Wednesday, February 16, 2005

Move Along, Nothing to See Here.

The new chairman over at the House Ethics Committee has fired two senior staff lawyers. Rep Doc Hastings (R-WA) denies it was punishment for trouble the panel caused Rep Tom DeLay (R-TX), the House Majority Leader.

House GOP leaders already fired the panel's previous chairman, putting the loyalist Rep Hastings in charge. And they changed rules making it virtually impossible to bring up a sitting Congressman on ethics charges.

The ethics problems for Rep Delay stem from a pair of grand jury investigations in Texas. (USA Today)

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