DeLay given plum committee job

[quaoar]

Imagine that.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Indicted Rep. Tom DeLay, forced to step down as the No. 2 Republican in the House, scored a soft landing Wednesday as GOP leaders rewarded him with a coveted seat on the Appropriations Committee.

DeLay, R-Texas, also claimed a seat on the subcommittee overseeing the Justice Department, which is currently investigating an influence-peddling scandal involving disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff and his dealings with lawmakers. The subcommittee also has responsibility over NASA — a top priority for DeLay, since the Johnson Space Center is located in his Houston-area district.

“Allowing Tom DeLay to sit on a committee in charge of giving out money is like putting Michael Brown back in charge of FEMA — Republicans in Congress just can’t seem to resist standing by their man,” said Bill Burton, spokesman for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.

GOP leaders also named California Rep. Howard “Buck” McKeon as chairman of the Education and the Workforce Committee. Majority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, vacated that post after winning a campaign to replace DeLay.

[MO_Dem]

1. Gee, ain't it funny

how repuke reform looks like more of the same ole same ole? (Rhetorical question only. Of course all DUers knew all along they never intended to reform anything--it's only more lying by the lying liars)

[hedda_foil]

2. They put DeLay on the subcommittee overseeing the JUSTICE Dept??????

How totally Republican of them!

[lindisfarne]

3. That will teach Delay not to act unethically! n/t

[agincourt]

4. Most rotten presidency, most rotten congress,

at least in this nation since FDR, if not farther back.

[AndyA]

5. Can you say...

Conflict of Interest?

[0007]

6. Holy smoke . . . This is almost on the same scale of releasing

the Unabomber' Ted Kaczynski from prison and letting him work on a big city bomb squad because of his experience. Or letting Eric Rudolph protect Planned Parenthood clinics.

[Catchawave]

7. WTF ?

This is beyond bizzarro. :banghead: Like Brownie, Delay's being rewarded??