The Fox Guarding the Hen House: DeLay's Plush New Assignment

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Friday February 10, 2006 · 8:17 AM PST

2006/02/10 · 08:17

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So, I hear my colleagues from the other side of the isle are going to get a refresher course on ethics tomorrow as part of their three-day retreat out in Maryland's Eastern Shore. If Majority Leader John Boehner and House Republicans were really serious about ethics reform they would not dare to reward indicted former Majority Leader Tom DeLay with a plush assignment on the powerful House Appropriations Committee in the Science, State, Justice and Homeland Security Subcommittees. So let me get this straight ...

Tom DeLay is on trial for money laundering so House Republicans place him on the committee in charge of handing out money.

DeLay was admonished for using federal Homeland Security resources to track political enemies so House Republicans place him on the Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee.

Clearly, nothing has changed with the new Republican regime. They have no real intention on cleaning up the corrupt Republican Congress. If they did, Tom DeLay would be as far away from the Appropriations Committee as they could get him.

There is no end to the culture of corruption in this Republican Congress.

I also wanted to share with you a clip from a video interview with PoliticsTV I sat down for late last week. I talked to PoliticsTV about how this Republican Congress has become a place where the insurance and drug companies write our health care legislation, and the oil and mining industries write our energy policy. They've posted the interview on their site and I'd love to know what you think. Hop on over there, watch the interview and post a comment with your review.

http://www.politicstv.com/...

Thanks again for everything you do... I hope you enjoy the interview.

-LMS

P.S.: We are going to come out with a report very soon that will show how the Republican culture of corruption is hurting American taxpayers like you. Stay tuned.

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