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DeLay inquiry stalled amid ethics panel brouhaha
Thursday, June 9, 2005
The inquiry into House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Texas) and his ties to disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff faces a lengthy delay due to a partisan spat over the House ethics panel.
Republicans and Democrats have been fighting for months over the make-up of the panel and how it is works. The latest dispute stems over a decision by Rep. Doc Hastings (R-Washington), the chairman of the committee, to name his chief of staff, Ed Cassidy, as a co-director, something Democrats oppose.
Hastings has ties to Abramoff's old law firm, according to news reports. His staff has numerous conversations with the Preston Gates & Ellis firm but Hastings never talked with Abramoff, Cassidy said.
"The DeLay inquiry has already been held up over Hastings' insistence on appointing Cassidy to be the committee's staff manager -- itself in apparent conflict with ethics rules," The Seattle Post-Intelligencer says in an editorial. "The ethical thing for Hastings is to step back and turn the DeLay investigation over to a congressionally appointed special prosecutor."
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Ethics panel chair linked to lobby firm (The Houston Chronicle 6/9)
Editorial: Hastings Connection: Too close for comfort (The Seattle Post-Intelligencer 6/9)
Lawmaker has own ties to lobbyist (AP 6/8)
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