Conservative Hispanic congressman provokes Dems’ ire

“The same week President Bush delivered the State of the Union speech in January, the administration filed a Supreme Court brief supporting a Texas redistricting plan designed by then-House Republican leader Tom DeLay.

The idea was to put a GOP majority in the state’s congressional delegation. It succeeded famously, adding five seats. But the Texan has since been indicted for money-laundering to finance the 2003 plan.”

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