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NEW: Appointments to House Ethics Committee
Deals Final Blow to Ethics in Congress

ALSO: DeLay's Legal Defense Fund Hits $1 Million

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To restore integrity to the U.S. House of Representatives, Public Citizen is calling for Rep. Tom DeLay (R-Texas) to step down as Majority Leader or be removed by the House if he does not relinquish the post voluntarily.

No sitting member of Congress has received more admonishments for violations of the House’s ethics rules than DeLay. Other ethics complaints against him are pending before the Department of Justice and Federal Election Commission, and a Texas grand jury is examining his possible role in a campaign money-laundering scheme.

Public Citizen also seeks to enact a package of “Democracy in Congress” reforms to “Clean Up the House” and guarantee the rights of members of the minority party in the House to fully participate in the legislative process. After all, they represent nearly a majority of the population.

Public Citizen Asks Justice Department to Probe House Majority Leader Tom DeLay and Energy Firm Officials for Possible Bribery

Public Citizen asked the U.S. Department of Justice to conduct a formal investigation of possible violations of federal anti-bribery statutes by House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Texas), Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas) and former Rep. W.J. “Billy” Tauzin (R-La.), as well as executives and lobbyists for the Kansas-based Westar Energy, Inc.

In a letter to Noel Hillman, chief of the Justice Department’s criminal division, Public Citizen wrote that substantial evidence, especially newly-released documents from a House ethics committee investigation, suggests a possible scheme using campaign contributions to buy political favors worth millions of dollars to Westar Energy and its executives.

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