But with Representative Tom DeLay forced to step aside as majority leader because of his indictment on criminal charges in Texas , the political picture in the House was suddenly scrambled , and Speaker J. Dennis Hastert of Illinois and Representative Roy Blunt of Missouri , filling in for Mr. DeLay , embraced the idea of cuts as a potentially unifying theme .
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