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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