Word: delayer
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With early but clear signs of a meltdown flashing around them, Gingrich and the rest of the House leadership, including majority leader Dick Armey and House whip Tom DeLay, went into the final phase of a furious attempt at damage control. Within a day of Forbes' announcement, Paxon and Armey had organized a giant conference call connecting more than 100 House Republicans. From his home in Marietta, Georgia, Gingrich connected by phone on Tuesday morning with Armey in Washington. "I need an honest appraisal," Gingrich told him. "How does it look...
...move that could delay the progress of the negotiations, the residents filed a complaint yesterday with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) charging that the Charlesview Board of Directors has “prevented residents from participating substantially and meaningfully” in discussions with Harvard...
...Giovanditto said yesterday that the complaint will probably delay the negotiation process...
...wild numbers forced the Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq to act. On Monday, it announced it would audit all "unusually high" returns in 12 Shi'ite and Kurdish provinces, and disavowed numbers released earlier. The audit would delay the results of the referendum by a few days, the commission said in a statement. "We are doing work according to international standards," said Dr. Farid Iyar, commission spokesman...
...Lewis "Scooter" Libby, Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff, could face charges. Bill Frist, the top Republican in the Senate, remains under investigation for a stock sale that that has raised suspicions of insider trading, while a prosecutor in Texas continues to go after Tom DeLay, who was forced to leave his post as the No. 2 Republican in the House after being indicated on money-laundering charges in a campaign-finance case. And only 38% of Americans now approve of President Bush's job performance, according to a Pew poll released last week, the lowest number...