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Article: The ethician's ethics.(Rep. David Bonior's pursuit of ethics charges against Newt Gingrich)
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- National Review
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- December 23, 1996
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ON August 31, 1954, a special Senate committee considered a resolution to censure Senator Joseph McCarthy for allegedly unethical behavior toward the United States Senate. Among the charges against McCarthy was contempt of the Senate or a senatorial committee. On December 2, 1954, the Senate approved a "Resolution of Censure." It stated: "[McCarthy] acted contrary to senatorial ethics and tended to bring the Senate into dishonor and disrepute, to obstruct the constitutional processes of the Senate, and to impair its dignity."
Isn't House Minority Whip David Bonior guilty of this same conduct in his relentless two-year campaign to drive Speaker Newt Gingrich from ...