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House Eyes Ethics Probes on 30 Members

Reps under scrutiny named in leaked document

By Will McCahill,  Newser Staff

Posted Oct 30, 2009 4:50 AM CDT

(Newser) – As the House ethics committee yesterday was voting to go forward with full investigations of Democratic Reps. Maxine Waters and Laura Richardson, it was putting out a bigger fire started when an internal document revealed more than 30 lawmakers were under scrutiny was leaked on the Internet. “No inference should be made as to any member,” Zoe Lofgren said of the report, which she said was preliminary.

The document shows that 33 representatives have been looked at over concerns about corporate and defense lobbying, the Washington Post reports. The ethics committee said in a statement that a staffer had mistakenly put the file into a publicly accessible file-sharing system, and that the staffer has been fired. The inquiries into Waters and Richardson, meanwhile, involve private financial matters.

Rep. Laura Richardson, D-Calif.
Rep. Laura Richardson, D-Calif.   (AP Photo)
House Judiciary Committee member Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., is facing an ethics investigation.
House Judiciary Committee member Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., is facing an ethics investigation.   (AP Photo)
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COMMENTS
Showing 3 of 21 comments
Reader65069154
Oct 30, 2009 12:59 PM CDT
Good thing there won't be any corruption in the health care bill.
Doctor-Zaius
Oct 30, 2009 12:56 PM CDT
Who said they're all Dems? And who said they were guilty? Your sloppy logic leads you to poor conclusions.
hybrid
Oct 30, 2009 11:42 AM CDT
But i though dems were the party of Change? Face it they all blow goats.

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