As DeLay Faces Ethics Questions, GOP Circles Its Wagons (washingtonpost.com)

As DeLay Faces Ethics Questions, GOP Circles Its Wagons (washingtonpost.com): "As DeLay Faces Ethics Questions, GOP Circles Its Wagons
By Shailagh Murray
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, April 7, 2005; Page A06
House Republicans once again rallied in support of embattled Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Tex.) yesterday, dismissing new reports that raise questions about his travel and payments to members of his family as part of a partisan character assault.
Majority Whip Roy Blunt (Mo.), the No. 3 Republican in the House, said at a news conference: 'I don't see any wavering of support for the leader. I think a lot of members think he's taking arrows for all of us"