[Mb-civic] Playing Games With Ethics

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Playing Games With Ethics 
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January 5 2005

House Republicans, who have been calling for a return to moral values across the nation, avoided total embarrassment Monday by reversing their 2-month-old decision to permit Majority Leader Tom DeLay of Texas to keep his post even if he's indicted by a grand jury. But don't be fooled. On Tuesday, they eviscerated congressional ethics rules with a more insidious approach. 

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