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Article: CREW Asks for House Ethics Committee Investigation Into Members' Illegal Use of Official Resources for Campaign Purposes
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- May 6, 2008
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Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington issued the following news release:
Earlier today, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) sent a letter to the House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, more commonly known as the Ethics Committee, asking the Committee to take immediate action in the face of the developing crisis of members illegally using official resources for campaign purposes.
Last week, Laura Flores, a former aide to Reps. Jane Harman (D-CA) and Neil Abercrombie (D-HI) received a reduced sentence for embezzlement in return for her cooperation in a probe into whether members of Congress have been using congressional staff and resources for ...