Can you believe Tom DeLay is now on the appropriations committee!?
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Why is that hard to believe?  He is a senior member of the majority party.  I would imagine he has had his pick of committees for some time now.\n\nThis is how things work.  I'm surprised they didn't change the rules so he could stay in his leadership position during the trial.
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Yes, I am definitely interested in seeing him run!!  That way another Republican is sure to be elected!!
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JMM is so wrong.....he and others like him know that having republicans in there has been a total disaster....it will change in November...thank god it is that close
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I am still looking but don't see any links to a donation to Kuhl from Abramoff.\n\nBut, Kuhl took $20,000 from Tom Delay's PAC and according to the article had not returned any yet though that might have changed because of recent events.
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Not much that can be done about things which don't need Congressional approval.  But, his legislative program - such as it is - won't get through a Democratically controlled House and/or Senate.  The abuse stops when a new Congress goes into session - thank God!
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I think he has done the math, and has figured out he needs to two more years worth of commissions to get the advice he wants.  Things are going just as they planned, and he knows he can stall until his term is up.  He can wait one year for the conditions to be favorable, and take another year to do the job.  Halliburtons contracts will be up by then, and he can then pull everybody out that he sent in in the first place.  Then we, and probably other countries as well, will have to clean up the mess of this massive Skull and Bones Fraternity Party.\nImpeachment is almost too good for what these boys have been up to.
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Yes, he is indeed. He's the Democratic Congressman for Washington's 1st Congressional District and was first elected in 1998. As part of the "Mid Terms" his district will be up for election in November 2006.
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Look further into it. This was 1989, 17 years ago. Are these all charges from one case or repeated incidents? If he was acquitted does that mean he was guilty? I haven't looked at his record yet, but I suspect there isn't much dirt on him or he wouldn't be serving on the Intelligence Committee already.\n\nSomehow the Republican Congress functioned under leaders who committed multiple federal and state felonies while in office  such as former House leader Tom DeLay. If his actions did not concern you, then perhaps the record of this guy should not make you nervous.\n\nBTW, a bill passed the Senate earlier this year that would have regulated Congress's relationships to lobbyists. The House voted it down. Perhaps this is something to write your congressman about.
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I did!!!! I think he deserves to be in the all star house more than anyone.\nHe was voted in last year as America's choice but you can vote for him this year too to be in the all stars house
798080
Holy polls!!! too many to count!! Where is Mark Foley when we need him?
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The sad part is, Delay would probably win the election! Repubs have proven to be as dumb as doorknobs by electing Reagan, Dubya, and Bush Sr.
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The main issue with this guy is his appointment as Majority Whip, isn't it? Perhaps Republican spinners and agitators figure the dumb masses don't understand this and that it's better to play on his membership on an Intelligence Committee. \n\nBut no matter, you've raised an issue about serious charges made against Alcee Hastings while he was a judge 25 years ago. The alleged bribery occurred in 1981, and a judge taking bribes is very serious. This is a complex case, and it seems to involve a partial acquittal. I can't find much more information now, but I'm sure there will be articles reviewing his history in the next few days and weeks.\n\nI'd be more concerned if there were more recent charges. Perhaps he's kept his nose clean knowing that he got a free pass in the early 1980's.\n\nI hate to say "the other side does the same" because this is a frequent and usually false Republican argument. However, when it comes to the small pool of candidates for Congressional leadership, a direct and fair comparison can be made.\n\nA few years ago, John Boehner, the current  Republican Majority Leader passed out checks from tobacco lobbyists to other members of the House, right on the floor of the house. Two other guys that were in line for Tom DeLay's job had records that were even more tarnished. And of course, Tom DeLay, the former Majority Leader, is under indictment and will likely do jail time for election law violations.\n\nCurrent Speaker of the House Hastert, failed to remove Foley and endangered young pages for as long as 5 years. Hastert got his job because the candidate before him had too much taint, and the moral majority leader of the impeachment against Clinton, Newt Gingrich, was a serial adulteror who was involved in a long affair with a young aide.\n\nAll I can say is the leadership pool seems pretty tainted, and if someone's record  has been clear for 25 years, that's probably the best they can do. After all, McCain was heavily involved in a scandal involving the failure of the savings and loan industry about 25 years ago also. And that fact will probably not impact his bid for the presidency.
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Our republican candidate for Gov is mud slinging and our Democrat is trying to keep it about facts....and the 3rd party is airing hilarious cartoon ads with republicans shoving their heads up their rears...(big dig controversy)
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Well I hadn't heard but thank you for making my day even better then when I found out about the successful democrats!!!!   I'm sure that he has no problem retiring from all the cash he's got from this.  Funny he is resiging instead of staying and finishing the mess that this administration has started.  How easily he can walk away from all those americans that he's sent to Iraq who are giving up their lives.  What a coward.
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But every time we say "lobbying reform," we reinforce the idea that it is only the lobbyist who is the wrongdoer. Sure, many lobbyists are slimy and aggressive. (Others, in my experience, can be helpful and informative, as long as you understand that they represent only one side of an argument.) But no one forces any legislator or staffer to accept lunches, trips, or favors from a lobbyist. And the reason not to do that is that the legislator risks surrendering some of her power, which is a public trust, to these private interests. That's the other side's frame. This is not a lobbying scandal. It's a betrayal-of-public-trust scandal. Lobbyists have no power, no influence, until a public servant gives them power. That's what DeLay and the K Street Project was all about. What they did was to set up a system by which lobbyists who proved their loyalty in various ways, such as taking DeLay and Ney on golf trips to Scotland, could be transformed from supplicants to full partners in government.  WASHINGTON, March 31 — A former top aide to Representative Tom DeLay pleaded guilty on Friday to charges that he accepted thousands of dollars in illegal gifts, including money funneled through a consulting firm he set up with his wife and travel by private jet to California, in return for influencing legislation on behalf of the lobbyist Jack Abramoff.Abramoff, 46, faces up to 11 years in federal prison and must pay $26.7 million in restitution, said U.S. Assistant Attorney General Alice Fisher.THERE IS A LOT OF GOOD LOBBYIST OUT THERE THAT DO NOT BUY WANT THEY WANT BUY GIVING GIFTS AND MONEY! BUT IT WOULD AMAZE YOU HOW MANY PEOPLE IN CONGRESS AND THE SENATE THAT ACCEPT THESE GIFTS!!THIS IS FACT!! JUST LOOK UP LOBBYIST WRONG DOING ON ANY SEARCH ENGINE!!
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I've only seen the "Do-Nothing Congress" segment, and I couldn't turn it off. Really well done. And I just saw the latest ad numbers, and negative spending is dominating positive/idea spending in this campaign by a 10 to 1 margin, so clearly things are just getting worse. \n\nThe fact that Fox News has devoted the last 24 hours to a misread cue card shows how little the issues even matter anymore.....
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Absolutely :-)\nHe is standing his ground and being a 'man' for goodness sake.\nHow many people can say they finish what they started on this scale...\nI only wish I could vote him in again.