Tom DeLay - SpeedyLook encyclopedia

Youth

DeLay was born the April 8th 1947 with Laredo (Texas). It passed the major part of its childhood to the Venezuela where his/her father worked in the oil industry.

It is graduate in biology of the Université of Houston in 1970 after being excluded from the Université of Baylor for intoxication.

During its studies, extremely in mouth, it is made a reputation of playboy and dredger, related to drink. It is then called Hot Tub Tom .

Political career

In 1978, it is elected at the assembly of Texas but does not stop its drinking bouts for as much.

In 1984, it is elected with the Chambre of the Representatives of the United States in 22e district of Texas (Sugarland), in the south of Houston.

In 1985, it gives up drink and becomes a " Christian born " again; ( Born-again Christian ).

In 1994, when the Republican party took the control of the Congress, DeLay was elected vice-president of the majority against the wishes of the new announcer Newt Gingrich.

DeLay have bad relations so much with Gingrich than with the leader of the republicans of the room, Texan Dick Armey. In 1997, it tries to seize the function of Gingrich but fails.

As a vice-president of the majority, DeLay had the new nickname of the " marteau" because “it lowers the head and charges straight.” It is recognized for its capacity to impose the discipline of vote to the republican elected officials with the room but also to be avenged for its opponents.

Chief of the majority to the Room (2003-2005)

After the elections of November 2002, DeLay was elected chief of the majority after the decision of Dick Armey to withdraw political life. It imposed an iron discipline to the members of the party to make sure of the coherence of the votes in order to preserve the domination of the republicans on the Room. It however has enough flexibility to authorize dissenting votes of moderate republicans or centrists when it knows that those will not harm the awaited result. Thus votes passed to only one way of majority.

It is also very skilful to collect funds in order to finance the electoral campaigns and to ensure an financial autonomy of the republicans of the Senate vis-a-vis the White House or the other executive bodies of the party. He was thus opposed on several occasions to certain bills worked out by the dispensaries of the government.

Christian Fundamentalist, it is adverse with the Avortement.

In March 2005, DeLay made adopt a special law (at once considered to be unconstitutional) to be opposed to the disconnection of the probe of Terri Schiavo, a woman in vegetative state since fifteen years.

In the field of the international relations, it is an enthusiastic support of the State of Israel and is opposed to the territorial concessions however required by George W. Bush. Many Israeli politicians of right-hand side and extreme right-hand side regard it as one as of their, even as being even on the right than themselves.

The September 28th 2005, Tom DeLay was accused by the democratic Procureur of the county of Travis, Ronnie Earle, for supposed facts of illegal collection of funds and fraudulent use of donations of companies. According to the charge, 190 000 dollars poured by companies (Russian, American…) would have been recycled via an organization created by DeLay and are poured at the republican National committee to finance the campaigns of republican candidates whereas the legislation texane proscribes the financing of the political life by companies. If he is recognized guilty, Tom DeLay is liable to a two years of prison sorrow.

It then puts on leave its functions, renonçant (temporarily) with its position of chief of the Republican majority to the Room of the representatives (but it is theoretically not obliged to give up his elective functions). It counter-attacks then while being caught some to the Earle prosecutor, whom it describes of “canted” and democratic “fanatic”. It is presented in victim and challenges all the charges (" I did anything of evil, I do not have enfreint no law, no rule, no payment. I did not do anything of opposite to the law or the éthique"). A representative of Missouri, Roy Blunt, is then elected unanimously to take over temporarily the duties of DeLay the head of the republican group to the room.

The October 3rd 2005, it is accused one second time by the jury of a court texan for conspiracy for Money laundering.

Tom DeLay risks from now on a sorrow going to the life imprisonment.

The October 20th 2005, it is stopped and accused of money laundering as well as conspiracy by a court of Houston. It is released after having deposited a guarantee of 10.000 dollars.

In January 2006, DeLay definitively gives up directing the republicans of the Congress. It is John Boehner is then elected in February 2006 as chief of the Republican majority to the room of the representatives.

After having gained the republican primary elections organized in its district for the elections of November 2006, DeLay suddenly announced in April 2006 its intention to leave its seat with the Room of the representatives before mid-June 2006 and not to represent themselves. This advertisement makes following the guilty plea of one of its assistants and with the surveys which give it losing vis-a-vis the democratic candidate in his district however savagely republican.

Family

Married, Tom DeLay has a fore-mentioned girl Danielle.

External bonds

Page of DeLay to the Congress
Site of the chief of the majority
Site of countryside
Accused of criminal conspiracy

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