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Meet the DeLay Rule

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04.28.05 | 4:50 pm

Meet the DeLay Rule Dead-Enders, the twenty House Republicans who voted against restoring the House Ethics Committee, even after Speaker Hastert told them it was okay.

Or, as we’re calling them, the Pay-As-You-Go Twenty …

Barton
Blackburn
Burgess
Burton (IN)
Buyer
Carter
Cubin
Culberson
Gillmor
Gohmert
King (IA)
McHenry
Otter
Pence
Poe
Price (GA)
Simpson
Thornberry
Tiahrt
Weldon (FL)

Quite a cast of characters.

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