Vast Left-Wing Conspiracy?

By Mary Ann Akers
Roll Call Staff

Oct. 3, 2005, 12 a.m.

It didn’t take House Republicans long after an indictment was handed down against Rep. Tom DeLay (R-Texas) before they started spreading a rumor about Democratic coercion. The story went that Texas prosecutor Ronnie Earle, who hinted just weeks earlier that he would not indict the Hammer, changed course after Democrats as far up the ladder as House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (Calif.) put the screws to him.

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July 1, 11:28 a.m.

Who could blame hundreds of Members of Congress for joining with a colleague and breast cancer survivor, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.), in co-sponsoring legislation aimed at promoting breast cancer education? The problem, according to leading breast cancer scientists and advocacy groups, is the bill would do more harm than good. Read Full Article