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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.  

'''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.