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Thread #80022   Message #1460766
Posted By: Ebbie
14-Apr-05 - 03:55 AM
Thread Name: BS: Can the Repubs Afford Tom DeLay?...
Subject: RE: BS: Can the Repubs Afford Tom DeLay?...
You do realize, Doug, that Delay was reprimanded/cautioned by the House Ethics Committee three separate times? He don't learn very fast, do he.

NEW! The Travel Scandal III
Tom DeLay claims that a 1997 trip to Moscow (where he met with the Russian Prime Minister) was arranged and paid for by a nonprofit public policy organization. But people who knew ...

NEW! The Travel Scandal II
Tom DeLay participated in a $70,000 expenses-paid trip to London and Scotland in 2000 that sources said ...

NEW! The Family Payoff Scandal
Since 2001, Tom DeLay's political action committees and campaigns have funneled more than $500,000 to his wife and daughter since 2001.

The TRMPAC Scandal      
In Texas, it's illegal for corporations to make donations to fund political campaigns. So Tom DeLay's Texans ...

The Travel Scandal   
An investigation by the Justice Department showed that Tom DeLay accepted a trip financed by the Korea-U.S. Exchange Council, breaking House rules that prohibit ...

The Ethics Committee Scandal   
Knowing that he faced investigation for a growing pile of scandals, Tom DeLay and the GOP House leadership purged the Ethics Committee of Republicans -- including Chairman Joel Hefley (R-CO) -- who weren't willing to overlook charges ...

The K Street Scandal      
Tom DeLay has pushed lobbying firms to deny jobs to Democrats, and hire only Republicans, resulting in another Ethics Committee admonishment ...

The House Medicare Vote Bribery Scandal   
Tom DeLay and the Republican leadership kept open the vote for the Medicare bill for three hours -- long past the 15 minutes specified...

The Texas Redistricting Scandal   
When DeLay and his fellow Republicans were redrawing the Congressional districts in Texas to push Democrats out of the House, he used the Federal Aviation Administration to try and track a plane containing Democratic state legislators. The House Ethics Committee investigated DeLay's actions and once again admonished him.

The Westar Scandal   
In 2002, executives at Kansas energy company Westar wrote a memo outlining how they could purchase a "seat at the table" with $56,500 in contributions to political committees associated with Tom DeLay and the GOP. DeLay was later admonished by the House Ethics Committee for creating the appearance of impropriety.

A Fine Broth of a Man, Indeed