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Tom DeLay: The Face of Republican Leadership
November 17, 2004
No one represents today's Republican party better than the Texas conservative and House Majority Leader Tom DeLay. But DeLay has a personal problem. House Rules bar indicted crooks from House leadership positions.
What's a Republican controlled Congress to do when Tom DeLay is indicted for felonious misappropriation of campaign funds? How about changing the rules of the game? The House rule was originally drafted in 1993 by Republicans, but that is of little consequence to today's Republican party desperately seeking to protect its criminally-minded leadership.
House Republicans proposed changing their rules last night to allow members indicted by state grand juries to remain in a leadership post, a move that would benefit Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Tex.) in case he is charged by a Texas grand jury that has indicted three of his political associates, according to GOP leaders.
[GOP Pushes Rule Change to Protect DeLay's Post - Washington post - 11-17-04]
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