DeLay-Blunt Leadership Team Is Now Under Assault From The Right

Majority Leader Tom DeLay is now under assault, but not from his favorite demons--the left.  This time, it's the right that is after him.

This alert went out yesterday from Townhall.com:

TO: Townhall Readers
FROM: Townhall.com Editors
RE: Irresponsible Spending

Yesterday House Majority Leader Tom DeLay declared an “ongoing victory” over wasteful government spending. According to DeLay, there is no fat left to cut out of the federal budget .

But with Congress facing new estimates topping $200 billion for Katrina emergency spending and everyday federal spending exceeding $22,000 per household, DeLay’s declared victory is no such thing.

While some fiscal conservatives in Congress have offered solutions to the spending crisis, DeLay and others have been non-responsive. Representative Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) proposed an amendment to the $51.8 billion storm spending bill that would have required modest domestic spending cuts to help pay for the emergency, only to be rebuffed by House Leadership.

Hensarling is not alone. There are others in Congress who are determined not to add to the mountain of debt already facing our children and grandchildren, but they need your help.

Americans elected Republican majorities in the House and the Senate and elected a Republican President. Republicans were not elected to expand the size of the federal government; they were elected to cut wasteful spending and to be good stewards of citizens’ tax dollars.

Recent polling indicates that Americans believe about half of their tax dollars are wasted.

Tell Tom DeLay to work with conservatives in the House and Senate to find responsible ways to alleviate the suffering and begin to rebuild. Countless Americans have dug deep in the wake of Katrina to make sacrifices for the victims in the Gulf Coast. Congress, should “tighten its belt” and follow their example.

Majority Leader Tom Delay:
242 CHOB
Washington, D.C. 20515-4322
Phone: (202) 225-5951
Fax: (202) 225-5241
http://tomdelay.house.gov

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