[NV Greens] Fwd: This Wednesday: Help fire Tom DeLay in Nevada

Fri May 27 00:04:47 PDT 2005

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>House Republican leader Tom DeLay, one of the most powerful 
>politicians in history, remains under siege for ethics scandals. We 
>need to pressure Republicans, like your representative, who can fire 
>DeLay from his leadership post. On June 1st, we'll deliver thousands 
>of signatures to congressional offices.
>
>We still need someone to host a petition delivery in your district. 
>We'll recruit others to join you. Can you help?
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><http://www.moveonpac.org/event/delaypetition/?id=5575-1199302-87XBVnueiQBEhJTvtAVj2A&t=4>Yes, 
>I'll help.
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>Report Card
>Rep. Jim Gibbons's
>Connections to Tom DeLay
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>Accepted $3,602
>from Tom DeLay's PAC
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>Voted 92.28%
>of the time with DeLay
>(2,234 of 2,421 votes)
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>Data in the "Report Card" was compiled by Public Campaign Action 
>Fund for its DeLay Rankings at http://www.InDeLaysPocket.com
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>Dear MoveOn member,
>
>This is a critical moment.
>
>Because of you, we were able to get the "nuclear option," radical 
>Republicans' plan to stack the courts, off the table. That's because 
>a few Republicans realized that Americans are growing frustrated 
>with their leaders' abuse of power on behalf of right wing fringe 
>groups and big corporations.
>
>Now is the perfect time to drive the point home. Just hours ago, a 
>judge ruled for the first time that one of House Majority Leader Tom 
>DeLay's political action committees broke election laws.1
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>No one demonstrates Republican leaders' corruption and abuse of 
>power more than DeLay. He has been found guilty of four 
>congressional ethics violations yet Republicans still let him serve 
>as the powerful House Majority Leader-deciding what legislation is 
>heard and when. So next Wednesday, June 1st at noon, we're going to 
>deliver thousands of "Fire Tom DeLay" petitions to congressional 
>offices and Republican Party headquarters around the country.
>
>We want to deliver these petitions to as many Republican House 
>members as possible, but we still don't have any events in your 
>district. Can you help out and coordinate an event? Click here to 
>sign up:
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><http://www.moveonpac.org/event/events/create.html?action_id=18&t=1> 
>http://www.moveonpac.org/event/events/create.html?action_id=18&t=1
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>After being officially rebuked by the bi-partisan Ethics Committee, 
>Tom Delay retaliated by replacing the Republican members of the 
>committee who dared to stand up to him and he's now involved with a 
>criminal investigation in Texas. It's clearly time to fire him from 
>his leadership post. But other Republicans have "circled the wagons" 
>to protect him. They think people outside Washington don't care. 
>That's why delivering almost half a million petitions to scores of 
>congressional offices and local Republican party headquarters across 
>the country, all at once, will make a big difference.
>
>It's easy! We'll give you local petitions that have already been 
>signed online and all the other materials you'll need. Just click 
>here to get involved:
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><http://www.moveonpac.org/event/events/create.html?action_id=18&t=2> 
>http://www.moveonpac.org/event/events/create.html?action_id=18&t=2
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>We'll send a clear signal to Republicans that Americans are fed up 
>with their abuse of power, starting with DeLay's corruption. But 
>these events won't be confrontational-you'll just walk into the 
>office, explain that you're there to deliver petitions from local 
>constituents, and hand over the petitions.
>
>We held a similar signature delivery last year and one MoveOn member wrote:
>
>I just walked in and handed the receptionist the signatures through 
>a little hole in a big glass window and told her a few words... I 
>felt proud to be an American for the five minutes that it took me to 
>deliver the petition and it really brightens up my day in our 
>otherwise troubling political times. Let's keep it going!
>
>There is no reason a man with Tom DeLay's record should be one of 
>the most powerful politicians in the country. With your help we can 
>hold him and the rest of the radical Republicans accountable. Click 
>here to coordinate an event in your area:
>
><http://www.moveonpac.org/event/events/create.html?action_id=18&t=3> 
>http://www.moveonpac.org/event/events/create.html?action_id=18&t=3
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>Thank you for everything that you do,
>
>-Adam, Matt, Justin and the MoveOn PAC Team
>   Thursday, May 26th, 2005
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>P.S. Why focus on DeLay? Among his offenses, Tom Delay:
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>Accepted trips from corporations and later helped kill legislation 
>they opposed
>Accepted trips from the lobbyist for a foreign government in 
>violation of House rules
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>Paid family members more than $500,000 out of campaign contributions
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>Helped sweatshops in the Mariana Islands at the behest of a lobbyist
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>Tried to coerce a Congressman for a vote on Medicare
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>Allegedly used corporate money given to his PAC to finance Texas 
>campaigns in violation of state law
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>Used Homeland Security resources in a dispute with Democrats in Texas
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>Diverted funds from a children's charity for lavish celebrations at 
>the Republican convention
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>Stacked the House Ethics Committee with representatives who have 
>contributed to his legal defense fund
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>Crippled the effectiveness of the House Ethics Committee by purging 
>members who had rebuked him
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>Sought a rule change that would have no longer "required leaders to 
>step aside temporarily if indicted"
>
>Here is a link to the brief that we used to document DeLay's abuses. 
>It includes links to news reports with the specific background on 
>each of the assertions we make above. "DeLay's Dirty Dozen" from the 
>American Progress Action Fund:
><http://thinkprogress.org/index.php?p=430> 
>http://thinkprogress.org/index.php?p=430
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>You can also find great info at:
><http://www.houseofscandal.org/> http://www.houseofscandal.org/
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>SOURCES:
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>1. Judge rules against DeLay group official. Associated press, May 26, 2005.
><http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=793488>http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=793488
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