Hastert delays 06 Session of House to Help Delay Return to Leadership [View All]

Delay/Hastert Strikes Again (w/Poll!)
by ksh01
Wed Dec 07, 2005 at 09:54:18 AM PDT
Let's see: New Orleans is in ruins, Iraq is in disarray, Republicans being indicted and investigated, Mother Earth is exacting revenge for our horrible environmental policy.....sounds like we need our representatives hard at work to fix the various messes we find ourselves in.

Right?

Nope. The Boston Globe is reporting that House Speaker Dennis Hastert will delay convening the 2006 session of the House of Representatives until January 31 in order to give Tom Delay more time to fight the charges against him and return to leadership.

Extended vacation on the flip....
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2005/12/7/115418/388

I think the Dems need to make hay of this one. According to the Boston Globe, House Speaker Dennis Hastert will delay convening the 2006 session of the House in order to allow Tom Delay to dispose of the charges against him and regain the leadership. This is being reported at Think Progress as well as the Daily Delay.
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2005/12/07/house_republicans_quietly_pushing_for_new_leadership/