Word: delayer
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...Washington, the season of giving takes on special meaning in years ending with odd numbers. Politicians seeking election or re-election raise money for their most treasured federally regulated charities: their campaigns. Vice President Dick Cheney headlines a fundraiser in Houston tonight for Republican Rep. Tom DeLay, the former House Majority Leader forced to step down an indictment for conspiracy and money laundering. Tomorrow, former President Bill Clinton stumps for his wife's 2006 Senate campaign at a swanky New York nightclub. Presidential potentials, such as McCain and Democratic New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson, sign their new books, which, like...
Last week produced the biggest development yet in the case: a plea agreement by public relations man Scanlon, who was once a press secretary for Texas Congressman Tom DeLay. In the agreement, Scanlon acknowledged that he and "Lobbyist A" (Abramoff) showered "Representative #1" (Ohio Congressman Bob Ney) and his staff with lavish trips, tickets to sporting events and concerts, sports-arena boxes for fund raisers, campaign contributions, golf outings and free meals at Abramoff's "upscale restaurant," Signatures. The plea agreement alleges that Ney, chairman of the House Administration Committee, provided "official acts and influence," including introducing legislation, and giving...
...already known that investigators had been inquiring into Abramoff's dealings with DeLay, who has had to give up his House majority leader post as he fights unrelated conspiracy and money-laundering charges in Texas. They have looked into an expensive 2000 junket that Abramoff arranged for DeLay that included a golf outing at Scotland's famed St. Andrews course. But over the past decade, Abramoff and Scanlon spread money and favors across Capitol Hill. The list of lawmakers who weighed in on the partners' side on one project--blocking the planned casino of a tribal client's rival--totaled...
...private between Schiavo's husband and guardian Michael, who insisted she did not want to be kept alive in such a condition, and Schiavo's parents, who vehemently disagreed, played out on the public stage. The issue sparked fierce debates in Washington, where then House majority leader Tom DeLay called the removal of the tube an "act of medical terrorism" and Congress passed a midnight law giving federal courts a chance to make doctors reinsert it. The courts refused to hear the case, and Schiavo was allowed to die. An autopsy showed that her brain had atrophied and that...
...What a big movie event, the Harry Potter blockbuster. How many of you saw Harry Potter and the Goblet of Goo? Unbelievable--over $100 million. That brought in more cash than a Tom DeLay barbecue...