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Politics : Impeach George W. Bush -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: sea_biscuit who wrote (73257)	11/1/2006 6:37:28 PM
From: longnshort	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93284

REP. MURTHA'S QUESTIONABLE ETHICS In The 1980's Murtha Was A Named "Unindicted Co-Conspirator" In ABSCAM Bribery Sting: "In The Early 1980s ... [Murtha] Was Himself Under Investigation For His Role In ABSCAM, The FBI Sting Operation Involving Bribes From Phony Arab Sheiks." (Jock Friedly, "Murtha's Ethics Crusade Draws Watchdog Ire," The Hill, 9/17/97) * "Murtha Was Named An Unindicted Co-Conspirator In The Government's Case Against Two Fellow Congressmen, And He Testified In Their Trial." (Jock Friedly, "Murtha's Ethics Crusade Draws Watchdog Ire," The Hill, 9/17/97) * "On The FBI's Undercover Videotapes, Murtha Is Seen Talking To Agents About A $50,000 Payoff For Providing Immigration Help For A Phony Arab Sheik. He Refused The Money, Although He Did Say He Might Be Interested After He Got To Know The Would-Be Givers Better." (Charles R. Babcock, "Abscam Attorney Quits Ethics Panel After Murtha Vote," The Washington Post, 7/30/81) "The House Ethics Committee Continued To Deliberate On Murtha's Fate. However, The Committee Deadlocked On A Party-Line Vote And ... Charges Were Dropped." (Jock Friedly, "Murtha's Ethics Crusade Draws Watchdog Ire," The Hill, 9/17/97) * "[E. Barrett Prettyman Jr.] The Special Counsel To The House Ethics Committee's Abscam Investigation Resigned In Protest ... After The Committee Rejected ... His Recommendation To File Misconduct Charge Against [Murtha]." (Charles R. Babcock, "Abscam Attorney Quits Ethics Panel After Murtha Vote," The Washington Post, 7/30/81) In The 1990's Rep. Murtha Caught Up In The House Banking Scandal, Led Effort To Weaken House Ethics Rules: Rep. Murtha Denied Being Part Of The Scandal, Said He Had Not Bounced Checks At House Bank. ("Reconciling The Congressional Checkbook," The Washington Post, 10/7/91) * Rep. Murtha Bounced 10 Checks At The House Bank. ("303 Who Wrote Overdrafts On House Accounts," USA Today, 4/17/92) "[Murtha] Began Promoting A Controversial Plan To Require The Department Of Justice To Pay The Legal Bills Of Members Of Congress Who Are Charged But Never Convicted." (Jock Friedly, "Murtha's Ethics Crusade Draws Watchdog Ire," The Hill, 9/17/97) * "[G]ary Ruskin, The Executive Director Of The Congressional Accountability Project, Who Calls The Legal Fee Payment An Unconscionable Perquisite That Is Unavailable To Ordinary Americans. ... [C]ongressional Watchdogs Say The Provision Will Be A Club That Members Of Congress Can Use To Intimidate The Justice Department From Bringing Charges." (Jock Friedly, "Murtha's Ethics Crusade Draws Watchdog Ire," The Hill, 9/17/97) "[T]he Murtha Amendments Would Make It Harder For The House Ethics Committee To Investigate Members Of Congress For Wrongdoing. One Would Require The Committee To Drop An Investigation If The Committee Is Deadlocked For Six Months. The Second Would Prevent ... Outside Groups ... From Filing Ethics Charges Without A Congressional Sponsor." (Jock Friedly, "Murtha's Ethics Crusade Draws Watchdog Ire," The Hill, 9/17/97)