What Was the Sharpstown Scandal

question 37

Multiple Choice

What was the Sharpstown scandal?

• A)An election scandal involving intimidation by the police
• B)A sex scandal involving the lieutenant governor
• C)A fistfight that broke out on the Senate floor involving moderate and conservative Republicans
• D)A tax scandal involving the Speaker's failure to pay taxes on rental income for a property he owned in the Bahamas
• E)A ethics scandal involving the use of taxpayer funds for electoral purposes

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