Good job DUers! House ethics rules to be reinstated, to stay in place!

[ChairOne]

lol - til thy change their minds again, at least....:

"WASHINGTON - House Republicans suddenly reversed course Monday, deciding to retain a tough standard for lawmaker discipline and reinstate a rule that would force Majority Leader Tom DeLay to step aside if indicted by a Texas grand jury.
...
Rep. J. D. Hayworth, R-Ariz., agreed there was pressure on Republicans not to change conduct rules. "Constituents reacted and the House and, more importantly, the House leadership, responded accordingly," Hayworth said. "

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=512&e=3&u=/ap/house_ethics

[Maat]

1. This sounds encouraging.

O.K. - what's going on here? Seems to good to be true. They're up to something...

[ChairOne]

3. Kinda bizarre, isn't it?

Hard for me to believe too... Guess it wouldn't be the first time the AP "messed up"....

[s-cubed]

5. Sears struck a deal in the TX case: agrees to co-operate

w/ prosecutor.

[ChairOne]

7. But that was a few days ago, wasn't it?

I'm not seeing the connection...

[BrotherBuzz]

13. Cogress has been closed down for vacation....

today was their first session since the Sears story broke. Me thinks the repubs now know DeLay is in trouble! :)

[ret5hd]

2. my guess would be that the House repugs...

got word that slime-ball daschle won't be indicted.

just a guess.

[eleny]

4. that would be slime ball - delay

[blueknight]

8. the fix is in,

MARK MY WORD! they(repugs)know already that delay WILL NOT be indicted. the fix is in!

[cal04]

11. I agree, watch Pelosi

it looks like they're going after her, maybe that's why they did a Full reversal

[ret5hd]

15. i think you nailed it. (nt)

[Jo March]

9. I think that you mean "asshat" Delay nt

[ret5hd]

14. or "fucktard" delay (nt)

[Jo March]

16. I stand corrected. LOL! nt

[babylonsister]

6. What great news!

And I am quite sure DeLay didn't magnanimously offer to reinstate the rule.

[nascarblue]

10. Delay Christmas Card

Send Tom Delay a Christmas Card in the form of...https://secure.ga3.org/03/merryxmastomdelay

[tyedyeto]

12. ROTFLMAO!!!

Love it....suits him

Put the Hammer in the slammer.

[UTUSN]

17. O.K., But If Repukes Are Doing It, Sum's Up n/t

[FM Arouet666]

18. No way, it is a mark of leadership that the GOP keeps the rules.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&e=1&u=/ap/20050104/ap_on_go_co/house_ethics


"It's a mark of a leader to take a bullet for the team and not for the team to take a bullet for the leader. I'm very glad we decided to stick with the rules."

What do you bet that Delay will not be indicted by a Texas grand jury after all. If one could know this information before hand, then come out in support of the original rules, he would look like a brave GOP leader. But who would ever see such machinations in the GOP politic machine.

[ChairOne]

19. Whoa! This might be part of the explanation....

http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/editorial/2974788

"Meanwhile, closer to home, Republican lawmakers in Austin are honing proposed bills to remove authority for prosecuting campaign violations from local district attorneys and vest it with the Texas attorney general. That would stop Travis County District Attorney Ronnie Earle from prosecuting indicted DeLay associates and put the ball in Republican Attorney General Greg Abbott's court. Another proposal would legalize the corporate contributions that are the focus of Earle's investigation."

Line of thought might be: who gives a fuck about what's happening in DC, as long as they can get shit legislated away in Texas...

[Doremus]

20. Just means they got to the prosecutor

Bought a little time ... long enough to either find the right price or get the goods on him.