Monday, June 14, 2004
...couldn't happen to a nicer guy....
The left (and apparently a lot of other folks) have apparently had it with Tom DeLay.
Congressman Chris Bell (D-TX) is filing an complaint with the House Ethics Committee against DeLay.
Bell's complaint accused DeLay of soliciting campaign contributions in return for legislative favors; laundering illegal campaign contributions through a Texas political action committee; and improperly involving a federal agency in a Texas partisan matter.
This is a precedent setting action as House members have had a seven year basic, unwritten rule not to file ethics violations against one another. Ethics complaints before that time had previously brought down two speakers.
DeLay is also defending his seat from a strong challenge by Richard Morrison. Morrison has caught the eye of quite a few grassroots political organizations who are helping raise money and gain exposure. According to polling by a private organization (see Morrison's website) only 36 percent of folks in the district plan to vote for DeLay.
Getting rid of DeLay is a high priority for a lot of people...and it couldn't happen to a nicer guy.
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Congressman Chris Bell (D-TX) is filing an complaint with the House Ethics Committee against DeLay.
Bell's complaint accused DeLay of soliciting campaign contributions in return for legislative favors; laundering illegal campaign contributions through a Texas political action committee; and improperly involving a federal agency in a Texas partisan matter.
This is a precedent setting action as House members have had a seven year basic, unwritten rule not to file ethics violations against one another. Ethics complaints before that time had previously brought down two speakers.
DeLay is also defending his seat from a strong challenge by Richard Morrison. Morrison has caught the eye of quite a few grassroots political organizations who are helping raise money and gain exposure. According to polling by a private organization (see Morrison's website) only 36 percent of folks in the district plan to vote for DeLay.
Getting rid of DeLay is a high priority for a lot of people...and it couldn't happen to a nicer guy.
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