Another R gives back DeLay's money while Green, Ryan claim they can't

Yet another House Republican, this one from Missouri, has found a way to get rid of the dirty money he took from Tom DeLay's political action committee. That makes at least three who have done the right thing since DeLay's indictment (there was a second indictment Monday on two money laundering charges). More details at DeLay's House of Scandal.

So far, Wisconsin Reps. Mark Green and Paul Ryan refuse to give back the $29,000 and $25,000 they've received, respectively, claiming that would somehow be illegal.

The Missouri Congressman also said he will not support DeLay's return as leader even if he is acquited. That might be an interesting question for some enterprising reporter to ask Green and Ryan, too.

The Columbia, Mo. Tribune reports:

Hulshof puts DeLay funds into charity
Congressman distances self from leader.

U.S. Rep. Kenny Hulshof has unloaded campaign money with ties to Tom DeLay and is expressing reservations about a return to power for the indicted former House majority leader.

DeLay, a Republican from Texas, was indicted Wednesday on a felony conspiracy charge related to state campaign finance laws. The congressman has denounced the charges, but a party rule required him to give up his leadership post.

DeLay has been a fundraising dynamo over the years, using that cash to support a wide variety of Republican candidates. One of the beneficiaries was Hulshof, who in the past received more than $14,000 from the Americans for a Republican Majority political action committee, or ARMPAC.

While ARMPAC is not the focus of the indictment, it was aligned with DeLay. Democrats last week demanded that Hulshof return the money.

Hulshof said in an interview yesterday that his campaign has written a check to the George Bush-Bill Clinton hurricane relief effort in an amount equivalent to the money he received from ARMPAC. Hulshof said he thought the amount was $14,500, although The Associated Press in July reported that the figure was $14,964, based on figures from groups that track political money.

Tell Wisconsin Republicans to Return DeLay's Dirty Money.