Word: delayer
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TIME It was recently suggested in a published story that you might turn state's evidence on DeLay. Did you really indicate that you might do that...
House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Texas) has caused his fellow Republicans one headache after another, and it appears that the tide of support for DeLay within the Grand Old Party is beginning to ebb. Admonished last year by the House Ethics Committee, DeLay has recently been facing renewed questions about more improper dealings. In January, GOP leadership rammed through legislation altering ethics rules—changes which many Democrats felt served only to protect DeLay from a full-blown ethics investigation. Last Wednesday, however, the Republican-dominated House voted to repeal these changes. We applaud the Republican decision...
...down until Republicans agreed to reverse January’s rule changes which “effectively neutered the committee,” in the words of one Democrat. In truth, however, the vote symbolizes the end of the GOP’s support for its wayward son, DeLay. The reversal of rules that limited the committee’s investigative purview will likely precipitate a much needed House investigation of the controversial Republican leader...
...DeLay has come under scrutiny for a host of questionable acquisitions and associations. A 1997 trip to Russia, during which DeLay played golf and met with Russian Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin, was recently discovered to have been indirectly underwritten by a company that also financed a $440,000 lobbying campaign in support of the Russian government. House ethics rules bar congressmen from receiving travel reimbursement from lobbyists. Similarly shady trips to South Korea and England have attracted further attention. In addition, reports sprang up earlier this month that DeLay’s wife and daughter received more than...
...charges against Congressman DeLay are mounting, and the time has come for DeLay to be held accountable for his actions. At last, Republicans have begun to realize that this majority leader is garnering more bad press for their party than he is worth. If they are wise, GOP leaders will press for DeLay to be replaced by someone who can restore integrity to the Republican Party and earn the trust of the American people...