House Ethics Panel Warns DeLay Again

[RedEarth]

WASHINGTON - The House ethics committee rebuked Majority Leader Tom DeLay for the second time in a week for questionable conduct, sternly warning the Texas Republican to temper his behavior.






The committee late Wednesday admonished DeLay for creating an appearance of giving donors special access on pending energy legislation and using the Federal Aviation Administration (news - web sites) to intervene in a Texas political dispute.


Last week, the same committee admonished DeLay for offering to endorse the House candidacy of a House member's son in exchange for the member's favorable vote on a Medicare prescription drug bill.


The committee's publicly issued findings constituted the panel's mildest punishment, and spared DeLay from a lengthy investigation.


But the committee noted the rare back-to-back admonishments and that in 1999 DeLay received an ethics committee warning for pressuring a lobby company to hire a Republican.

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[chelsea0011]

1. This guy needs more than a warning

and why is the media not carrying this story? Too much Presidential stuff?

[Kolesar]

2. A slap on the wrist-the gop can act like they did something &bury it

some democracy we have

[Moderator]

3. Duplicate

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=888310