Tom DeLay: Pride of the Lone Star State In light of his three admonishments by the House ethics committee and recent indictment, mattstew.com is proud to present a partial list of ethics-challenged Texas Representative (and recent Republican Leader of the House of Representatives) Tom DeLay's greatest hits.
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Preacher Compares 'The Hammer' to Jesus: Right-Wing extremist Rick Scarborough claims Americans are currently at war with Christianity, compares ethics-challenged Texas Rep. Tom "The Hammer" DeLay to Jesus Christ
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Delay Wants His Guns Back: 'Shotgun' Tom DeLay lobbying Texas lawmakers to look the other way on law disallowing the ethics-challenged Rep. to carry concealed gun while under indictment
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Hammer Turns Heel on Bush: Ethics-challenged Texas Rep. Tom DeLay, currently awaiting trial on money-laundering charges, slams President Bush for outsourcing port security to the Middle East, saying the decision is "pretty outrageous"
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GOP Back to Old Tricks: Ethics-challenged Texas Rep. Tom DeLay rewarded with two major seats on Congressional committees following his indictment and multiple ethics violations Burton: "Allowing Tom DeLay to sit on a committee in charge of giving out money is like putting Michael Brown back in charge of FEMA"
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Texas Tom Feeling the Heat: Ethics-challenged Representative from Texas Tom DeLay down 11 points in early primary poll as indictment and loss of leadership post in House weigh heavily on constituency
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Rep. Rohrabacher Stands By His Felon: Republican Representative from California Dana Rohrabacher, possibly hoping to avoid being named as accomplice in federal suit, says Jack Abramoff, the disgraced lobbyist and crony to ethics-challenged Rep. Tom DeLay, is really a "good person" who's being misrepresented by the liberal media
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Smilin' Tom to Stand Trial: Judge upholds indictment as ethics-challenged Texas Rep. Tom DeLay prepares to stand trial on charges of money laundering in case of illegal Texas redistricting in 2002
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DeLay Back in Court: Ethics-challenged Texas Rep. Tom DeLay, awaiting trial over operating campaign finance scheme, appeared in court Tuesday trying to have conspiracy charges dropped
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Ex Delay Staffer Turns State's Evidence: Former aide to ethics-challenged Texas Rep. Tom DeLay scheduled to make plea deal with prosecutors working the Jack Abramoff case, in which prosecutors hope to get "dirt" on the recently indicted Congressman
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Smilin' Tom Gets Booked: Ethics-challenged former Leader of House of Representatives Tom DeLay booked, fingerprinted on conspiracy, money-laundering charges in election fraud case
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Hammer Headed to Slammer: Warrant issued for the arrest of ethics-challenged former Leader of House of Representatives Tom DeLay in Texas -- once DeLay is apprehended or turns himself in, booking, mugshot to be taken
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A Tale of Two Tommys: Ethics-challenged Texas Rep., and former Leader of House of Representatives, Tom DeLay, tells conflicting accounts of when exactly he knew he was swapping money illegally with the Republican National Committee in violation of state election laws
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GOP-Controlled Ethics Committee 'Too Busy' to Investigate DeLay: GOP "leader" of House ethics committee Doc Hastings says House will not investigate fresh allegations against Tom DeLay despite pending indictment, three former Congressional admonishments
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'Hammer,' Bombshell Dropped: Ethics-challenged former Leader of House of Representatives, Republican Tom DeLay, gets second indictment from new jury on money-laundering charges, following indictment last week on conspiracy charges
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GOP Leader Tom DeLay Indicted: House Majority Leader Tom DeLay indicted on one count of criminal conspiracy by Texas grand jury, resigns leadership post
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Delay's Lobbyist Buddy In Hot Water: Associate of ethics-challenged Texas Rep. Tom DeLay to be indicted by federal prosecutors in probe of casino purchase and phony wire transfer RELATED: Abramoff Never Leaves Home Without It
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Schiavo Haunting GOP From The Grave: Medical experts confirm Terri Schivao was brain dead as Republicans used her final hours for political purposes * "Ms. Schiavo's condition, I believe, has been misrepresented by the media. Terri Schiavo is not brain dead; she talks and she laughs, and she expresses happiness and discomfort. Terri Schiavo is not on life support." - Ethics-challenged Rep. Tom DeLay, 3/20/05 * "Based on the footage provided to me, which was part of the facts of the case, she does respond." - Senator Bill Frist M.D. gives clinical diagnosis from Senate floor, 3/17/05
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Judge: 'DeLay PAC Broke Law': In first judicial ruling on whether or not ethics-challenged Representative Tom DeLay's associates broke campaign finance laws, Texas judge says they did
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'Doc' DeLay Slams Stem Cell Research: Ethics-challenged Representative Tom DeLay dismisses stem cell research as unethical; Black pot unavailable for comment
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Tom Gets Sassy, Says Dems Aren't Classy: Ethics-challenged Texas Rep Tom DeLay continued his assault on American progressives Thursday night, tied on feedbag that included red-white-and-blue frosted cake decorated with candy hammers, and said Dems are the party of "no class" -- but he said it in a really classy way
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Bush Adviser: DeLay Is 'Low-Life': Longtime Bush adviser comments on Prexy's defense of embattled and ethically-challenged House Majority Leader Tom DeLay: "having to throw in with such a low-life like DeLay is not the Bush family style"
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'DeLay Sanctions for Cigars': Ethics-challenged Representative Tom DeLay caught smoking illegal stogey despite claims that lifting sanctions against Cuba would ensure that "American consumers will get their fine cigars and their cheap sugar, but at the cost of our national honor"
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Abramoff Never Leaves Home Without It: DeLay-Gate heats up as records show Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff used his American Express card to pay for Tom DeLay airfare, food, phone calls during ethics-challenged Rep.'s trips to Scotland and London in 2000
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Bush Takes Texas Two-Step Away From DeLay: In a less than exciting endorsement, Prexy calls embattled House leader Tom DeLay "effective," says he looks forward to ethics investigation
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Tom to Terri: 'I'm Sorry': Ethics-challenged House leader Tom DeLay apologizes for threatening Florida, Federal judges over Terri Schiavo case
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Delay Begs GOP Brass: 'Play Politics, Save My Job!': Ethics-challenged Texas Rep. Tom DeLay still in hot water with constituents after Times discovery that he paid his wife and daughter $500,000 for "work" on campaign trail, among other rule violations
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Shays Feels the Heat for Speaking out on DeLay: Republican Rep. Chris Shays gets called a "jerk" by fellow GOP'er over remarks calling for ethically-challenged Congressman Tom DeLay to step down from leadership
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Irony: Tom DeLay Feeling the 'Vast, Left-Wing Conspiracy': House "leader" Tom DeLay blames "liberal media and Democrats" for his three ethics admonishments, findings of improper payments to wife and daughter, and possible indictment in Texas in campaign finance probe RELATED: House Leader Tom DeLay gets half million dollars of laundered money as graft for family
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Frist to Delay and Conyers: Cool It: Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist rebukes House colleagues Tom DeLay and John Conyers, says courts acted appropriately in Terri Schiavo case
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'With Friends Like This.....' Right Wing Groups Ask DeLay to Resign: Right-wing PAC Judicial Watch heats up the debate over ethics-challenged Congressman Tom DeLay, calls for resignation
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Pols Abuse of Schiavo Puts DeLay's Ethics Back Front and Center: Outlining the case against politics-playing Republicans -- specifically focusing on Tom DeLay, ethics-challenged Texas who spearheaded the effort to undermine husband's obligation to vegetative wife citing "morality," while facing possible indictment over taking paid trip from Korean agent despite House rules barring such conduct
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Majority Leader DeLay in the Papers Again for All the Wrong Reasons: Inquiry into improper campaign contributions given to Rep. Tom DeLay heats up as documents show connection with Korean lobbyist who paid for DeLay getaways
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House Republicans Slam DeLay Over Improper Ethics: House Majority Leader Tom DeLay admonished by ethics committee, decision to appoint investigative subcommittee on separate ethics violation still undecided
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