Rep. Kolbe Is Subject of New Allegations Reviewed by Page Board

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http://www.myfoxdc.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=1202794&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=3.11.1

Rep. Kolbe Is Subject of New Allegations Reviewed by Page Board

The House Page Board is looking at allegations made against retiring Rep. Jim Kolbe, FOX News confirmed Tuesday.

It is unclear whether the board discussed a 1996 camping trip Kolbe hosted for his staff, in which two former House pages were invited to attend. FOX News confirmed last week that federal authorities were probing the trip, in which the two pages joined five members of Kolbe's staff. The pages paid their own way on the trip. Kolbe's younger sister, Beth Kolbe, also attended the trip and said nothing untoward occurred there.

As the House ethics committee reviews the failure of lawmakers to end inappropriate conduct between former Rep. Mark Foley and former House pages, the House Page Board has been swamped by stories about various members.

Monday's review occurred a week after it was first brought to the attention of the five-member board last Monday, said Michigan Rep. Dale Kildee, a Democratic Page Board member. Kildee declined to identify the member to FOX News but said the board wasn't able to act upon the information until this week.

[SpiralHawk]

1. Just how many republicon perverts are there?

Why do republicons hate normal, adult consensual sex?

Why are so many of the republicons hidden SEX perverts preying on our American children?*

* Except for Neil Bush who preys on children from Thailand, as the factual record shows.

[TomInTib]

2. What's the deal with 'pub page-pokers and their sisters?

First Foley and his "surrogate wife" and now Kolbe taking his sister along on a camping trip.

[tavalon]

3. This one

feels like a Foley inspired witch hunt. I am uncomfortable with this one. I don't think it meant anything.

[DeepModem Mom]

4. WP: Kolbe Matter Is Referred by Page Board to House Ethics Panel

Kolbe Matter Is Referred to House Ethics Panel
Allegations Involve Contact With Male Former Pages
By Jonathan Weisman and James V. Grimaldi
Washington Post Staff Writers
Wednesday, October 18, 2006; Page A09

The House committee looking into allegations that former congressman Mark Foley (R-Fla.) had improper contact with male former pages has been asked by lawmakers overseeing the page program to look into allegations involving a second lawmaker, House sources said yesterday.

Members of the Page Board sought the review after news reports last week that the Justice Department had opened a preliminary inquiry into a camping trip that Rep. Jim Kolbe (R-Ariz.) took with male former pages in 1996. That report sparked a conference call Monday among board members.

But because the Page Board, which consists of three House members and two senior House officials, does not have the authority to investigate members of Congress, the matter was turned over to the House ethics committee, formally known as the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct....

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It was not clear what allegations the board was concerned about. But The Washington Post has learned of a potentially inappropriate incident involving Kolbe and a male page. The man recently told the House clerk's office and the FBI about an encounter with the Arizona Republican that occurred about five years ago when he was 16, according to someone familiar with the man's account. The page told authorities that he was "uncomfortable with a particular social encounter" that involved physical contact when he and Kolbe were alone, the source said yesterday.

The incident was not reported at the time, said the source, who emphasized that the encounter was based on the perception of a teenager five years ago....

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/17/AR2006101700139.html

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5. Those Repugs can't get enough of those smooth hairless pages.

What a bunch of pervs. Dean's right, you can't trust them with your children, your money, or your safety.

[katsy]

6. Ya' know...

since amerikka has embraced torture and all that jazz... I think elected officials should never be investigated in any stinking ethics commitee nonsense.

We should just throw the fuckers to a vigilante mob of their constituents. Justice? Who cares anymore.

[Blaq Dem]

7. Looks like the GOP is targeting all gay republicans

They're trying to rid all of them from the party. According to Air America Radio, the GOP has a list of all gay republican politicians and their aide. It's interesting to see how this will turn out.