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A conversation with Tom DeLay
with Tom DeLay on Apr 19, 2007
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with Tom DeLay on Apr 19, 2007
Tom DeLay is the former House Majority Leader, and the former Majority Whip.
Before his election as majority whip and then leader, DeLay served as chairman of the conservative Republican Study Committee, Republican Conference secretary, and deputy whip.
In 2005, a Texas grand jury indicted DeLay on charges that he had conspired to violate campaign finance laws. DeLay denied the charges, saying that they were politically motivated, but Republican Conference rules forced him to resign temporarily from his position as Majority Leader. In January 2006, DeLay announced that he would not seek to return to the position. In the months before and after this decision, two of his former aides were convicted in the Jack Abramoff scandal. DeLay ran for re-election in 2006, and won the Republican primary election in March 2006, but, citing the possibility of losing the general election, he announced in April 2006 that he would withdraw from the race and resign his seat in Congress. He resigned on June 9, 2006.
Sources: http://www.tomdelay.com/biography/and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_delay
