MSNBC staff and news service reports
Updated: 1:19 a.m. ET April 4, 2006
Former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, tainted by a lobbying scandal that ensnared some of his former top aides and cost the congressman his leadership post, told MSNBC's Chris Matthews on Monday night that he will not seek re-election to Congress.
Rep. DeLay was expected to announce the plans Tuesday, said Matthews, host of MSNBC's “Hardball.”
The Associated Press quoted unnamed officials as saying DeLay also is likely to resign his Texas seat and leave Congress by the end of May.
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