No. of Recommendations: 3
to keep the caucus focused and voting together Back in the day, that was the job of the "whip". When Jerry Ford was elevated to VP, he had been the GOP whip in the house.
Lessee....there was a GOP whip that turned out to be a scumbag, a while back. Who was that?
Ah, the net is a wonderful thing.
Tom DeLay
Majority whip
When the Republican Party gained control of the House in 1995 following the 1994 election, or "Republican Revolution", DeLay was elected Majority Whip against the wishes of House Speaker-elect Newt Gingrich.[citation needed]
DeLay was not always on good terms with Gingrich or Dick Armey, the House majority leader from 1995 to 2003, and he reportedly considered them uncommitted to Christian values. Nevertheless, in the heyday of the 104th Congress (1995–1997), DeLay described the Republican leadership as a triumvirate of Gingrich, "the visionary"; Armey, "the policy wonk"; and himself, "the ditch digger who makes it all happen"
Following official admonishments by the United States House Committee on Ethics,[26] DeLay was charged in 2005 with money laundering and conspiracy charges related to illegal campaign finance activities aimed at helping Republican candidates for Texas state office in the 2002 elections.
Conviction
Appeal and acquittal
Contributions from Russian oil executives
The K Street Project
Ethics admonishment for misuse of federal agency resources
Civil lawsuit
Jack Abramoff scandalen.wikipedia.org - Tom DeLayOh yeah. Great representative of "Christian values".
/sarcasm
Steve
