Thomas D. DeLay: External Links 2005

The following are External Links related to House Majority Leader Thomas D. DeLay and the allegations, investigations, and scandals that are yet emerging about him and his activities.

Also see:
 * Thomas D. DeLay: External Links
 * Thomas D. DeLay: External Links 2004
 * Thomas D. DeLay: External Links 2006


 * "Ethics Purge," Washington Post, February 5, 2005.
 * "National Journal's Saturday Bombshell: DeLay cited with new House rules violations," The Raw Story, February 25, 2005.
 * Sylvia Moreno, "Texas Trial Begins Against Treasurer of DeLay Group," Washington Post, March 1, 2005.
 * Mike Allen, "DeLay Moves To Protect His Political Base Back in Texas," Washington Post, March 3, 2005.
 * Murshed Zaheed, "Keeping Track of DeLay's Mess ...," Common Cause blog, March 3, 2005.
 * Transcript: "The D.A. And Tom DeLay," 60 Minutes/CBS News, March 6, 2005.
 * Mike Allen and Sylvia Moreno, "Prosecutor Balks When Asked If DeLay Is Target of Tex. Probe," Washington Post, March 6, 2005.
 * Murshed Zaheed, "DeLay's Ethics Crisis on '60 Minutes'," Common Cause blog, March 7, 2005.
 * Philip Shenon, "Documents Suggest Bigger DeLay Role in Donations," New York Times, March 9, 2005.
 * "Tom Feeney Linked to DeLay Ethics Scandal!," The Brad Blog, March 9, 2005.
 * Mike Allen and R. Jeffrey Smith, "S. Korean Group Sponsored DeLay Trip. Visits May Have Broken House Rules," Washington Post, March 10, 2005.
 * Philip Shenon and David D. Kirkpatrick, "DeLay Says He Was Aware Of Fund-Raising Methods" (abstract), New York Times, March 10, 2005. re TRMPAC
 * "DeLay Treated for Irregular Heartbeat," AP, March 11, 2005.
 * Mike Allen, "House Ethics Panel in Gridlock. Democrats Refuse to Participate Under New GOP Rules," Washington Post, March 11, 2005.
 * James V. Grimaldi and R. Jeffrey Smith, "Gambling Interests Funded DeLay Trip. Later in 2000, Lawmaker's Vote Helped Defeat Regulatory Measure," Washington Post, March 12, 2005.
 * Philip Shenon and Robert Pear, "As DeLay's Woes Mount, So Does Money," New York Times, March 13, 2005.
 * Mike Allen, "DeLay Ethics Allegations Now Cause of GOP Concern," Washington Post, March 14, 2005.
 * "At Least Four Ethics Groups Will Hold Press Conference on Widening DeLay Ethics Scandal ," The Raw Story, March 14, 2005.
 * Editorial: "Warning: Ethics-Free Zone," Washington Post, March 14, 2005.
 * John Byrne, "Scandal surrounding lobbyist linked to DeLay snares two more Republican Congressmen," The Raw Story, March 15, 2005.
 * "DeLay defends travels, denies wrongdoing," CNN, March 16, 2005.
 * James V. Grimaldi, "Probe of Abramoff and Nonprofits' Money Opens. Senate Finance Committee Seeks Records on Trips by Reps. DeLay and Ney, Donations to Indian Tribes," Washington Post, March 17, 2005.
 * Karen Tumulty, "DeLay And Company. The G.O.P. leader's troubles mount, with new questions about his dealings with the former aide who helped build his political machine," Time, March 21, 2005.
 * "DeLay at center of political storm," CNN, March 22, 2005.
 * "DeLay plays offense behind the scenes," CNN, March 24, 2005.
 * Molly Ivins, "Even by Texas political standards, DeLay raises a stink," Quad-City Times, March 26, 2005.
 * Editorial: "Smells Like Beltway," Wall Street Journal, March 28, 2005.
 * Howard Kurtz, "Turning on DeLay," Washington Post, March 29, 2005.
 * "TV Attack Ads Target Republican Leader DeLay," Reuters, March 30, 2005.
 * Mike Allen, "Liberals To Target DeLay In Ads," Washington Post, March 30, 2005.
 * Morton C. Blackwell, "An Open Letter to Conservatives," American Conservative Union, March 30, 2005.
 * Stephen Dinan, "DeLay attacks taken personally," Washington Times, March 31, 2005.
 * Mike Allen, "Groups Organize To Defend DeLay. House GOP Leader Challenges Critics," Washington Post, March 31, 2005.
 * "DeLay says those responsible will answer for it. President Bush offers words of comfort, praise to families," AP/Houston Chronicle, March 31, 2005; "DeLay Statement on Terri Schiavo," US Newswire, March 31, 2005.
 * Mike Allen, "DeLay Wants Panel to Review Role of Courts. Democrats Criticize His Attack on Judges," Washington Post, April 2, 2005.
 * Seshadri Kumar, "DeLay tackles 'liberal media, out of control judges' in home turf," Fort Bend/Southwest Sun, April 5, 2005.
 * Samantha Levine and Joe Stinebaker, "DeLay is losing support, poll finds. Schiavo case and ethics battles are cited in the slide," Houston Chronicle, April 5, 2005.
 * John Aravosis, "Did Tom DeLay pull out of judge-bashing conference after we reported on it?," AMERICAblog, April 5, 2005.
 * Brian Ross, "Are Honors for Physicians the New Political Diploma Mill? Doctor Named 'Physician of the Year' .. For a Fee," ABC News, April 5, 2005.
 * John Aravosis, "Stick a fork in him, he's done," AMERICAblog, April 5, 2005.
 * Joe Gandelman, "Political Storm Around Tom DeLay To Intensify?," The Moderate Voice, April 6, 2005.
 * Garance Franke-Ruta, "Keyword Search: Russia & Tom DeLay," TAPPED, April 6, 2005.
 * R. Jeffrey Smith and James V. Grimaldi, "A 3rd DeLay Trip Under Scrutiny. 1997 Russia Visit Reportedly Backed by Business Interests," Washington Post, April 6, 2005; also see "Anatomy of a Trip."
 * Brian Ross, "DeLay's Lavish Island Getaway. Embattled Lobbyist Arranged DeLay Trip," ABC News, April 6, 2005. See WMP and QT video permalinks at Crooks and Liars.
 * Ted Barrett, "DeLay blasts media over report of payments to family," CNN, April 6, 2005: "House Majority Leader Tom DeLay defended his family Wednesday, saying newspaper articles about his wife and daughter and about his trip to Russia were 'seedy' efforts by the 'liberal media' to humiliate him."
 * Citizen Rob, Editorial: "Tom DeLay's Dangerous Final Hours," LiberalTimes, April 6, 2005.
 * David Espo, "House GOP Backs DeLay Amid Ethics Scandals," AP, April 6, 2005.
 * "DeLay's Former Aides Building Lobbying Empires in Washington" and Update1, Bloomberg, April 6, 2005.
 * Philip Shenon, "Political Groups Paid Two Relatives of House Leader," New York Times, April 6, 2005.
 * "Lautenberg issues sharp speech about attacks on judges," The Raw Story, April 6, 2005.
 * John Byrne, "DeLay daughter's baby shower held by Texas energy firm under investigation," The Raw Story, April 6, 2005: "... and the event was attended by lobbyist Jack Abramoff, who paid for some of the congressman’s overseas travel."
 * Philip Shenon, "Political Groups Paid Two Relatives of House Leader," New York Times, April 6, 2005.
 * Carl Hulse and Philip Shenon, "DeLay Denounces Report on Payments to His Family," New York Times, April 7, 2005.
 * Shailagh Murray, "As DeLay Faces Ethics Questions, GOP Circles Its Wagons," Washington Post, April 7, 2005.
 * Patrick O'Connor, "DeLay on the defensive," The Hill, April 7, 2005.
 * Julie Mason and Michael Hedges, "DeLay's woes make Democrats think of '06. But whether his ethics issues will have that much impact on voters is yet to be seen," Houston Chronicle, April 7, 2005.
 * Joshua Frank, "Calling Their Bluff. The DeLay Scandal Isn't a Partisan Issue," CounterPunch, April 7, 2005.
 * Todd J. Gillman, "DeLay defense fund donations slow. Aides say drop due to reduction in legal fees; political attacks mount," Dallas Morning News, April 7, 2005.
 * Nicholas Thompson, "The Tom DeLay Scandals. A score card," Slate, updated April 7, 2005.
 * James Harding, "Jack Abramoff. The friend Tom DeLay can't shake," Slate, April 7, 2005.
 * Maureen Dowd, "The Passion of the Tom," New York Times, April 7, 2005.
 * Interview with Lou Dubose: "DeLay Under Scrutiny Again for Ethics Violations," Democracy Now!, April 7, 2005.
 * Carl Hulse and David D. Kirkpatrick, "DeLay Says Federal Judiciary Has 'Run Amok,' Adding Congress Is Partly to Blame," New York Times, April 8, 2005.
 * Lou Dubose, "Broken Hammer? Recent revelations of huge sums paid to family members have stung the GOP majority leader. But Tom DeLay was damaged goods long before that," Salon, April 8, 2005.
 * Jonathan Chait, "It Was Only a Matter of Time for DeLay," Los Angeles Times, April 8, 2005.
 * Editorial: "The Last-Ditch Excuse," Los Angeles Times, April 8, 2005: "Allies of Rep. Tom DeLay of Texas have finally gotten around to the 'everybody does it' justification of the ethical lapses of their guy, the No. 2 Republican in the House. It's the excuse used after more specific defenses, such as 'he couldn't have known where the money was coming from,' begin to sound hollow."
 * Mike Allen, "DeLay's Backers Launch Offense. Conservatives Say GOP Is Threatened," Washington Post, April 10, 2005.
 * Michael Dinan, "Shays bucks DeLay," Greenwich Time, April 10, 2005.
 * Lou Kesten, Rep. Chris Shays (R-CT) says "DeLay Should Quit As House Leader," AP, April 10, 2005.
 * Rory, "Delay: Republicans Start to Scatter. Drip, Drip, Drip...," Sunday Morning Talk, April 10, 2005.
 * "Republicans air concern over DeLay. Shays calls for him to resign as House majority leader," CNN, April 11, 2005.
 * Robert Novak, "Quest to get a Republican to fight DeLay may have crossed a line," Chicago Sun-Times, April 11, 2005.
 * Lou Kesten, "DeLay's ethics woes tainting GOP," Chicago Sun-Times, April 11, 2005.
 * Robin Toner and Carl Hulse, "In the Partisan Power Struggle, a New Underdog Tries Old Tricks," New York Times, April 11, 2005.
 * Public Campaign Action "fund set to launch new ad buy against DeLay," The Raw Story, April 11, 2005.
 * Philip Shenon, "Inquiry on Lobbyist Casts a Shadow in Congress," New York Times, April 11, 2005.
 * Ken Garcia, "When DeLay attacks, no need to parry," SFGate, April 11, 2005.
 * Phillip Lovegren, "DeLay in step with Republicans," Daily Texan Online, April 11, 2005: "The methods that DeLay has used to enrich himself and his party are not out of step with the ethical standards of the modern Republican Party. Rather, they are often essential elements in the Republican rise to power."
 * Editorial: "It Will be Karl Rove Who Brings Down Tom DeLay, Not the Democrats," BuzzFlash, April 11, 2005.
 * "Sen. Chafee quietly rebukes House GOP Leader DeLay," Congressional Quarterly, April 12, 2005.
 * Gail Russell Chaddock, "Historic parallels as DeLay's woes deepen. From Jim Wright to Newt Gingrich, powerful House leaders have become targets of opposition," Christian Science Monitor, April 12, 2005.
 * Graham Webster, "Even Some Bush-Backing Newspapers Are Hammering Tom DeLay," Editor & Publisher, April 15, 2005.
 * E.J. Dionne, Jr., "Tom DeLay And the Wright Stuff," Washington Post, April 15, 2005.
 * Joe Conason, "Tainted conservative. Though charity may begin in the House, few have so brazenly blended the altruistic with the self-serving as Tom DeLay," Salon, April 15, 2005.
 * Bob Ray Sanders, "Learning a lesson about pride before the fall," Star Telegram, April 15, 2005.
 * Leonard Pitts, Jr., "Little Tommy learns tantrums get him nowhere," Miami Herald, April 16, 2005.
 * Suzanne Gamboa, "GOP Congressman Urges DeLay to Step Aside," AP, April 16, 2005.
 * Gebe Martinez, "Former GOP congressman leads effort to oust DeLay. McCloskey says he and others are embarrassed by controversies," Houston Chronicle, April 16, 2005.
 * Terence Samuel, "DeLay-A Gift To Democrats," The American Prospect, April 16, 2005.
 * Justin Gest, "DeLay's a champ to them. Embattled leader finds haven among gun enthusiasts," Houston Chronicle, April 16, 2005.
 * Rep. Joel Hefley and Rep. Alan B. Mollohan, "A challenge to ethically challenged. Put the process back on track — make it bipartisan," Houston Chronicle, April 16, 2005.
 * "Dean: Schiavo case to be used against GOP elections," USA Today, April 16, 2005.
 * "DeLay's Ability To Raise Funds Seems Unhurt. Reelection Effort Receives $438,235 in Three Months," AP, April 17, 2005.
 * Pam Easton, "DeLay Avoids Ethics Flap in Speech to NRA," Associated Press, April 17, 2005.
 * Ralph Blumenthal, "In DeLay's Home District, Rumblings of Discontent Surface," New York Times, April 17, 2005.
 * Frank Rich, "Get Tom DeLay to the Church on Time," New York Times, April 17, 2005.
 * "Senior Republican Says DeLay Won't Quit as Leader," Reuters, April 17, 2005.
 * Michael Isikoff, "With Friends Like These... A lunchtime chat with a lobbyist close to Tom DeLay suggests he may be headed for hotter water," Newsweek, April 18, 2005 (issue): "'Those S.O.B.s,' Abramoff said last week about DeLay and his staffers, according to his luncheon companion. 'DeLay knew everything. He knew all the details.'"
 * "Tom DeLay's Power Trip," New York Times, April 18, 2005.
 * David Sirota, "Fear, Loathing and the GOP," In These Times, April 18, 2005.
 * Michael Tomasky, "No Laughing Matter. DeLay and Co. are doing their best to undermine the principles of democracy. No joke," The American Prospect, April 19, 2005.
 * Suzanne Gamboa, "Lobbyist Gave DeLay a Skybox for Donors," AP, April 20, 2005.
 * David Sirota, "Tom DeLay's Words from 1995 Challenge Tom DeLay in 2005," sirotablog, April 20, 2005.
 * Arianna Huffington, "Nailing the Hammer?," ariannaonline, April 20, 2005.
 * Geov Parrish, "Tom DeLay and one-party rule. DeLay is on the way out, but his politics might be here to stay," Working for Change, April 20, 2005.
 * John Byrne, "Reed, Norquist subpoenaed in Indian gambling probe," The Raw Story, April 21, 2005.
 * "Tom's Tainted Team. An analysis of House Members who side with DeLay and MTBE special interests over their constituents," League of Conservation Voters, April 21, 2005.
 * Will Durst, "Leading the pack away from the leader. How far would the majority go to defend one of their own?," Working for Change, April 21, 2005.
 * E.J. Kessler, "Lobbyists Tie to Mahathir Raising Jewish Eyebrows," Forward Newspaper, April 22, 2005.
 * R. Jeffrey Smith, "DeLay Airfare Was Charged To Lobbyist's Credit Card," Washington Post, April 24, 2005.
 * Carl Hulse and Philip Shenon, "Credit Receipts for DeLay Trip Raise Concerns", New York Times, April 25, 2005.
 * Sharon Theimer, "Records Show DeLay, Lobbyist Daily Contact," Associated Press, April 26, 2005. Also see Timeline: "DeLay, the Lobbyist and the Marianna Islands" online, Associated Press.
 * Perry Bacon, Jr., and Karen Tumulty, "All Eyes On DeLay. The scandal-plagued Majority Leader has become a household name. That doesn't please Republicans," Time, May 2, 2005.
 * Ann E. Kornblut, "Tom DeLay's Empire of Favors," New York Times, May 8, 2005.
 * J.D. Prose, "Hart blames media for controversy over DeLay, ethics", Beaver County Times Allegheny Times, May 8, 2005.
 * Hamilton Nolan, "ANALYSIS Tom DeLay: DeLay facing pressure as groups question his ethics," PR Week, May 9, 2005: "As groups tout Tom DeLay as an example of all that is wrong with US politics, the Texas congressman known for his offense finds himself on defense."
 * Marie Coco, "DeLay's worst: a dirty drama of bondage," Newsday, May 10, 2005.
 * Franklin Foer, "Writers' Bloc: Abramoff's shadow lobby", The New Republic, May 16, 2005 (issue). (Sub req'd.)
 * Eamon Javers, "They Come Not To Bury Tom Delay -- Yet," Business Week, May 16, 2005.
 * Garance Franke-Ruta, "Perfectly Legal: DeLay, Abramoff, and Saipan", The American Prospect, June 6, 2005.
 * Patrick O'Connor, "DeLay defends Cunningham's home sale," The Hill, June 15, 2005. re Randy "Duke" Cunningham.
 * Patrick O'Connor, "DeLay aide quits amid maelstrom," The Hill, June 16, 2005.
 * R. Jeffery Smith, "Tom DeLay Indicted in Texas", Washington Post, September 29, 2005.
 * Joe Conason, "The GOP's spreading plague. Voters are notoriously slow in voting out politicians accused of corruption, but they may reach the tipping point with the latest revelations," Salon, September 30, 2005. Preview or subscription required.
 * Norman J. Ornstein, "The DeLay Indictment: Rather than the End, A New Beginning?" Roll Call (American Enterprise Institute), October 6, 2005.
 * Michael Forsythe and Kristin Jensen, "DeLay Spends PAC Money on Travel", Bloomberg, October 10, 2005.
 * "DeLay's Lawyer to Ask Court for Early December Trial Date", Washington Post, November 15, 2005; Page A02.
 * Public Citizen, "Public Citizen Analysis Shows Lobbyists Have Contributed $1.2 Million to DeLay and Will Give More Tonight in Unprecedented Fundraiser: Group Also Proposes Major Reforms to Prevent Lobbyists from Using Campaign Cash to Feed at the Public Trough", Media Release, November 17, 2005.
 * Public Citizen, "“Hosts” of Rep. DeLay’s November 17, 2005 Lobbyist Fundraiser", November 17, 2005. (Pdf)
 * "Four congressmembers role in Abramoff lobbying scandal probed," The Raw Story, November 25, 2005.
 * Susan Schmidt and James Grimaldi, "Lawmakers Under Scrutiny in Probe of Lobbyist. Ney and DeLay Among the Members of Congress Said to Be a Focus of Abramoff Investigation," Washington Post, November 26, 2005.
 * Dan Eggen, "Justice Staff Saw Texas Districting As Illegal. Voting Rights Finding On Map Pushed by DeLay Was Overruled," Washington Post, December 2, 2005.
 * Jonathan Weisman, "Muted Support for GOP Change Grows. Amid Scandals, Some Republicans Push to Permanently Replace DeLay as Leader," Washington Post, December 3, 2005.
 * Alan Lichtman, "The DeLay Scheme. Blatantly Buying Our Government," CounterPunch, December 3/4, 2005.
 * Dean Calbreath and Jerry Kammer, "Contractor Knew How to Grease Wheels", San Diego Union-Tribune, December 4, 2005.
 * Rick Klein, "House Republicans quietly pushing for new leadership," Boston Globe, December 7, 2005.
 * David Donnelly, "Hastert places clearing DeLay's name ahead of people's interest," Daily DeLay, December 7, 2005.
 * Larry Margasak and Sharon Theimer, "Donors Underwrite DeLay's Deluxe Lifestyle," Associated Press (Philadelphia Journal Register), December 21, 2005.
 * R. Jeffrey Smith, "The DeLay-Abramoff Money Trail. Nonprofit Group Linked to Lawmaker Was Funded Mostly by Clients of Lobbyist," Washington Post, December 31, 2005.