Chicago, IL.- Local members of the grassroot organization MoveOn PAC, will take part in a national campaign to persuade Illinois Republicans to fire the scandal-mired Republican Majority Leader, Tom DeLay. Constituents will gather at Randolph and Wells with more that 30,000 signed "Fire DeLay" petitions from Illinois citizens.

The campaign comes as a civil court in Texas ruled Thursday that DeLay's political committee, Texans for a Republican Majority (TRMPAC,) violated Texas campaign laws when it failed to disclose over a half-million dollars in corporate contributions.

"Tom DeLay is a bad, bad man. A court has ruled that part of DeLay's empire is illegal. It's time for members of Congress to stop the abuse of power and fire Tom DeLay," said Tom Matzzie, MoveOn PAC Washington Director.

This month, MoveOn circulated a "report card" to its members including data from the independent watchdog group Public Campaign Action Fund, showing the connection between Republican members of Congress who voted for Tom DeLay as majority leader and money those members received from TRMPAC, DeLay's political committee.

To view the report cards of Republican Members of Congress, visit www.InDeLaysPocket.com.

The event wil be held Wednesday, June 1, 2005 outside of the Illinois Republican Chicago Headquarters. For more information or to attend visit www.moveonpac.org/event/events/event.html.