Democratic Rep from CA guilty of 7 ethics violations

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The House Ethics Committee on Tuesday recommended that the full House reprimand and fine Rep. Laura Richardson $10,000 for seven ethics violations, including improper use of House resources.

The bipartisan committee reported that its investigation found the California Democrat violated House rules and other standards of conduct by using congressional resources for "campaign, personal, and nonofficial purposes," "requiring or compelling" House staff to work on her re-election campaign, and by "obstructing" the committee's investigation by destroying or altering evidence, failing to produce documentation and "attempting to influence the testimony of witnesses."

At one point in the report, the committee said Richardson acted with "utter disdain" for its process. After staff delayed interviewing Richardson for over a month at her request, during the interview she "demanded that it end so she could participate in an annual Congressional softball game."

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/...guilty-seven-ethics-violations-164508292.html

culture of corruption? i find it interesting that her party affiliation wasn't noted until the bottom of the article.
 
Well, newspapers are decried if they mention the party affiliation to hastily, and also if they do so too laxly. I think that they simply use a computer program to determine the exact center of the article, and randomly insert the partisan affiliation there, with no regard to context. So, it would be sort of like "After staff delayed interviewing Richardson for over a month at her request, during the interview she "demanded that Democratic it end so she could participate in an annual Congressional softball game." However, I suppose then they'd simply be accused of bias by both sides.
 
Fat and stupid is no way to go through life

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Yurt said:
The House Ethics Committee on Tuesday recommended that the full House reprimand and fine Rep. Laura Richardson $10,000 for seven ethics violations, including improper use of House resources.

The bipartisan committee reported that its investigation found the California Democrat violated House rules and other standards of conduct by using congressional resources for "campaign, personal, and nonofficial purposes," "requiring or compelling" House staff to work on her re-election campaign, and by "obstructing" the committee's investigation by destroying or altering evidence, failing to produce documentation and "attempting to influence the testimony of witnesses."

At one point in the report, the committee said Richardson acted with "utter disdain" for its process. After staff delayed interviewing Richardson for over a month at her request, during the interview she "demanded that it end so she could participate in an annual Congressional softball game."

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/...guilty-seven-ethics-violations-164508292.html

culture of corruption? i find it interesting that her party affiliation wasn't noted until the bottom of the article.
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Only 7? Is that all?
 
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