on tom delay

I'm not too into this whole thing, but lately the scandal surrounding the U.S. House Majority Leader, Tom DeLay (R-TX), has really blown up. First, there were allegations that at least three of his very expensive business trips were paid for by various international lobbying groups - including Russian oil interests. Now it seems that his wife and daughter may have been paid more than $500,000 through his political committees.

"The three foreign trips at issue share common elements. The sponsor of the Moscow trip, the Capitol Hill-based National Center for Public Policy Research, also sponsored the later London trip. The center is a conservative group that solicits corporate, foundation and individual donations."

Link to Washington Post article about the business trips; link to CBS article about paying his wife and daughter; link to Progress Report's succinct wrap-up.