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Tom DeLay

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Tom DeLay is a former House majority leader, the second-ranking leader in the U.S. House of Representatives. As majority leader, he was responsible for developing the issues and policies that formed the Republican agenda. When Mr. DeLay left Congress in 2006, he devoted himself to helping conservatives. He is the founder of First Principles LLC, a consulting firm that works with a range of political organizations in the fields of grass roots, new media, communications and issue advocacy.

Articles by Tom DeLay

MIT economist Jonathan Gruber listens as he testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2014, before the House Oversight Committee health care hearing. Congressional Democrats charged Tuesday that Republicans are seizing on a health adviser's self-described "thoughtless" and misleading remarks to attack President Barack Obama's signature health care law. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)

TOM DeLAY: Jonathan Gruber, Dianne Feinstein and the consequences of deceit

After years of deception and cover-up, the American people, through the hard work of their congressional representatives, finally learned the ugly truth this week about terrible acts done in their name but without their knowledge. While many of those responsible continue to defend their handiwork, the revelations are sure to leave a permanent stain on those in government who played any role in the atrocities revealed.

December 11, 2014
Going to the mat with the president, passing bills that everyone knows Mr. Obama will veto, will only undermine the Republican cause and turn voters off for 2016. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

TOM DELAY: GOP surrender not an option: a call to arms

In the wake of the great Republican midterm triumphs, when the American people decisively rejected the agenda of President Obama and the Democrats, we're already hearing voices counseling moderation — that we should run from a fight with the president before it's even begun.

November 20, 2014
Senate Majority Leader-in-waiting Mitch McConnell should reject President Obama's calls for cooperation. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

TOM DELAY: Compromise with whom? GOP must stand firm

That wasn't a wave. That wasn't even a tsunami. Tuesday was a Category 5 political hurricane in which the American people effectively wiped out the entire agenda of President Obama and the Democrats.

November 6, 2014
A woman walks past voting booths at the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections in Cleveland, Ohio, on Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2014, in this file photo. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan) **FILE**

TOM DELAY: Prediction: A very good Tuesday for the GOP

The debates are done. The arguments have all been made. The closing ads have all been shot. So let's skip the philosophical debates for one week and just talk about on who's going to win next Tuesday.

October 30, 2014
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DeLAY: Zeke Emanuel reveals the progressives’ death wish

When Zeke Emanuel writes a provocative, 5,000-plus-word polemic on why he — and by extension the rest of us — should hope to die at 75 in order to ease the burden on family, friends and society, it can't be written off as the ravings of a rogue intellectual.

October 9, 2014
President Barack Obama listens to Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko speak after a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House, on Thursday, Sept. 18, 2014, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

DeLay: Uncertain trumpet: An anti-war president goes to war

As the Congress and the country debate the momentous question of how to meet the threat posed by the Islamic State and other enemies in the war on terrorism, one thing has become increasingly clear: It's impossible to conduct and win a war when you're led by an anti-war president.

September 18, 2014
U.S. President Barack Obama, center, waves as he arrives for a group photo during a NATO summit at the Celtic Manor Resort in Newport, Wales on Thursday, Sept. 4, 2014. In a two-day meeting leaders will discuss, among other issues, the situation in Ukraine and Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Jon Super)

DeLAY: Obama’s schedule, rhetoric belie world realities

You can tell a lot about a person from his appointment book, and that's certainly true of our president this week. Meeting with Democratic supporters in Wisconsin one day and world leaders in Europe just a few days later, President Obama told us all we need to know about his administration's shortcomings, in both foreign and domestic policy.

September 4, 2014