Meanwhile, in the Time interview announcing his retirement, DeLay indicated plans to step more firmly into the embrace of the Christian right allies who stood by him the longest, making special reference to his "good friend" Rick Scarborough, a Texas-based pastor and activist who recently organized a conference called "The War on Christianity," at which DeLay spoke. When, in 2004, the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) hired a Democrat as its new president, furious congressional Republicans retaliated by excising tax credits to movie studios from an international tax bill.

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