DeLay Indictment Roils House

Leader Vows to Fight Charge by Texas D.A.

• By John Bresnahan
• Roll Call Staff
• Sept. 29, 2005, Midnight

A defiant House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Texas) on Wednesday denied breaking any Texas law following his indictment as part of a criminal conspiracy to evade a state ban on using corporate campaign donations during the 2002 state legislative races.