Standing ovation for Bell [View All]

[NewJerseyDem]

http://www.thehill.com/news/062404/bell.aspx

After taking a politically cautious stance on Rep. Chris Bell’s (D-Texas) new ethics complaint, a Democratic caucus meeting yesterday gave the retiring lawmaker a standing ovation.

Bell, who lodged his ethics complaint against House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Texas), was invited to a weekly meeting by caucus Chairman Rep. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.). Earlier yesterday morning Bell also addressed Rep. Frank Pallone’s (D-N.J.) “message meeting.”

“I was heartened by the showing of support; it was a boisterous approval from our caucus,” Bell told The Hill.