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Mary Landrieu

CREW Files Complaint Over Landrieu Camp's 'Mysterious' $25K Donation

Zachary Roth | November 20, 2009, 11:04AM


Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA)

Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington has filed its complaint with the FEC over that mysterious $25,300 donation made to the US Treasury by Sen. Mary Landrieu's campaign -- framing the issue as one of transparency.

The Landrieu camp continues to refuse to reveal the reason for the donation, citing the need to protect the privacy of the original contributors. That's prompted CREW to suggest that the campaign may have feared a federal probe into the source of the money.

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Topics: CREW, Campaign Contributions, Campaign Finance, FEC, Mary Landrieu

John Ensign

Will Ensign Escape Criminal Probe?

Zachary Roth | November 19, 2009, 12:03PM


Sen. John Ensign (R-NV)

Is the Justice Department leaning towards laying off Sen. John Ensign (R-NV)?

That's the direction in which Politico's reporting seems to point. According to the new site, DOJ officials "signal that the case is a low-priority matter for them." It adds that "no one close to Ensign or the Hamptons has been contacted by any federal investigators." And it notes that the Senate Ethics committee, which usually stands down when Justice is involved, has been forging ahead with its probe of the philandering Nevada senator.

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Topics: CREW, Doug Hampton, Eric Holder, John Ensign, Justice Department, Lobbyists, Sex

Mary Landrieu

More Questions On Landrieu Camp's Donation To Treasury -- CREW Filing Complaint

Zachary Roth | November 18, 2009, 3:27PM


Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA)

The campaign of Sen. Mary Landrieu violated campaign-finance rules by making an unexplained donation of over $25,000 to the US Treasury, a good-government group is alleging. The campaign calls the payment routine, but one expert says that's "bullshit."

Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington plans to file a complaint with the FEC, charging that the $25,300 donation, made in August 2008, ran afoul of the agency's regulations governing the handling of contributions of questionable legality, the group's executive director, Melanie Sloan, told TPMmuckraker.

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Topics: CREW, FEC, Mary Landrieu, Treasury Department

CREW

CREW: Bachmann Rally May Have Violated House Rules

Zachary Roth | November 17, 2009, 12:29PM


Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN)

A recent rally against health-care reform, organized on the Capitol steps by Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN), may have violated House rules.

The good-government group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington is asking the Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE) to probe whether Bachmann misused her congressional website in publicizing the rally.

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Topics: CREW, Health Care, Michele Bachmann, Office of Congressional Ethics

Mary Landrieu

Landrieu Camp Mum On $25K "Donation" To U.S.

Zachary Roth | November 16, 2009, 10:10AM


Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA)

So here's an intriguing mystery...

Why did Sen. Mary Landrieu's campaign last year donate $25,300 to the U.S. Treasury Department? The donation was buried in the campaign's lengthy FEC report, from which it was picked out by CREW, the tireless good-government watchdog.

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Topics: CREW, Mary Landrieu, Senate Ethics Committee, Treasury Department

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