Nancy Pelosi writes an op-ed...DeLay’s gone but GOP corruption lingers

DeLay’s gone but GOP corruption lingers
By Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.)

Tomorrow, Tom DeLay officially resigns from the House of Representatives. His resignation brings to an end what the press has referred to as a “criminal enterprise” run out of the former majority leader’s office.

Yet the widespread Republican culture of corruption goes deeper than one man and extends further than one office. Mr. DeLay’s departure under an ethical and legal cloud fails to extinguish that broader corruption.

The corruption extends to legislation written by lobbyists that works for the few, not the many, such as a prescription-drug bill that benefits pharmaceutical companies and insurance companies rather than senior citizens and other Medicare beneficiaries and an energy bill that benefits Big Oil rather than consumers. Mr. DeLay (R-Texas) may be leaving office, but he leaves behind the cost of corruption.

This time of transition could be a time of change. The House of Representatives was established to be a marketplace of ideas where the success of members’ proposals depended upon the strength of their arguments. Every person in America has a right to have his or her voice heard on the House floor, yet today Republicans do not allow Democrats the opportunity to bring any substantive legislation to the floor. By suppressing dissent, they have silenced the voices of nearly half the country.

more at:
http://www.hillnews.com/thehill/export/TheHill/Comment/OpEd/060806.html
via:http://www.dccc.org/stakeholder/archives/004843.html

...those reptiles wouldn't have a Party.

McCarthy... Nixon... Bush**...

NGU.