The Diddly Awards

News: Honoring the jaw-dropping achievements of the 108th Congress

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The Roi Louis Grand Prix

p>••• Rep. Tom DeLay (R-Texas) stonewalled a Democratic measure to adjust the child tax credit for 6.5 million working poor, denying families making less than $26,625 a $400 break, while giving a $93,500 tax cut to those making $1 million.

••• Tom DeLay ordered the Homeland Security Department to help Texas Rangers chase down Democratic state legislators in order to win a redistricting vote. Even though everyone knew the Democrats had fled to Oklahoma, officers swarmed the homes of the Democrats' families and in one case barged in on a neonatal intensive care unit where a legislator's wife was caring for her newborn twins.

••• Tom DeLay held open the House Medicare vote throughout a dark night for democracy last November. DeLay panicked when it appeared that the budget-buster would go down 218-216. So he kept the vote open an unprecedented three hours for floor managers to strong-arm reluctant representatives until it passed.

and the winner is...

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