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WASHINGTON (AP) - Dozens of lawmakers have drawn scrutiny from their ethics monitor this year for everything from financial dealings to travel and campaign donations, according to a leaked account showing an active House panel secretly at work.

Top Republicans in the House are buzzing - and scrambling - at news alleging that Randy "Duke" Cunningham, a former San Diego congressman who's pled guilty to bribery and other illegal activities, was wearing a wire for the FBI during the summer and early fall of 2005. The undercover operation, according to senior Justice and federal law enforcement, is part of a broadening investigation into the Jack Abramoff bribes-for-favors scandal now roiling Washington. The disgraced former lawmaker initially began cooperating with federal investigators after they uncovered evidence of his illegal acceptance of bribes in cash and luxury items from at...

Time passes so quickly....but my copies of the Washington Times from those infamous moments in our history, remain on three complete, mint copies of the paper with Free Republic's Ad Prominently Displayed. I still remember the efforts we put out here in the Chicago Chapter--and the many Freepers across the land, to support "The Impeachment of William Jefferson Clinton" (the Pervert!)....pamphlets, radio interviews, getting together to protest...and finally contributing to the publishing of the full page "How Would He Vote?" on the first page of Section 1A of the Times. I have kept three complete and mint edition copies of...