BUSTED: 8 House members to be formally investigated for taking Wall Street cash near financial reform vote
This is quite surprising. No, really, it is. Hoocoodanode?
Is your representative one of the 8? Follow the money.
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The Office of Congressional Ethics is investigating eight lawmakers who held fundraisers within 48 hours of a major House vote on a Wall Street reform bill or received substantial donations from business people with a financial stake in the bill, according to congressional sources and letters.
The probe is focused on whether the timing of accepting the campaign checks created an unacceptable appearance of a conflict, according to sources familiar with the investigation and letters sent by the OCE to lobbyists requesting information. The OCE's spokesman declined to comment for this article, citing the ongoing nature of the investigation.
The office is scrutinizing five Republicans and three Democrats, a diverse group that includes a conservative, Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-Tex.), and a liberal member of the Congressional Black Caucus, Rep. Melvin Watt (D-N.C.).
Seven of the eight members held fundraisers for their reelection campaigns on Dec. 9 or Dec. 10 -- just before the House voted Dec. 11 in favor of a bill to make broad changes in how Wall Street and financial firms are regulated, according to a Washington Post analysis.
Rep. Tom Price (R-Ga.) held a "Finance Services luncheon" at the Capitol Hill Club on Dec. 10. On the same day, a lobby firm with financial clients, Davis & Harman, hosted a fundraising breakfast for Rep. Earl Pomeroy (D-N.D.) at its Pennsylvania Avenue offices.
Watt held a Dec. 9 fundraiser and soon after withdrew a proposal he had introduced to subject auto dealers to tougher regulations, according to congressional records. The fundraiser generated checks largely from finance groups, including Goldman Sachs and the Investment Company Institute. In an interview, Watt said he will answer the OCE's questions and declined to comment on the investigation.
The House ethics manual instructs members to steer away from accepting campaign donations if the timing creates an unacceptable appearance of a conflict of interest.
The other members under review are Republicans John Campbell of California, Frank D. Lucas of Oklahoma and Christopher Lee of New York and Democrat Joseph Crowley of New York.
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Jun 16, 2010 at 1:47 PM
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I like your list Zara, but scratch the item above OFF of it. The French never trusted us, the Russians HATE us to this day, the Dutch think we're fascists, the Italians only like our rock & roll and cinematic acheivements, the Germans ..well ...YOU take a wild guess at what they think about the nation that bombed most of their civilian cities into RUBBLE.
No my friend, NO 'godlike status' for America in europe within the last 20 years to report.
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What would Gobie do.
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The U.S. Fed would like to be audited about as much as Adolf HItler wanted to be taken prisoner by the Russians. Given that the U.S. Fed (aka GOLDMAN SACHS) actually RUNS THIS COUNTRY thru the White House like a marionette show (and they don't even give a shit about making the strings invisible), the ODDS that they -or ANY top-level federal agency- will EVER be audited is currently NON EXISTENT..