DU Friends; Would you join me in signing this petition for Delay to step

[Jon8503]

down:

The Ethics Committee admonished House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-TX) twice over the past week for improper conduct on three separate matters. He also has a third black mark on his record from 1999, when the panel admonished him for yet another matter. We believe the time has come for Rep. DeLay to step down. He is ethically unfit to serve as a leader of the people's House. America has higher standards than to let someone with his track record lead an institution as important to our democracy as the United States House of Representatives.

Today in Washington, other advocacy groups House Democratic leaders echoed our calls for DeLay's resignation, even as DeLay tried to dismiss the Ethics Committee's 38-page investigation as partisan politics. But we can not let that happen. This is a critical moment to let our elected officials know that citizens will not stand for Rep. DeLay repeatedly violating ethics rules in the House. No one is above the rules, even an elected official known within his party as “The Hammer.”

Please join us in asking Tom DeLay to step down by signing our petition here:

http://www.commoncause.org/stepdownDeLay

Common Cause is disappointed with the Ethics Committee's decision not to appoint an outside counsel to investigate, as it did in the cases of former House Speakers Newt Gingrich (R-GA) and James Wright (D-TX). And we Rep. DeLay's improprieties required more than a slap on the wrist by the Committee.

[madmax]

1. Done n/t

[Texas_Dem]

2. Happily done!

[fairyduster]

3. Done

delay. :puke:

[newyawker99]

4. Hi fairyduster!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[Dem2theMax]

5. All done. I enjoyed that one.

Ah, the simple pleasures of life. :)

And edited to say: Hello fairyduster! Welcome to DU. Meant to post that the first time. :)