Ethics Committee Extends DeLay Review

[maddezmom]

Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) - The House ethics committee will spend another 45 days reviewing allegations against House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, whose fund-raising activities and use of federal resources have been questioned, the committee announced Friday.

The extension could push a decision on whether to investigate the charges levied by Rep. Chris Bell, D-Texas, to around Labor Day, when the fall election campaigns shift into high gear.

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The committee said the extension will ensure `` that we have sufficient time to obtain and consider information pertinent to the determination we are to make'' on the complaint. The extension is not a reflection on the substance of the allegations in the complaint, the committee said.

Democratic House members have demanded the investigation and plan to make DeLay's conduct a campaign issue.

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more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/uslatest/story/0,1282,-4343304,00.html

[Cocoa]

1. why do they even bother

it's going to be a farce, no matter when they do it:

Watchdog groups have recommended that an outside counsel handle the investigation because four of five Republicans on the evenly divided panel have received contributions from DeLay's fund-raising operations.

[tom_paine]

7. Exactly. A Soviet farce. Imperial Bushlicker DeLay can do whatever he

wants.

If he wants to have a female congressional aide murdered in his office, or even murder her himself, he can do so anytime he wishes.

God Help us when these people finally and fully realize this.

[No Mandate Here.]

2. When I ask around about mr. deLay, nearly everyone

says, who?

When I ask about whether anyone knows about his map making and money making skills, and why he is a genuine danger to democracy, they say what?

Why in the world do we have to read a British newspaper to find out about these things? Where is the American investigative press?

(These are, of course, rhetorical questions among us, but really needs to be asked more generally)

[maddezmom]

5. here's a yahoo link...rate it

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=512&ncid=1278&e=2&u=/ap/20040723/ap_on_go_co/delay_ethics

[yellowcanine]

3. I am sure it will be "extended" right past November 2 and then quietly

dropped.

[lovuian]

4. Well I wish them lots of Luck.....Delay is so bad

I feel like the Democrats try but always something stops their advance

[Bandit]

6. Didn't half of the "Ethics" Committee receive funding from this PAC they

are investigating? If this isn't a conflict of interest then there is no such thing.

[struggle4progress]

8. Yes indeed. eom