THE PRIVILEGE OF POWER
Rule change to protect DeLay approved

From the AP via the Houston Chronicle:

House Republicans approved a party rules change today that could allow Majority leader Tom DeLay to retain his leadership post if he is indicted by a Texas grand jury on state political corruption charges.

By a voice vote, and with a handful of lawmakers voicing opposition, the House Republican Conference decided that a party committee of several dozen members would review any felony indictment of a party leader and recommend at that time whether the leader should step aside.

The current party rule in this area requires House Republican leaders and the heads of the various committees to relinquish their positions if indicted for a crime that could bring a prison term of at least two years. It makes no distinction between a federal and state indictment. Three of DeLay's political associates already have been indicted by that Texas grand jury.

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I'm sure that if there actually ends up being an indictment against DeLay, that this new party committee will find that it has no merit whether that's true or not. Kinda makes me wonder if DeLay ended up being convicted, would they again change the rules to allow him to continue as House Majority Leader from prison?

I bet they'd try.

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