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Mr. DeLay said his announcement was unrelated to a former senior aide's guilty plea last week to corruption charges, the latest admission of wrongdoing in the Jack Abramoff scandal by onetime staff members. Mr. DeLay is also under indictment in Texas on charges that he broke campaign finance laws, and he faced the prospect of an inquiry by the House ethics committee into travel arranged by Mr. Abramoff. Senior Republicans said Mr. DeLay should have acted months ago when Mr. Abramoff entered his guilty plea.