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'''Thomas Dale DeLay''' (born 1947) is an American politician from Sugarland, Texas. He served in the [[House of Representatives]] from 1984 to 2006, representing the 22nd district in [[Texas]]. He was the House Majority Leader from 2003 to 2005 when the [[Republican Party|Republican]]s had control.  DeLay stepped down to handle a response to charges his organization may have received unreported campaign donations from lobbyist [[Jack Abramoff]]. In 2005, DeLay was indicted by a Texas grand jury on charges related to the alleged payments, he made a pro-forma surrender to the police, and one of the indictments against him (conspiracy) <ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,286942,00.html Court Rules Against Reinstituting Tom DeLay Conspiracy Charge], ''Associated Press'', June 27, 2007.</ref> has been dropped. It has been reported the charges were brought by a Ronnie Earle, the Travis County District Attorney who is a member of the [[Democratic Party]].[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/28/AR2005092800270.html]

'''Thomas Dale DeLay''' (born 1947) is an American politician from Sugarland, Texas. He served in the [[House of Representatives]] from 1984 to 2006, representing the 22nd district in [[Texas]]. He was the House Majority Leader from 2003 to 2005 when the [[Republican Party|Republican]]s had control.  DeLay stepped down to handle a response to charges his organization may have received unreported campaign donations from lobbyist [[Jack Abramoff]]. In 2005, DeLay was indicted by a Texas grand jury on charges related to the alleged payments, he made a pro-forma surrender to the police, and one of the indictments against him (conspiracy) <ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,286942,00.html Court Rules Against Reinstituting Tom DeLay Conspiracy Charge], ''Associated Press'', June 27, 2007.</ref> has been dropped. It has been reported the charges were brought by a Ronnie Earle, the Travis County District Attorney who is a member of the [[Democratic Party]].[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/28/AR2005092800270.html] He is not a professor.

 

Critics of DeLay have taken to calling him "AIPAC's man in Congress."<ref>[http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Talk:Thomas_D._DeLay AIPAC's "man"], SourceWatch, Talk:Thomas D. DeLay, retrieved 06/13/07.</ref><ref>[http://timescorrespondents.typepad.com/baker/2006/04/justice_delayed.html#comment-15942285 Timesonline], retrieved 06/13/07.</ref><ref>[http://www.democrats.org/a/2005/10/tom_delay_im_st.php#comments001959 democrats.org], retrieved 06/13/07.</ref>  AIPAC is the American Israeli Poltical Action Committee, a lobbying group in support of Israel.  On January 1, 2003, Leader Tom DeLay was invited to address the [[Israeli]] [[Knesset]].  Leader Delay remarked,

Critics of DeLay have taken to calling him "AIPAC's man in Congress."<ref>[http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Talk:Thomas_D._DeLay AIPAC's "man"], SourceWatch, Talk:Thomas D. DeLay, retrieved 06/13/07.</ref><ref>[http://timescorrespondents.typepad.com/baker/2006/04/justice_delayed.html#comment-15942285 Timesonline], retrieved 06/13/07.</ref><ref>[http://www.democrats.org/a/2005/10/tom_delay_im_st.php#comments001959 democrats.org], retrieved 06/13/07.</ref>  AIPAC is the American Israeli Poltical Action Committee, a lobbying group in support of Israel.  On January 1, 2003, Leader Tom DeLay was invited to address the [[Israeli]] [[Knesset]].  Leader Delay remarked,