House GOP threatens ethics committee chair (Delay smackdown fallout)

[yellowcanine]

"House ethics committee Chairman Joel Hefley (R-Colo.) said last week that Republican lawmakers have threatened him in the wake of his panel's recent admonishments of House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Texas).
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Legislators who criticized the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct said they were upset that it had given DeLay's enemies so much political fodder less than a month before the election, particularly in response to an ethics complaint filed against DeLay by outgoing freshman Rep. Chris Bell (D-Texas). Bell filed the complaint after he had lost his seat as a result of Republican efforts, spearheaded by DeLay, to redraw Democratic congressional districts in Texas. Many Republicans say Bell's complaint was motivated by partisan politics and a desire for revenge <...>"

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Ok - It appears that partisan politics and a desire for revenge are off-limits now for the House Republicans. Wh knew?