DeLay and Boehner

[pegkerr]

For reasons that remain a mystery to me (well, no, not really, the man can raise cash like nobody else) the Republicans just cannot seem to resist Mr. Tom DeLay.

Indicted Rep. Tom DeLay, forced to step down as the No. 2 Republican in the House, scored a soft landing Wednesday as GOP leaders rewarded him with a coveted seat on the Appropriations Committee.

DeLay, R-Texas, also claimed a seat on the subcommittee overseeing the Justice Department, which is currently investigating an influence-peddling scandal involving disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff and his dealings with lawmakers. The subcommittee also has responsibility over NASA -- a top priority for DeLay, since the Johnson Space Center is located in his Houston-area district.

"Allowing Tom DeLay to sit on a committee in charge of giving out money is like putting Michael Brown back in charge of FEMA -- Republicans in Congress just can't seem to resist standing by their man," said Bill Burton, spokesman for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.

Read more here.

But doesn't the new Majority Leader, John Boehner, represent a new clean politics era? Well, no, not really. Jack Cafferty rolls his eyes here.

Comments

[nmsunbear.livejournal.com]

The appropriations committee? Auuughhh!

[heavenscalyx.livejournal.com]

Makes ya wonder how much blackmail material he's got on how many top Republicans.

[king-tirian.livejournal.com]

Yeah, the news this morning has not been good. Boehner is in favor of unregulated travel, Trent Lott will fight to keep the power to earmark, and the GOP seems eager to claim that it's Barack Obama's fault that nothing will be done. So I fear that we might not even get a sham of an ethics reform bill. Granted, I suppose that puts us a little bit closer to having a Democratic-controlled Congress, but I'd rather have both.

[ame-chan.livejournal.com]

wait, they put Delay on a committee overseeing the Justice Dept. and he just got ind... and... and... there were squirrels and they were married and I believe you have my stapler.

[airemay.livejournal.com]

Ahhhhhhhh. This is ridiculous. To make it even more AHHHH, the sweat that DeLay is taking on the Appropriations committee used to be occupied by Rep. Randy 'Duke' Cunningham who is facing major scandal and trouble right now. He used to be my rep several years ago before they redrew the lines.

[alfreda89.livejournal.com]

And this man used to be a bug exterminator.

Down here, we feel this is appropriate....