Culture of corruption: Democrats Maxine Waters and Laura Richardson under investigation
Posted on 10/30/2009 7:37:57 AM PDT by marstegreg
House ethics investigators have been scrutinizing the activities of more than 30 lawmakers and several aides in inquiries about issues including defense lobbying and corporate influence peddling, according to a confidential House ethics committee report prepared in July. The report appears to have been inadvertently placed on a publicly accessible computer network, and it was provided to The Washington Post by a source not connected to the congressional investigations. The committee said Thursday night that the document was released by a low-level staffer.
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If we had a objective news media, someone might ask: “What happened to cleaning up the culture of corruption Mrs. Pelosi?”
Never happen with our kow towing, slobbering media.
I say yuse this to throw everyone of the bums out next election cycle.
this country needs the new faces in DC
Shouldn't that be "EX-low level staffer"?
Meaning 30 republicans.
Ok, so my guess was right.
I am guessing it is mostly democraps or this would be top BREAKING news story 24/7 on CNNBCBSPBSMSNBC
Because they are Democrats, the NYT is not publishing the names. Now if they were CIA operatives, that would be different (unless the operatives were trashing Bush, in which case the NYT would revert to cover-up status).
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They fired the “low-level staffer”
The low-level staffer should be promoted.
The names included three lawmakers previously identified in the inquiry: the chairman of the defense subcommittee, Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa.; 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.
http://www.theindychannel.com/politics/21473650/detail.html
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