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-Caveat Lector- Republicans are reneging on their campaign promise to raise ethical standards when taking over the House of Representatives, says the House Democratic Whip."They said their objective was to raise ethical standards. This seems to be a movement in the opposite direction.''House Republicans Change Rules to Protect DeLay
Nov. 17 (Bloomberg) -- Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives changed their rules so that Majority Leader Tom DeLay could stay in power [even] if he's indicted by a Texas grand jury.The rules change is designed to protect DeLay after three of his political associates were indicted in Texas on charges related to fund-raising for state political campaigns. DeLay, a Republican from Texas, denied any wrongdoing.On a voice vote, the House Republican Conference changed a rule that required party leaders to step down if indicted for any crime that carries a prison sentence of two or more years. Now other Republican leaders would have 30 days to review a felony indictment and make recommendations to all House Republicans about whether the person should step aside.``We are trying to protect members of our leadership from any crackpot attorney with a political agenda,'' said Henry Bonilla, a Texas Republican who drafted the rules change.The parties write their own rules for running their caucuses, which are separate from House and committee rules and procedures.The change comes weeks after the Nov. 2 elections, when Republicans picked up five Democrat-held seats in Texas under a redistricting map that DeLay helped draft.DeLay didn't request or lobby for the rules change, said his spokesman, Stuart Roy.``The majority leader believes members of the conference should come to their own conclusions on this issue,'' Roy said.Republican ObjectionsRepresentative Christopher Shays, a Connecticut Republican, said he was only one of ``a handful'' of lawmakers who spoke out against the rule change in the closed-door meeting where the changes were decided.Shays said he reminded other Republicans that when Republicans took over control of the House in 1994, they argued the party would be more ethical that the Democratic Party. The old rules were adopted in 1993 as Republicans were campaigning to retake the House.``I think it's a mistake,'' Shays told reporters after the meeting. ``There were a number of Republicans who felt it was a mistake.''Representative Peter King, a New York Republican, said an indictment is a charge, not a verdict.``You shouldn't allow a runaway prosecutor to decide who will be the majority leader,'' King said.Ethics CommitteeHouse Republicans are backtracking on their pledge to raise ethical standards when they took over the House, said House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer of Maryland.``Republicans said their objective was to raise the ethical standards,'' Hoyer said. ``This seems to me to be moving in the opposite direction.''The House ethics committee last month said DeLay violated House rules by contacting the Federal Aviation Administration to help track a plane carrying Texas Democratic lawmakers outside the state -- to avoid a quorum for legislative action --during the redistricting battle in the Texas statehouse. It was one of three admonishments from the committee he faced within a week.
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