Delay and Co.
Tuesday, January 04, 2005

Courtesy of www.dailykos.com

The GOP will drop efforts to change the ethics rules, and will also go back to the old rule that indicted leadership have to surrender their posts.
House Republicans suddenly reversed course Monday, deciding to retain a tough standard for lawmaker discipline and reinstate a rule that would force Majority Leader Tom DeLay to step aside if indicted by a Texas grand jury.
The surprise dual decisions were made by Speaker Dennis Hastert and by DeLay who asked GOP colleagues to undo the extreme act of loyalty they handed him in November. Then, Republicans changed a party rule so DeLay could retain his leadership post if indicted by the grand jury in Austin that charged three of the Texas Republican's associates.
When Republicans began their closed-door meeting Monday night, leaders were considering a rules change that would have made it tougher to rebuke a House member for misconduct. The proposal would have required a more specific finding of ethical violations.
Republicans gave no indication before the meeting that the indictment rule would be changed. Even more surprising was DeLay's decision to make the proposal himself.
Jonathan Grella, a DeLay spokesman, said DeLay still believed it was legitimate to allow a leader to retain his post while under indictment. But Grella said that by reinstating the rule that he step aside, DeLay was "denying the Democrats their lone issue. Anything that could undermine our agenda needs to be nipped in the bud."First they're for ethics, then they're against them, now they're for them again.
We all know what that's called, right?

One of the main reasons, Pelosi was going to intruduce a vote in the House today on whether or not this should take place. This vote would have put targets on anyone who supported it so Delay and co. caved at the last minute. Delay is an arrogant asshole who still thinks he should hold house leader even if he is indited. Instead of dragging his party thru the mud with him, he finally got some balls and will face the music himself. This is the party that came in '94 and changed the law to what is currently is then wanted to change it to benefit them. Hmm, flip flopping, sleazeballs who have no moral backbones and who want to dictate every inch of your life. Looks like we are off to a good year so far.

Posted by mardenhill 1/04/2005 09:14:00 AM    

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