Via ABC News: Blunt picked to replace DeLay as US House leader
Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday unanimously elected Roy Blunt of Missouri as their majority leader, replacing Tom DeLay, who was forced to give up the job after being indicted by a Texas grand jury, lawmakers said.After a closed-door meeting of House Republicans, lawmakers said Blunt’s position was an interim arrangement for the rest of the year and that he would share leadership responsibilities with Rep. David Dreier of California.
It was not immediately clear how Blunt, who had had been the third ranking Republican member of the House, would share duties with Dreier, the chairman of the House Rules Committee.
Ok, so he and Dreier will share, but Blunt will be the frontman, unlike the previous report that suggested it would be the other way around.
Tom DeLay Indictment: Where’s the Proof?
House Majority Leader, Tom DeLay, is being charged with criminal conspiracy. Here is the complete text of the indictment (you need Adobe Acrobat installed to view it).
Read through it. It’s short so it will only take a few minutes. When you read i…
Trackback by KeepinItReal — Wednesday, September 28, 2024 @ 6:07 pm
Steven:
What do you make of the reports that Dreier was nixed because social conservatives couldn’t support a gay man for interim majority leader? I agree with my side on this: seems to me that it’s at least newsworthy.
Comment by Brett — Thursday, September 29, 2024 @ 2:12 pm
Brett,
To be honest, the only references to Dreier’s possible orientation has been on left-leaning blogs. Now, I will also admit that I have been busy and haven’t even had time to fully evaluate the charges against DeLay at this point.
I just don’t have enough info to comment intelligenty at this point.
If true then yes, I concur that it is newsworthy.
Perhaps I am dense or out of the loop, but do we know for certain that Dreier is gay?
Comment by Dr. Steven Taylor — Thursday, September 29, 2024 @ 2:36 pm