House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Tex.) doesn't want to talk about a Texas grand jury's probe that includes questions about the operations of "Texans for a Republican Majority," a political action committee he helped found.
When asked about the investigation at his weekly briefing yesterday, DeLay responded, "That's not on the agenda. Sorry."
Couldn't happen to a nicer guy. The Post has the story about Delay, other republicans and money (what a surprise). Some of the republicans who are mentioned include:
House Republicans last night gave hundreds of thousands of dollars to their most vulnerable colleagues. At a Retain Our Majority Program fundraiser, GOP lawmakers gave about $100,000 each to first-term Reps. Bob Beauprez (Colo.), Ginny Brown-Waite (Fla.), Max Burns (Ga.), Chris Chocola (Ind.), Jim Gerlach (Penn.), Phil Gingrey (Ga.), Steve Pearce (N.M.), Jon Porter (Nev.). Rick Renzi (Ariz.) and Mike Rogers (Ala.). For those counting, this was the seventh ROMP fest.
Ginny Brown-Waite, as you may recall is the rocket-scientist congresswoman who wanted to dig up all the servicemen buried in France and bring them home because she's mad at the French. Of course, that was after she voted on a tax cut, I'm sure.
