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Tom DeLay

Tom Delay is the former House Majority Leader who resigned in 2006 after being indicted on charges of violating campaign finance laws. Tom Delay was born in Texas, where his father was in the oil…

Tom DeLay, 1999 News

52, House majority whip from Texas, grabbed the House floor during the June brouhaha over gun control and violence in the media and blamed popular culture, birth control, and day care — not…

Tom DeLay, 2006 News

politician, abandoned plans to resume his position as House majority leader in January, shortly after his close friend, disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff, agreed to testify to federal…

Tom DeLay, 2004 News

House majority leader, was rebuked three times in the course two weeks by the House Ethics Committee. He was criticized for pressuring another representative to vote in favor of the Medicare…

Tom DeLay, 2005 News

House majority leader, was indicted by a Texas grand jury in September. Missouri Representative Roy Blunt replaced him as House majority leader. The indictment accuses DeLay of conspiring…

Abramoff scandal

(Encyclopedia) Abramoff scandal, in U.S. history, political corruption scandal resulting from criminal conduct on the part of lobbyist Jack Abramoff (1959–) and his associates. Abramoff was a…

November 2010 Current Events: U.S. News

World News | Business News | Disasters & Science News Here are the key events in United States news for the month of November 2010. Giants Beat Rangers to Win World Series (Nov. 1): The…

Mothers Mobilize

The "Million Mom March" on Mothers' Day, May 14th 2000 by Borgna Brunner This article was posted on May 9, 2000. President Clinton, beside Million Mom March founder Donna Dees Thomases (left),…

Michael Scanlon, 2005 News

Republican political operative, pleaded guilty in November to conspiring to bribe a Congressman and other officials. He also agreed to pay $19.6 million in restitution to Indian tribes—…

Tony Rudy, 2006 News

former high-level aide to Rep. Tom DeLay, pleaded guilty in March to conspiring with embattled lobbyist Jack Abramoff. Rudy admitted to accepting gifts and money in exchange for using his…