It seems the Republicans have finally been convinced not to try to adjust the ethics rules to accommodate that lying, cheating sack of dog poop, Tom DeLay.

The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the package was certain to include a reversal of the rule that would automatically dismiss an ethics complaint after 45 days if the committee is deadlocked, according to the report.

A House Republican aide told the newspaper the automatic-dismissal rule was “the rule that is most commonly believed to be designed to protect Tom DeLay” and that it was “impossible to win the communications battle” on it.

One can only hope this is the beginning of a reversal of the steam rolling our government has taken under the Bush Administration.