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Article: Quis custodiet? (investigation of House Speaker Jim Wright)
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- National Review
- Article date:
- April 21, 1989
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Free plane rides, luxury yachts, and cold hard cash: all the perks a congressman's come to expect But they're investigating Jim Wright anyway-for the peccadillos that cost thousands, not the :poor judgment' that cost billions.
N0 ONE REALLY KNOWS how much the thrift-industry bailout is going to cost the taxpayers, and the House ethics committee isn't going to help us find out. Although Speaker Jim Wright is largely responsible for the extent of the current crisis, his key role in precipitating the crisis is not even on the ethics committee's agenda. But while the committee concentrates on the Speaker's bookpublishing deal, it is worth taking a look at his ...