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November 18, 2004
House conservatives met behind closed doors yesterday to abandon their own ethical rules in an effort to protect Majority Leader Tom DeLay. With DeLay facing possible criminal proceedings in Texas connected to allegations of campaign finance abuses, his congressional cronies jettisoned an 11-year-old party rule requiring leaders to step aside temporarily if indicted.
- With problems mounting in Iraq and a weakened economy, the first order of business for congressional conservatives is to abandon their own ethical standards. Congress has been back in town for less than a week and already conservatives have managed to blow the debt ceiling and weaken ethical standards so an indicted leader can remain in charge of the peoples' business.
- Three top associates of DeLay have already been indicted on charges of illegally using corporate money in state legislative races. Given the new rule change, if Mr. DeLay is indicted in connection with these cases, members will have to explain to Americans why their leader should be allowed to continue in his job under a cloud of criminal scrutiny.
- Find out whether your representative supports the "DeLay" ethical ruling. Americans have a right to know if their representatives in Congress support efforts to weaken ethical requirements for congressional leaders. Call or write your representative and find out whether they support these closed-door efforts to protect the Majority Leader from ethical scrutiny.
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