Abandon the System That Created Abramoff

By Scott Lilly
Special to Roll Call
Jan. 19, 2006, 12 a.m.

The decision by Rep. Tom DeLay (R-Texas) not to seek reinstatement as Majority Leader relieves colleagues of a difficult choice. Many feared forcing him to stand down almost as much as they feared the public relations nightmare that would result from his return to leadership. But as commentator David Brooks has stated so succinctly, Republicans now face an even more difficult choice, that is, whether to not only abandon DeLay but also to abandon “DeLayism.”



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Stier: Detecting a Bad Breast Cancer Bill

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

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