[DOC] [TLE] Tom DeLay - Wikipedia [PAR] Thomas Dale DeLay is a former member of the United States House of 
Representatives, representing Texas's 22nd congressional district from 1985 
until 2006. He was Republican Party (GOP) House Majority Leader from 2003
05. .... In the summer of 1997 several House Republicans, who saw Speaker 
Newt Gingrich's... [DOC] [TLE] Party leaders of the United States House of Representatives ... [PAR] Party leaders and whips of the United States House of Representatives, also 
known as floor leaders, are elected by their respective parties in a closed-door 
caucus by secret ballot. The current party leaders are: Majority (Republican) 
Leader Kevin McCarthy, .... As the minority party has one less leadership position 
after losing the... [DOC] [TLE] Tom DeLay - U.S. Representative - Biography.com [PAR] Feb 4, 2016 ... Former Representative Tom Delay is known for his controversial ... Tom Delay 
was Republican majority leader of the U.S. House of ... DeLay denied the 
charges but was forced to resign from his position as Majority Leader. [DOC] [TLE] Down with DeLay | Opinion | The Harvard Crimson [PAR] May 2, 2005 ... His support within the GOP waning, it's time for this majority leader to go ... House 
Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Texas) has caused his fellow ... that the tide of 
support for DeLay within the Grand Old Party is beginning to ebb. ... more than 
$500,000 from the congressman's political action committee,... [DOC] [TLE] Preparations Begin for 104th Congress - CQ Almanac Online Edition [PAR] 1997, Senate Committee Assignments ... 1987, House Committee Assignments, 
100th Congress .... The GOP then used elections to settle six lower leadership 
races, balancing the Southern tilt at the top with ... In the most important of the 
contested positions, Tom DeLay of Texas emerged as the party's whip, its No. [DOC] [TLE] The Exterminator - Texas Monthly [PAR] How did Tom Delay become the most powerful man in Congress? ... that 
Republicans will lose the House, none of these had dampened DeLay's .... If he 
can't please enough reluctant members, he starts pressuring them. .... Hastert 
had never held a leadership position and was a total stranger to the American 
public. But he... [DOC] [TLE] Party Leaders in the United States Congress, 1789-2014 [PAR] Jul 31, 2014 ... The formal positions for Senate party floor leaders eventually arose ... 
Congresses, the tables in this report identify each leadership position beginning 
with the .... House Republican Conference Chairs, 1863-2014 . ..... Congress 
1774-1996 (Washington: CQ Staff Directories, Inc., 1997), p. xi. .... Tom DeLay. [DOC] [TLE] Tom Delay's Hard Drive | Vanity Fair [PAR] And then there is House majority leader Tom DeLay. ... The top job, Speaker of 
the House, belongs to DeLay's protg Denny Hastert, who is ... clues that he's 
57, a 10-term congressman who got his start in politics a quarter-century ago. ... 
Last year, House Republicans squeezed through a series of controversial budget
... [DOC] [TLE] DeLay Incorporated - The Texas Observer [PAR] Feb 4, 2000 ... Tom DeLay's extraordinary influence is not due to his charm, his wit, nor his ... 
Acknowledging that among recent GOP congressional leaders ... For DeLay, 
making it happen starts and ends with money, in the form ... Using his 
organizational muscle as majority whip in the House, a key leadership position,... [DOC] [TLE] Without DeLay - Texas Monthly [PAR] As the chairman of the Fort Bend County Republican party, Thode was 
responsible for running ... congressman from Sugar Land, the majority leader of 
the U.S. House of .... DeLay had a 22-year head start in fund-raising, in 
identifying regular ... help from the two other challengers, had held DeLay to 55 
percent in Fort Bend. [DOC] [TLE] AllPolitics - TIME This Week: January 13, 1997 - CNN.com [PAR] Jan 13, 1997 ... Gingrich worked the phone hard to save his job, but no matter what the outcome 
... If just 20 Republicans held back their votes, Gingrich would be finished.

Question: House leadership position held by Republican congressman Tom DeLay at the start of 1997
Answer: majority whip