Complaint Alleges DeLay Plan Violates Law

[Khephra]

WASHINGTON -- Two watchdog groups filed a complaint Thursday against House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, asking that the Internal Revenue Service deny a tax exemption to a DeLay-backed charity that will throw parties and offer a luxury suite for major donors to watch President Bush's acceptance speech at the 2004 Republican Convention.

"Celebrations for Children" will raise money for abused and neglected children by using the events at the New York convention in August as a drawing card, paying for them with a portion of the donations to the group.

"Representative DeLay is using the nation's charity tax laws and the pretext of helping children as a cynical cover to raise and spend huge amounts of prohibited soft money to finance political activities," said Fred Wertheimer, president of Democracy 21.

DeLay's office says the fund raising is for a worthy charitable cause and that the efforts of DeLay and his wife have been a "long-standing endeavor to build a permanent safe home" for foster children.

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http://www.newsday.com/news/politics/wire/sns-ap-delay-irs,0,3067859.story?coll=sns-ap-politics-headlines

[trogdor]

1. Holding children hostage for GOP power games. Nice.

:puke:

[Hawkeye-X]

2. DeLay should face the ethics committee

once we take over the House in '04 and recommend an permanent explusion ala Traficant, plus heavy fines and long prison term.

Hawkeye-X

[xxqqqzme]

3. on the repulsion scale,

I do Blieve I am more repulsed by this weasel than even squatter.

[Just Me]

4. USING Oppressed Children,...

,...for political gain,...is SICK, SICK, SICK!!! This is "evil-doing" at its purest form. This kind of grotesque practice has got to be clearly defined, apprehended, charged, tried and convicted!!! How can the people in this country just keep taking it and taking it and taking it? Gawd!!!

We need a justice department that has fewer ties to politics (hell, a lotto draw of 100 individuals voted "by the people" as qualified applicants,...that would work better than what is in place),...this just cannot go on and on and on. I freakin' hate this kind of stuff!!!

[NashVegas]

6. Why Am I Reminded of "Death to Smoochy?"

well?

[The Sushi Bandit]

5. Screw the Slimy Basterd!

[goforit]

7. Turn it on!!!!.........One right after the other ....never stop!!!!

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