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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: CYBERKEN who wrote (678355)	4/6/2005 5:31:36 AM
From: E. T.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

The Washington Post fronts yet another fishy travel expedition by House Majority Leader Tom DeLay. In 1997, DeLay jetted over to Moscow on a trip that seems to have been financed by lobbyists at the service of the Russian government. DeLay reported that the trip was funded by a D.C. non-profit, but the Post says people "involved in planning DeLay's trip" confirmed it was actually covered by a "mysterious company registered in the Bahamas." House ethics rules make it a no-no for legislators to have their trips covered by lobbyists or foreign agents. The NYT's off-lead mentions the Moscow trip but focuses on records showing that DeLay's political and campaign committees have been cutting checks to his wife and daughter. The two have made "more than" $500,000 since 2001. No, there's nothing illegal about that. And aides insisted they really did do plenty of work. What justifies the Page One play, the NYT gently explains, is that the payments were "unusually generous." (For the record, the latest statements show the two each earning an oh-so-bling-y $4,000 per month.) Slate.com