Sign this online petition to remove DeLay from office

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From an article by guest writer Jackson Thoreau at The Moderate Independent

NOVEMBER 22, 2003 - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A Texas resident presented a petition on Friday to the two top Congress members of the House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct related to the behavior of House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, R-Sugar Land. Some 2,200 Americans – including some fellow Republicans fed up with DeLay’s tactics - have signed a petition requesting that DeLay be expelled from the House of Representatives for misconduct and violation of House rules, especially the first rule of the House Code of Ethics.

That first rule states, "A member, officer, or employee of the House of Representatives shall conduct himself at all times in a manner which shall reflect creditably on the House of Representatives."
"Tom DeLay has not behaved in a manner that ‘reflects creditably’ on the House or on our country," said Jackson Thoreau, 44, a freelance writer who wrote the petition and presented it to aides to the House committee members. "He led the partisan power grab in Texas this year to gain more Republican seats through redistricting eight years before the state was scheduled to do so. That process forced Texans to waste millions while healthcare, education and other needs went unmet. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to DeLay’s pattern of abuses and disgraceful conduct."

You can read the rest of the complaint and join on signing the petition online at http://www.moderateindependent.com/v1i15petition.htm

Tom Bico