Change to GOP rules would allow DeLay to keep post if indicted
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House Republicans voted Wednesday to protect Majority Leader Tom DeLay by changing a party rule that likely would have forced him to step down if he is indicted in a Texas political corruption investigation.
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Charges of vote trading and unethical fundraising against majority leader DeLay may curb his ability to raise money.
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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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Â· Party boss likely to face more corruption charges  Â· Case would hamper presidential ambitions
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House Speaker Dennis Hastert is considering replacing the chairman of the ethics committee, which admonished Majority Leader Tom DeLay, who is the focus of a grand jury probe into his campaign finance practices.
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In a move that Republicans hope will raise the visibility of their difficult write-in campaign to hold resigned former Majority Leader Tom DeLayÃ¢ÂÂs former House seat in the general election, Texas Republican Gov. Rick Perry announced Wednesday that a special election to fill the final weeks of DeLayÃ¢ÂÂs unexpired term will also appear on the Nov. 7 ballot.
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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 of his associates have already been charged in connection with illegal fund-raising activities.
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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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House Republicans are considering a change in party rules so that Tom DeLay would not have to step down as majority leader should he be indicted in a Texas investigation.
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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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Our position is: Politics trumped ethics in the House GOP vote to drop its no-indictment rule for the majority leader. When he was admonished by the House ethics committee last month for holding a golf fund
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WASHINGTON - US House Republicans demonstrated their loyalty to Majority Leader Tom DeLay of Sugar Land on Wednesday. The lawmakers changed a party rule that would have cost DeLay his leadership post if
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In a move to protect Majority Leader Tom DeLay, House Republicans are expected to change caucus rules Wednesday to ensure he can keep his job if indicted.
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Republicans are putting forward a softer, more moderate face at their convention this week. That's no place for Tom DeLay, the combustible, conservative House majority leader.
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Description: House Majority Leader Tom DeLay is criticized for conduct that apparently linked political donations to legislation. The rebuke from the House ethics committee is the second for the Texas Republican in just six days.
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In this era of hypersensitivity and bitter partisanship, the move by House Republicans to change a rule requiring leaders to step down if they are indicted of a felony punishable by a sentence of at least two years in prison makes sense.
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WASHINGTON - The House ethics committee said Thursday that Majority Leader Tom DeLay went "beyond the boundaries" of party discipline when he tried to persuade a Michigan Republican to support legislation that provided a Medicare prescription drug benefit.    The committee approved an investigative report that serves as "a public admonishment" against DeLay, R-Texas, Rep...