DeLay calls it quits - Yahoo! News

DeLay calls it quits - Yahoo! News: "By Thomas Ferraro 2 hours, 55 minutes ago

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican Rep.
Tom DeLay of Texas, the House of Representatives' fallen majority leader, is calling it quits in face of mounting legal problems and a tough re-election campaign that may have been unwinnable.
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Twelve years after helping Republicans capture control of the House, DeLay, nicknamed 'The Hammer' for his hardball political tactics, is ending his bid for a 12th term and will leave Congress as early as next month, party aides said.

While DeLay had predicted he would be cleared of any wrongdoing, his concern about losing his House seat to Democrats in November was a chief reason he decided to step down, aides said."