TPMMuckraker Pete Stark: January 2010
House Ethics Committee
Ethics Smackdown! House Panel Slams Rival Body Over Stark Probe
Zachary Roth | January 28, 2010, 3:57PM
Rep. Pete Stark (D-CA)
Tension between two Congressional ethics bodies boiled over today in connection to an investigation of a California congressman.
The House Ethics committee announced that it had voted unanimously to dismiss a probe into whether Rep. Pete Stark (D-CA) improperly took advantage of a tax break for Maryland homeowners.
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Pete Stark
House Ethics Panel Clears Rep. Pete Stark In Tax Break Probe
Justin Elliott | January 28, 2010, 2:33PM
Rep. Pete Stark (D-CA)
In a unanimous vote, the House ethics committee has found that Rep. Pete Stark (D-CA) did not violate ethics rules in allegedly taking a tax break on a property he owns in Maryland.
You can read the panel's statement here (.pdf) and the lengthy report on the matter here (.pdf).
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