Green, Ryan tainted by DeLay money; One Republican says he'll give it back

This is news:

The first Republican member of Congress has decided to return tainted campaign contributions from one of Rep. Tom DeLay's many political slush funds. Rep. Jeb Bradley of New Hampshire is giving back the $15,000.

Which leads to the question: What about Wisconsin's Mark Green and Paul Ryan, who have received $29,414 and $25,390 respectively from DeLay's PAC? Eye on Wisconsin points out that both Green and Ryan also have donated to DeLay's legal defense fund.

Ryan may be able to ride it out, but this could get sticky for Green, who's running for governor. Checking Xoff's Greatest Hits file, I find this entry on April 12: Green Steps in DeLay Doo-doo.

Ryan, you may recall, has had many nice things to say about DeLay, but a mysterious "scheduling conflict" kept him away from a testimonial dinner for DeLay after he got into ethical trouble. But he's still in DeLay's pocket.

Badger Blues says:

Tom DeLay gets away with his corruption because the vast, silent majority of the Republican caucus doesn’t give a damn about clean government. They all benefit from Mr DeLay’s shenanigans, either directly, like Messrs. Green and Ryan, or indirectly, by leveraging all that money to strengthen the Republican majority in Congress. Google “Texas redistricting” and you’ll see what I mean (”Georgia redistricting” and “Ohio redistricting” will yield similar results).

Two hundred fory-one sitting members of Congress have taken money from DeLay's committee. Here's a list.

So far, one has said he will give it back. Mr. Green? Mr. Ryan? We can't hear you.