Nbadan
02-27-2005, 06:10 AM
2/25/2005
National Journal readies Saturday bombshell: DeLay cited with new House rules violations
Filed under: General— site admin @ 4:04 pm
National Journal to report DeLay violated House ethics rules
The National Journal’s Peter Stone will tear open the DeLay fundraising scandal in a Saturday exclusive, RAW STORY has learned.
The prominent lawyer and former lobbyist Jack Abramoff, who is being investigated by federal authorities for his lobbying efforts of an Indian tribe and his relations with House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-TX), paid for DeLay and his staff’s stay in an expensive London hotel in mid-2000.
National Journal has obtained a copy of an expense voucher that Abramoff filed the law firm where he was then a leading lobbyist, Stone reports Saturday.
“Among the big-ticket expenses that Abramoff listed for reimbursement was a bill for the DeLays at the Four Seasons Hotel in London in the amount of $4,285.35,” Stone writes. “The voucher shows that the total reimbursement for expenses was $13,318.50. For some reason, it shows that both Abramoff and Buckham were owed that amount.
“The voucher shows that Abramoff was accompanied by DeLay and his wife; Hirschmann and her husband; and Ed Buckham, DeLay’s former chief of staff who had also become a lobbyist,” Stone continues.
complete story:Rawstory (http://rawstory.com/news/2005/index.php?p=129)
Without lawmakers like Henry Bonilla, who co-proposed Delay's first ethical get out of jail free card, around to watch his back what's he to do?
Did you catch this editorial from the SA Express-News?
Send outrageous bill straight to trash heap
Never underestimate the ability of Texas legislators to introduce outrageous bills.
.. House Bill 913 .. would require a local prosecutor who wants to file charges for violations of the state election code to first present the case to the Texas Ethics Commission. Only if the commission recommends criminal charges could the prosecutor proceed.
Denny claims this will assist local prosecutors who need help filing complaints against local officeholders, such as justices of the peace or city council candidates, and give such cases a higher profile.
Oh, and by the way, it also would derail investigations such as the one Travis County District Attorney Ronnie Earle has under way. The probe focuses on the Texas Association of Business; Texans for a Republican Majority, associated with U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay; and Texas House Speaker Tom Craddick ...
Of course, Denny, a Republican, claimed that she had no idea that her proposed bill could have an effect on the Delay case.
:lol
National Journal readies Saturday bombshell: DeLay cited with new House rules violations
Filed under: General— site admin @ 4:04 pm
National Journal to report DeLay violated House ethics rules
The National Journal’s Peter Stone will tear open the DeLay fundraising scandal in a Saturday exclusive, RAW STORY has learned.
The prominent lawyer and former lobbyist Jack Abramoff, who is being investigated by federal authorities for his lobbying efforts of an Indian tribe and his relations with House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-TX), paid for DeLay and his staff’s stay in an expensive London hotel in mid-2000.
National Journal has obtained a copy of an expense voucher that Abramoff filed the law firm where he was then a leading lobbyist, Stone reports Saturday.
“Among the big-ticket expenses that Abramoff listed for reimbursement was a bill for the DeLays at the Four Seasons Hotel in London in the amount of $4,285.35,” Stone writes. “The voucher shows that the total reimbursement for expenses was $13,318.50. For some reason, it shows that both Abramoff and Buckham were owed that amount.
“The voucher shows that Abramoff was accompanied by DeLay and his wife; Hirschmann and her husband; and Ed Buckham, DeLay’s former chief of staff who had also become a lobbyist,” Stone continues.
complete story:Rawstory (http://rawstory.com/news/2005/index.php?p=129)
Without lawmakers like Henry Bonilla, who co-proposed Delay's first ethical get out of jail free card, around to watch his back what's he to do?
Did you catch this editorial from the SA Express-News?
Send outrageous bill straight to trash heap
Never underestimate the ability of Texas legislators to introduce outrageous bills.
.. House Bill 913 .. would require a local prosecutor who wants to file charges for violations of the state election code to first present the case to the Texas Ethics Commission. Only if the commission recommends criminal charges could the prosecutor proceed.
Denny claims this will assist local prosecutors who need help filing complaints against local officeholders, such as justices of the peace or city council candidates, and give such cases a higher profile.
Oh, and by the way, it also would derail investigations such as the one Travis County District Attorney Ronnie Earle has under way. The probe focuses on the Texas Association of Business; Texans for a Republican Majority, associated with U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay; and Texas House Speaker Tom Craddick ...
Of course, Denny, a Republican, claimed that she had no idea that her proposed bill could have an effect on the Delay case.
:lol