A big FU to Tom DeLay courtesy of the Bush Administration

[kpete]

By Susan Milligan, Globe Staff | February 17, 2006

WASHINGTON -- When Tom DeLay was the most powerful man in the House of Representatives, Congress and the president devoted $500 million over 10 years for an oil and gas project lawmakers expected to go to a firm in DeLay's hometown.

Sign up for: Globe Headlines e-mail | Breaking News Alerts But just a month after the embattled former House majority leader announced he would not try to keep his leadership job, the Bush administration cut funding for the project from its 2007 budget, and announced in the fine print of its 1,220-page fiscal blueprint that it would seek legislation to kill the program outright.

A Department of Energy spokesman said the decision this month merely reflects President Bush's desire to weed out ineffective programs. But in political circles, lawmakers and analysts saw the cut as a slap against a man who no longer has the political muscle to hit back.

''No way" would the administration suggest eliminating the program if Delay, the Texas Republican, were still majority leader, said Tyson Slocum, an energy specialist at Public Citizen, a lobbying group that opposed the project. ''He carried way too much clout. This program clearly was identified with Tom DeLay."

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via:A big fuck you to Tom DeLay courtesy of the Bush Administration

[I Have A Dream]

1. Wow! One thing that I can actually applaud the B* regime...

for doing! That's a first! :D

[Double T]

2. bushco even kicks their allies to the curb when they are no longer.....

of any use or no longer hold a high ranking position. You're treated just like everyone in NOLA!