LIZARD KING HOUSE MAJORITY
LEADER TO BE INVESTIGATED
House ethics panel decides to
proceed with DeLay inquiry

From the Houston Chronicle:

The House ethics committee decided Tuesday to proceed with its own investigation into allegations filed against House Majority Leader Tom DeLay by Rep. Chris Bell, D-Houston.

In a ruling that does not address the substance of Bell's charges that DeLay engaged in extortion, bribery and abuse of power, the House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct said the complaint was filed properly and warrants a look.

But that doesn't mean that DeLay's worm-like Congressional supplicants are done with their squirmy attempts to shut down the investigation:

However some Republicans, including Rep. John Culberson of Houston, will press ahead today with an effort to disqualify Bell's complaint, arguing that he should not have the right to file ethics charges because he is a lame-duck congressman and has no stake in the House's future.

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DeLay is a criminal; there's no doubt about that. What remains to be seen, however, is if this mobster is revealed for what he actually is. I fully expect these proceedings to be drawn out for eternity: the GOP loves their Lizard King, and is not likely to let him fall without a major fight. My cynicism says DeLay will come out of this unscathed, but this is the first real opportunity to nail him that I know of. Here's hoping that justice triumphs for once.

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