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Republicans changed the rules in the House, permitting indicted lawmakers to serve as their leaders.(The Week)(Brief Article)
* Republicans changed the rules in the House, permitting indicted lawmakers to serve as their leaders. The move was designed to protect majority leader Tom DeLay, who is being pursued by Democratic prosecutor Ronnie Earle. The Democrat has a history of flimsy political prosecutions: In 1993, he indicted Republican Kay Bailey Hutchison, who was up for reelection the next year, but never got around to presenting a case. House Republicans knew that it would look bad to bend the rules and to allow for indicted leaders. They did not like voting for the change. But they liked even less the prospect that Ronnie Earle would choose their leaders for ...
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