DeLay Expenses Paid By Lobbyists

According to documents obtained by the Washington Post, Rep. Tom DeLay's (R-TX) airfare to London in 2000 "was charged to an American Express card issued to Jack Abramoff, a Washington lobbyist at the center of a federal criminal and tax probe." Other DeLay expenses during the same trip "were billed to a different credit card also used on the trip by a second registered Washington lobbyist."

"House ethics rules bar lawmakers from accepting travel and related expenses from registered lobbyists. DeLay, who is now House majority leader, has said that his expenses on this trip were paid by a nonprofit organization and that the financial arrangements for it were proper."

Meanwhile, Newsweek has the inside scoop on DeLay's defense strategy. "Most politicians react to stress and controversy by employing the duck and coveróclamming up and lying low until the storm blows over. Not DeLay. Far from avoiding fights, he picks them. Far from avoiding emotional issues, he seeks them."


April 24, 2005


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