Ethics Panel Admonishes House Leader DeLay

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An ethics panel admonished U.S. House of Representatives Majority Leader Tom DeLay on Thursday, saying he improperly offered to endorse a lawmaker's son in return for a vote on a Medicare prescription drug bill.


The House ethics committee said while the conduct "could support a finding" that it violated the chamber's rules, it does not recommend further action against the Texas Republican.

In a 62-page report released shortly before the presidential debate, the panel also admonished Reps. Nick Smith and Candice Miller, both Michigan Republicans. But it recommended no further action against them, either.

It said Smith had "fairly interpreted" Miller's comments to him during a vote on the White House-backed Medicare bill last November as a "threat of retaliation" for opposing it.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=578&e=7&u=/nm/20041001/ts_nm/congress_ethics_dc

[lovuian]

1. Admonishes...try pat him on the Back and smile

:puke:

[Rose Siding]

2. During the debate. Weasels

Don't think that wasn't intentional :grr:

[mbperrin]

3. Noooooooooooo shit!

Has Delay been tested for human DNA?

[goforit]

4. WEAK!!!!!!!!!!

[MasonJar]

5. Oh, boy, they admonished tom. WOW!

[Eye and Monkey]

6. Mission Admonished

I've been searching and searching for that "A" alternative to "Accomplished". Thanks, BugMan. You slimed thru this one, but I think there's a DA or something coming down the road BugMan.

[bluestateguy]

7. Oooooh! An ADMONISHMENT!

I'm sure Bug Man DeLay is quaking tonight in down in Sugar Land!

It's time to take the Ethics Committee out of the hands of politicians and put it back into the hands of the people.

[meow2u3]

8. Admonish Delay?! He deserves to be EXPELLED!!!

A freakin' slap on the wrist for committing a felony! OUTRAGEOUS!!!

[shockingelk]

9. NYT article

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/01/politics/01ethics.html

:kick:

[rooboy]

10. Imagine the repukes calling for the "admonishment" of Bill Clinton... n/t

[snippy]

11. Felonies Merit Admonishment. How very republican. n/t

[GoldenOldie]

12. Admonishes, Censures, Expels ??????

DeLay has committed one flagrant act after another from sending his goon aides into Florida to attack the re-count, his using Federal government funds and agencies ie., Homeland Security, to hunt and stalk Texas State Legislatures, to the re-districting of Texas after a census and redistricting had just been legally completed.

It's time to contact all our Congress reps to ask why they are not upholding their own established ethics within our Houses of government. DeLay not only acts for his Texas constituents but is also affecting all of our country.

This man should be set up as an example of a corrupt politico at it's worst.

[WhereIsMyFreedom]

13. Admonished?

"Would you be a little more discrete about your unethical behavior next time." That isn't much of an admonishment.

[Green Lantern]

14. Admonished?

Must have been absolutely brutal. How fiendishly clever of them to preserve him for Ashcroft.