Conservative Revolt Pushes Dreier Aside

• By Ben Pershing
• Roll Call Staff
• Sept. 29, 2005, Midnight

The indictment of House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Texas) by a Texas grand jury sent shock waves through the Republican Conference on Wednesday, as Majority Whip Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) was named to temporarily fill DeLay’s post following the scuttling of Rep. David Dreier’s (R-Calif.) candidacy by conservative lawmakers.