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Black Lawmakers under Ethics Spotlight
November 8, 2009) - Are seven investigations too many to be a coincidence? All seven of the full-scale ethics investigations currently underway in the U.S. House of Representatives are focused on African-American lawmakers-and it would be eight if the committee conducting the investigations hadn't deferred to the Justice Department's investigation ...
The House of Representatives has successfully passed the health care bill with 220 votes.
House passes bi-partisan health insurance reform bill
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Promises of - most ethical' Congress still fall short
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Congressional ethics report leaked, reveals names - AP
A A A' Internal investigations into the conduct of over two dozen House members have been exposed in an extraordinary, Internet-era breach of security involving the secretive process by which Congress polices lawmaker ethics.
WASHINGTON Ethics investigation ...
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Beer Summit Goes for a Second Round
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US Congress Ethics Report Leaks, Revealing Names
Internal investigations into the conduct of more than two dozen members of the U.S. House of Representatives were exposed in an extraordinary, Internet-era breach involving the secretive process by which Congress polices lawmaker ethics.
Dunn: Same Cess, Different Pool
Same Cess, Different Pool Posted by J.D. Dunn on 11.01.2009 Democrats giving 2006 Republicans a run for their corrupt dollar.
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Lobbyist's alleged threat on Nunes revealed
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