House Directs Ethics Committee to Act on All Criminal Charges

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House backs ethics probes of all criminal charges.House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) yesterday called on the ethics committee to begin an immediate investigation of indicted Rep. William Jefferson (D-LA). (Boehner made no mention of the several conservatives currently under federal investigation.) Today, the House approved a measure calling on the ethics committee to investigate all members of the House “indicted or otherwise formally charged with criminal conduct.”
http://thinkprogress.org/2007/06/06/house-backs-ethics-probes-of-all-criminal-charges/

House Directs Ethics Committee to Act on All Criminal Charges
June 5th, 2007 by Jesse Lee

The House has passed HR 451, introduced by Democrats, which calls on the ethics committee to either empanel an investigative subcommitee or report to the House describing its reasons for not doing so within 30 days any time a Member of the House is indicted or otherwise formally charged with criminal conduct. The resolution passed, 387-10.


http://www.speaker.gov/blog/?p=452

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1. Watch what you wish for John, it could come back to haunt you