Ex-DeLay Aides a Liability?

• By Ben Pershing
• Roll Call Staff
• March 14, 2005, Midnight

In his 20-year rise from a backbencher to House Majority Leader, Tom DeLay (R-Texas) has been aided in ways large and small by a broad network of allies and former aides off Capitol Hill. They have helped DeLay raise record sums of money, supported his advancement of a conservative agenda and secured backing for his ascent up the leadership ladder.