/24_INFRA_Rep_01.pdf

Amnesty International report on India (7/17/97)
http://web.amnesty.org/ai.nsf/Index/ASA200311997?OpenDocument&of=COUNTRIES\INDIA

Human Rights Watch: Enron Complicit in Human Rights Violations in India:
http://www.humanrightswatch.org/press/2002/01/enron_012302.htm

Sustainable Energy and Economy Network’s project database (search for "Enron" and
Find 22 projects funded by the World Bank, OPIC and others)
http://www.seen.org

"Enron: A corporate contribution to global inequality" (June, 2001)
by Kate Bayliss and David Hall, Public Services International Research Unit
(Good overall assessment of the company's operations.)
http://www.psiru.org

GENERAL LINKS ABOUT ENRON

Derivatives Study Center
http://www.financialpolicy.org

C-SPAN Enron Page
http://www.c-span.org/enron/index.asp

Texas Observer (use archives search to get old stories)
http://www.texasobserver.org

New York Times: "Understanding Enron: A Primer"
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/14/business/_ENRON-PRIMER.html

CNN Enron Page
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2002/enron/

Washington Post Enron Page
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/business/specials/energy/enron/

USA Today Enron Page
http://www.usatoday.com/money/energy/enron-index.htm

The Houston Chronicle links and articles on Enron
http://www.houstonchronicle.com/enron

LA Times Enron Page
http://www.latimes.com/enron

The Guardian (London) Special Enron Report
(Includes Reports on Enron's Involvement in the UK)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/enron/0,11337,609866,00.html

The Daily Enron
http://www.thedailyenron.com/

AFL-CIO
http://www.afl-cio.org

Polaris Institute's Guide to the Enron Collapse
http://www.polarisinstitute.org/

Texans for Public Justice
http://www.tpj.org/

Public Citizen’s Enron Information Center
http://www.citizen.org/cmep/energy_enviro_nuclear/electricity/Enron/

Citizen Works Agenda for Reform (press conference)
http://www.citizenworks.org/

The Nation’s Enron – Bush web page
http://www.thenation.com/special/2002enron.mhtml

Former Enron employees website
http://www.laydoff.com
(T-Shirts spoofing the disaster can be purchased at this site and at
another website http://www.thecrookede.com, also set up by a former Enron employee)

Enron employees' lawsuit against Enron and Arthur Anderson seeking to
recover retirement savings:
http://www.enronsuit.com

Truthout
http://www.truthout.com

BushWatch's Enrongate page
http://www.bushwatch.org/enron.htm

The Progressive Review’s Enron Archives
http://prorev.com/enron.htm

Corporate Sunshine Working Group
http://www.foe.org/international/cswg/

KEY DOCUMENTS

Henry Waxman's 2-11 Letter to Dan Burton
http://www.house.gov/reform/min/pdfs/pdf_inves/pdf_admin_enron_feb_11_burton_let.pdf

Waxman: How Lax Regulation and Inadequate Oversight Contributed
http://www.house.gov/reform/min/pdfs/pdf_inves/pdf_admin_enron_lax_fact_sheet.pdf

Sherron Watkins' letter to Ken Lay warning him of troubles in the company
http://energycommerce.house.gov/107/hearings/01242002Hearing474/docs/doc2.pdf

Enron's own Board investigation (Report of the Special Investigation Committee,
Enron Board of Directors, February 1, 2002)
http://news.findlaw.com/hdocs/docs/enron/sicreport/index.html

Washington Post: Key Documents in the Enron Investigation
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/business/daily/transcripts/enron_keydocuments.html

House Energy and Commerce Committee: Documents Related to
the Destruction of Enron Documents by Arthur Andersen
http://energycommerce.house.gov/107/hearings/01242002Hearing474/hearing.htm#Released

ENRON IMPLOSION TIMELINE

Public Citizen:
Chronology of Enron's Influence, Rise and Fall
http://www.citizen.org/cmep/energy_enviro_nuclear/electricity/Enron/articles.cfm?ID=7101

LA Times timelines (scroll down)
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-sg-enron.storygallery

USA Today timeline (scroll down)
http://www.usatoday.com/money/energy/enron-index.htm

Houston Chronicle timeline
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/story.hts/special/enron/1127125

Platts timeline
http://www.platts.com/features/enron/timeline.shtml

Washington Post timeline
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25624-2002Jan10.html

The Guardian: Enron in Whitehall (timeline)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/enron/story/0,11337,641177,00.html