Conservatives have taken a hard line when it comes to felons voting, but apparently a different standard applies to party leaders. House Republicans are likely to vote today to end the House's decade-old rule "requiring leaders to step down if indicted." Republicans adopted the rule in the 1990s, "when they were in the minority and were trying to put the focus on investigations of prominent Democrats." But now, with Majority Leader Tom DeLay facing possible criminal charges for his role in a process that lead to redistricting in Texas, the GOP is pushing to change the rules. One Democratic aide pointed out, "It would be the height of hypocrisy for a party that came to power promising to clean house to deliberately clear the way for a corrupt and unethical member under indictment to lead the people's House."
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