Democratic leader asks for ethics probe

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The Associated Press
Posted: Thursday October 14th, 2004, 3:59 PM
Last Updated: Thursday October 14th, 2004, 3:59 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) - The House Democratic leader Thursday asked for an investigation of alleged threatening remarks made to the ethics committee chairman by GOP lawmakers.
Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, in a letter to Speaker Dennis Hastert, asked the House ethics committee to investigate the comments allegedly made to its chairman, Joel Hefley, R-Colo. The comments apparently followed release of a report last week that criticized the conduct of Majority Leader Tom DeLay, R-Texas.

The Capitol newspaper The Hill quoted Hefley as saying: "I've been attacked; I've been threatened" by Republican lawmakers. The newspaper did not say who made the remarks, but Hefley separately told reporters he was not threatened by GOP leaders.

Pelosi wrote the speaker, "To uphold the integrity of the ethics process, I ask you to join with me in asking the committee to empanel an investigative subcommittee to immediately investigate Mr. Hefley's allegation." <snip>

http://www.bakersfield.com/24hour/politics/story/1736839p-9562739c.html

[w4rma]

1. Yeah, she's just askin' for an ethics probe, isn't she?

The editor writing the political headlines for the AP must be having a great time thinking up how he can slant his next headline while still being literally truthful.