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Article: The Wright stuff. (Jim Wright)
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- The Economist (US)
- Article date:
- March 18, 1989
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The Wright stuff
The purgatory of Washington politics is now crowded with public figures who have fallen from grace and power because of ethical lapses. Their sins range from the indictable offences of Reagan cronies to the weekend indiscretions of Senator Gary Hart and the lack of footnotes in Senator Joe Biden's presidential-campaign speeches. Mr John Tower is the most recent casualty of this resurgence of moralism in American politics. He will not be the last.
The ethics committee of the House of Representatives has spent nine months and more than $1m on a preliminary investigation of the Speaker of the House, Mr Jim Wright of Texas. Having gathered ...