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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.
PERMALINK | COMMENTS (2) | RECOMMEND RECOMMEND (1)Topics: House Ethics Committee, Maxine Waters, Office of Congressional Ethics, Pete Stark, Sam Graves
House Ethics Committee
Ethics Committee: Two House Members Under Investigation, One Cleared
Rachel Slajda | October 29, 2009, 6:16PM
Rep. Laura Richardson (D-CA) , Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) and Rep. Sam Graves (R-MO)
The House Ethics Committee announced today it is launching full investigations into the actions of two House members, and clearing a third of any wrongdoing.
One of those being investigated is Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA). Waters allegedly set up a meeting between the Treasury Department and a bank which her husband held stock in and whose board he had served on. The bank later received bailout funds.
PERMALINK | COMMENTS (4) | RECOMMEND RECOMMEND (3)Topics: House Ethics Committee, Laura Richardson, Maxine Waters, Sam Graves
Jesse Jackson Jr.
Ethics Committee Probing Jackson Jr., Waters, Graves
Zachary Roth | September 16, 2009, 12:53PM
Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-IL)
The House Ethics committee has revealed that it's conducting separate inquiries into three lawmakers: Reps. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-IL), Maxine Waters (D-CA), and Sam Graves (R-MO).
• In the case of Jackson, the committee said in a statement that it's looking into "whether Representative Jesse Jackson Jr., or an agent of Representative Jackson, may have offered to raise funds for then-Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich in return for the appointment of Representative Jackson to the Illinois Senate seat." In a phone conversation that was recorded by prosecutors, Blago said that a staff person for Jackson offered $1 million in campaign contributions in return for appointing Jackson to the seat.
Topics: Bailout, Barack Obama, Jesse Jackson Jr., Justice Department, Maxine Waters, Rod Blagojevich, Sam Graves
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