DeLay Gets a Warm Welcome from the NRA

NPR | By Andrea Seabrook

Published April 17, 2005 at 12:00 AM EDT

Republican House Leader Tom Delay has been no stranger to controversy in recent weeks, but his ethics committee troubles didn't diminish the hearty welcome he received at the NRA convention on Saturday night.

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