Ethics committee to investigate Rep. Richardson

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http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_RICHARDSON_ETHICS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2011-11-04-12-33-52

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Rep. Laura Richardson charged Friday the House Ethics Committee has singled her out for scrutiny because she's African-American.

Richardson, D-Calif., effectively announced the committee's investigation before the panel revealed it, accusing fellow lawmakers of ignoring wrongdoing by others in order to focus on her.

The ethics committee is looking into whether she improperly used staff for political purposes.

"We argue that the committee has chosen to unjustly target its investigations concerning use of official House resources for political purposes on certain members, while overlooking the well-publicized misuse of official House resources for personal purposes by numerous other members of Congress," Richardson said in a statement.

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1. Are they also looking into Issa? Didn't think so.

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2. Republicans aren't bigots, look, Herman Cain......

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3. Be interesting to see how many Dems backed investigating her

Without that kind of data, playing the race card is demeaning