We need your help because our Member of Congress, Representative Jim Nussle (R-IA), is one of a handful of Republicans who bravely stood up to Tom DeLay (R-TX) and voted to hold him accountable for his pattern of misbehavior. Specifically, last year, Rep. Nussle voted against an internal rule change in the Republican party known as the "DeLay Rule," which would have allowed DeLay to remain as majority leader even if he was indicted by a Texas grand jury. Although it was quickly reversed, the DeLay Rule rescinded a 1993 rule passed by the Republican leadership, which called for its party leaders to step down if indicted. For that, Rep. Nussle deserves our thanks. However, we now need Rep. Nussle to go further in order to solve the current ethics crisis in the House of Representatives.



We need you to contact Rep. Nussle today and urge him to help resolve the ethics crisis in the "People's House" by supporting the Mollohan resolution, which would at least re-establish an ethics process in the House. This would allow the Ethics Committee to begin investigating a number of allegations of unethical behavior that have piled up recently against DeLay and other Members of Congress and prevent either party from blocking an investigation of their own Members.



Rep. Nussle has received $15,020 from DeLay's PAC over the course of his career, including $10,000 in the 2004 election cycle. He could prove that he puts the public's best interst over party loyalty by supporting the Mollohan resolution and considering returning these contributions. Please stop by or at least call one of his offices and tell him to do the right thing by co-sponsoring the Mollohan resolution:

Manchester Office
712 West Main St.
Manchester, IA 52057
563-927-5141
800-927-5212


Davenport Office
209 West 4th St.
Davenport, IA 52801
563-326-1841


Dubuque Office
2255 John F. Kennedy Rd.
Dubuque, IA 52002
563-557-7740


Waterloo Office
3641 Kimball Ave.
Waterloo, IA 50702
319-235-1109


Thank you again for all you do for Common Cause Iowa.



Sincerely,

Ed, Celia, James, Lauren, Mary, Murshed, and Sarah
The Common Cause Team for
Ethics and Government Accountability