tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post113763970966809226..comments2020-04-11T03:30:02.282-05:00Gary R. Welshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-1137779887435920532006-01-20T12:58:00.000-05:002006-01-20T12:58:00.000-05:00Well, there is the giant loophole, true. <BR/><BR/>There's also the fact that it was <A HREF="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/01/08/politics/main535631.shtml" REL="nofollow">Hastert himself who undid these rules</A> in 2003, blindsiding his own Republican Ethics Committee members with a last-minute addition to the Ethics rules package they said they didn't even know about until it was too late for them to change anything.<BR/><BR/>Now it's him crying "Reform!" from the rooftops - reform of rules he instituted. <BR/><BR/>Denny is the grand master of the sneak-it-in-the-bill-when-it's-too-late-to-change move. One only hopes someday it'll cost him.chicagomomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12567483659777344191noreply@blogger.com