“Ewwwww. We are under investigation ….by ourselves. Nothing will be found.
Now let's just go back to our brothels beneath the Senate Kickback Center.”
Posted on 10/29/2009 11:30:09 PM PDT by Steelfish
Report: Dozens in Congress Under Ethics Scrutiny
Nearly half the members of a House panel in control of Pentagon spending, including Rep. John Murtha, are under scrutiny by ethics investigators in Congress, according to a leaked report
October 30, 2009
WASHINGTON -- Nearly half the members of a House panel in control of Pentagon spending are under scrutiny by ethics investigators in Congress, The Washington Post reported Friday, citing a leaked confidential House ethics committee report.
Investigations by two separate ethics offices include an examination of Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa.,chairman of the appropriations subcommittee on defense, and six other lawmakers and their relationships with an influential lobbying firm, the newspaper said.
The Post reported in its online edition that the document was disclosed on a publicly accessible computer network and made available to the newspaper by a source familiar with such networks.
The ethics committee is one of the most secretive panels in Congress, and its members and staff members sign oaths not to disclose any activities related to its past or present investigations, according to the newspaper.
The inquiry involves lawmakers who steered appropriations to clients of a now-defunct lobbying firm and received campaign contributions from the firm and its clients.
The names included three lawmakers previously identified in the inquiry: the chairman of the defense subcommittee, Murtha; and Reps. Peter Visclosky, D-Ind., and James Moran, D-Va.
The Post said others whose names were in the report included Reps. Norm Dicks, D-Wash., Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, C.W. Bill Young, R-Fla., and Todd Tiahrt, R-Kan.
The committee, however, has not announced an investigation of any of these lawmakers.
A committee statement said its security was breached through "peer to peer file sharing software" by a junior employee who was working from home. The staff member was fired.
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I see a Republican in the mix. Now the Marxist Media can say “politicians from both parties”.
Imagine for a minute a corporation with a 3 Trillion Dollar Budget and as much corruption as exists in the US Congress...
Move along... nothing to see here.
I think if the average Joe and Jane Sixpack really knew the extent of government corruption and graft in this country, the sound of gallows being built and trapdoors being tested would be deafening.
Good luck with this inJustice Dept.
a couple of them.
They’ll all come out smelling like roses...except, of course, for the Republican.
“Ewwwww. We are under investigation ….by ourselves. Nothing will be found.
Now let's just go back to our brothels beneath the Senate Kickback Center.”
Nearly half the members of a House panel in control of Pentagon spending are under scrutiny by ethics investigators in Congress, The Washington Post reported Friday, citing a leaked confidential House ethics committee report.
And the other half hasn’t been caught.
A repubbie!!!!
Who would have thouoght a repubbie was corrupt???????
PUBLICIZE THAT IMMEDIATELY!!!!!
(Lettuce ignore the nine democrats ...)
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