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What do you think?
*** Dear Editors:
Thank you for your excellent online coverage of today's indictments, and for the related story you ran about the decision the U.S. House Ethics Committee must make this week about the complaint against Representative Tom DeLay.
You correctly noted that "the 10-member committee, equally divided by party, could send the allegations to an investigative subcommittee, dismiss some allegations while ordering a probe of others or throw out the complaint."
However, you neglected to inform your readers that four of the five Republicans on the committee have received money from Mr. DeLay or from the PAC that he formed. It is a sad day for America when a representative accused of engaging in corrupt "pay-to-play" politics and illegal money laundering can also pay off the members of the "jury" that is responsible for investigating him. Perhaps our nation's watchdogs are all gnawing on the bones DeLay has thrown them. No wonder half of Americans don't vote, if this is the ethical standard we can expect from our Congressmen.
It is time to clean up the People's House. We must insist on a full investigation into the charges against Tom DeLay, including the appointment of an independent counsel with subpoena powers. And we must cast our votes for candidates who will favor transparency and a higher ethical standard in government.
Sincerely,
name Houston, Texas
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