Republicans Change Rule to Shield DeLay if Indicted
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House Republicans voted on Wednesday to change their own rules to allow Tom DeLay keep his position as majority leader even if he is indicted in Texas, where a number
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The purported reason US House Republicans decided to change their rule on House leaders and indictments is to defang a &quot;partisan crackpot district attorney&quot; who may try to indict GOP legislative leaders for political reasons.
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In the wake of back-to-back ethics slaps at the House majority leader, Tom DeLay, House Republicans are preparing to make it more difficult to initiate
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House Republicans proposed changing their rules last night to allow members indicted by state grand juries to remain in a leadership post, a move that would benefit Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Tex.) in case he is charged by a Texas grand jury that has indicted three of his political associates, according to GOP leaders.
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The first action by congressional Republicans on returning to Washington after the November 2 election was to change their own ethics rules to protect House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, who
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Move by GOP to rescind a rule allowing indicted leaders to retain their posts adds to majority leader's vulnerability.
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House Majority Leader Tom DeLay should not be untouchable. The powerful Texas Republican has wiggled out of ethics investigations before, but not this time.
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AUSTIN, Sept. 21 -- Three top political aides to House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Tex.) were indicted Tuesday on charges of illegally raising political funds from corporations in 2002, much of which was funneled into the Republican takeover of the Texas legislature.
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TAMPA, Nov. 13 -- A federal judge has agreed to delay the trial of a former professor suspected of terrorist ties, in part because of publicity about the case during the state's U.S. Senate race and the amount of evidence that lawyers must study.
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Republicans pushed a bill supported   by President George W. Bush to set rules for interrogating and   trying terrorism suspects through the U.S. House of   Representatives on Wednesday and Senate Republicans were   expected to follow the next day.
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The move will delay the reduction in reported profits for many companies, and may give them more time to lobby Congress to stop the rule from taking effect at all.
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Texas' highest criminal appeals court said Wednesday it would consider reinstating a dropped conspiracy charge against former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, further delaying his trial on felony money laundering and conspiracy counts.
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Emboldened by their election success, House Republicans changed their rules yesterday to allow Majority Leader Tom DeLay (Tex.) to keep his post even if a grand jury indicts him, and Senate GOP leaders continued to weigh changing long-standing rules governing filibusters to prevent Democrats from blocking President Bush's most conservative judicial nominees.
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A federal judge has agreed to delay the trial of a former professor suspected of terrorist ties, in part because of publicity about the case during the state's U.S. Senate race and the amount of evidence that lawyers must study.
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Republicans pushed a bill supported   by President George W. Bush to set rules for interrogating and   trying terrorism suspects through the U.S. House of   Representatives on Wednesday and Senate Republicans were   expected to follow within a day.
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Procedural move would give judge more time to decide whether it's necessary to impose on Redmond a lengthier watchdog period, as recently advocated by a number of state prosecutors.
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A Texas prosecutor who is leading an investigation into possible illegal campaign spending lashed out at congressional Republicans on Tuesday for changing their rules in order to protect House Majority Leader Tom DeLay.