OT: DeLay Contributed To Republican Committee Members; Yet These Members Will Not Recuse Themselves From House Ethics Committee

Washington, DC - Four out of five Republicans on the House Ethics
Committee have received donations from Tom DeLay's ARMPAC, and all five
Republicans have traded favors with DeLay.

How can we expect a real investigation of DeLay's ethical violations,
if half the committee members-including Chairman Hastings-have
received thousands of dollars from DeLay?

"Once again, the Republicans are abusing their power by protecting
their own. Every single Republican on the Ethics Committee has
financial ties to Tom DeLay," said DNC Communications Director Karen
Finney.

"If Republicans are serious about restoring credibility to the Ethics
Committee, they must recuse themselves from this investigation. This is
a disturbing conflict of interest."

A Democrat Set The Standard: Reid Recused Himself From Torricelli
Hearings.

In 2002 Senator Harry Reid, then-Chairman of the Senate Ethics
Committee, recused himself from the investigation of Senator Robert
Torricelli's fundraising practices.

Reid recused himself after it was revealed that he had contributed $500
to Torricelli's legal defense fund.

After recusing himself, Reid said, he wanted the hearing "to be free of
any sort of distraction."

[Associated Press, 2/2/05]



Richard
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Learning Richard, 4/28/2005, 3:29:29 PM, wrote:
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> After recusing himself, Reid said, he wanted the hearing "to be free
> of any sort of distraction."[/color]

If he wanted to be free of distractions he should have driven a Toyota.
The cabin would have been very quiet and his seat would have been
comfortable.

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badgolferman wrote the following on 4/28/2005 7:10 PM:
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> If he wanted to be free of distractions he should have driven a Toyota.
> The cabin would have been very quiet and his seat would have been
> comfortable.
>[/color]

Depends on which model...