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                  Representative
                  Tom DeLay
                  
                  
R-22nd
                  District, Texas
                  
                  
(b.
                  1950)
               
               

                  

               
            
         
         
         

            

               

                  

               
               

                  

               
               

                  
 
                     

                        

                           

                              

                           
                           

                              

                              
                           
                        
                        

                           

                              
 
                           
                           

                              

                                 

                                    

                                       

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Tom
                  DeLay- (b. April 8, 1947, in Laredo,
                  Texas)
                  
                  
Tom
                  DeLay is a conservative Republican congressman
                  representing Texas' 22nd Congressional District. He
                  served as the House Majority Leader from 1984 until
                  stepping down in late September of 2005 due to his
                  indictment by a Texas grand jury on charges related
                  to alleged campaign finance
                  improprieties.
                  
                  
DeLay
                  worked his way up the Republican hierarchy ,
                  becoming the Deputy Whip in 1988, serving under
                  Minority Whip Dick Cheney. Following the 1994
                  elections and the Republican takeover of Congress,
                  DeLay was elected as the new Majority Whip. In
                  2002, he was elected the Majority Leader, the
                  second most powerful job in the House after Speaker
                  Dennis Hastert.
                  
                  
Since
                  becoming Majority Leader, DeLay has been in the
                  media spotlight due to his involvement with
                  lobbyist Jack Abramoff, his involvement in the
                  Terri Shiavo case, and the 2002 Texas Redistricting
                  Quorum Warrant fiasco. 
                  
                  
Abramoff
                  and other lobbyists are accused of giving illegal
                  campaign contributions to Tom DeLay and other
                  politicians. The Schiavo case involved a Florida
                  woman who was in a persistent vegetative coma and
                  her husband's attempt to take her off of life
                  support. DeLay and other conservative Republicans
                  in Congress sided with Terri Schiavo's parents, who
                  wanted to keep their daughter on life support.
                  DeLay saw this as a "Right To Life" case in a
                  similar vein to his stance against abortion, and
                  involved Congress in the Schiavo case. In the Texas
                  redistricting case, DeLay involved various federal
                  agencies in the search for several Texas Democratic
                  State legislators who fled Texas to avoid allowing
                  a quorum in the legislature during a redistricting
                  fight.
                  
                  
On
                  September 28, 2005, Tom DeLay was indicted by a
                  Texas grand jury on conspiracy charges related to
                  political campaign finances. DeLay then announced
                  temporary resignation as Majority Leader, per House
                  rules. DeLay retains his seat in Congress.
                  Congressman Roy Blunt took over as the interim
                  Majority Leader.
                  
                  
DeLay
                  and his family currently live in Sugarland,
                  Texas.
                  
                  
Education:
                  
                  
--Calallen
                     High School, Corpus Christi, Texas, 1965.
                     --Baylor University --premed student, but did
                     not graduate 
                     
                     
--University
                     of Houston --graduated with a BS degree in
                     Biology. 
                  
                  
Careers:
                  
                  
--Owner,
                     Albo Pest Control (1973-1984)
                     
                     
--Representative,
                     Texas State House of Representatives
                     (1978-1984)
                     
                     
--Representative,
                     U.S. House of Representatives
                     (1984-Present)
                  
                  
 
               
            
         
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                            Lee, R. "The History Guy: Representative
                           Tom DeLay "
                           
                           
http://www.politics.historyguy.com/delay_tom.html
                            
                        
                     
                  
                   
               
            
            

               

                  

                     

                        

                           
Family
                        
                     
                     

                        

                           

                              

                                 

                                    
Christine
                                    Ann (Furrh) DeLay
                                    --Wife
                                 
                              
                              

                                 

                                    
Children:
                                    Danielle (Dani) Kay
                                    Delay--Daughter
                                    (b. 1972)
                                 
                              
                              

                                 

                                    
Charlie
                                    Ray
                                    Delay
                                    --Father
                                    (d. 1988)
                                 
                              
                              

                                 

                                    
Maxine
                                    DeLay--Mother
                                 
                              
                              

                                 

                                    
Tena
                                    DeLay
                                    Neislar--Sister
                                 
                              
                              

                                 

                                    
Randy
                                    DeLay-Brother
                                 
                              
                              

                                 

                                    
Ray
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Tom
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