House Republicans want to make it harder to launch ethics investigations against House members. Namely House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-TX) who had two launched against him recently. GOP leaders have a package of rule changes they plan to drop on the 109th Congress next week. Part of that is requiring a majority vote of the ethics panel to launch a probe. If panel members voted along party lines, the rule would make it impossible to investigate any member of the majority party. Clever, huh? This isn't the first time House Republicans have changed the rules to protect Rep DeLay. (Houston Chronicle)
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