Republican National Committee

Congressional Dems Call For Probe Of RNC 'Census' Mailers

Zachary Roth | April 27, 2010, 9:20AM

RNC Chairman Michael Steele

In the wake of TPMmuckraker's report yesterday on the RNC's deceptive fundraising mailers, Congressional Democrats are calling for an investigation. The mailers, marked "Census Document," were sent just weeks after Congress passed a law aimed at banning such misleading missives.

Reps. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) and William Clay (D-MO), both senior members of the House Oversight committee, yesterday evening sent a letter to the Postmaster General, urging him to "act swiftly" to put a stop to the mailers. You can read the letter here.

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