Thread: Congressional Black Caucus probes itself Dems squelch indepe

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Congressional Black Caucus probes itself
Dems squelch independent investigation of Caribbean trip taken last year
--Washington Examiner

Dems put Congressional Black Caucus member in charge of Congressional Black Caucus investigation

By: Susan Ferrechio
Chief Congressional Correspondent
06/25/09 8:25 PM EDT

The House ethics committee is investigating a Caribbean trip taken last year by members of the Congressional Black Caucus, but they put a fellow CBC member in charge of the probe.

Among those on the trip was House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., who is already the subject of an ethics probe over nonpayment of taxes and other issues.

The group of members, all Democrats, said their trip was sponsored by a non-profit group, but the conservative National Legal and Policy Center, claims for-profit companies paid for the trip, which is a violation of House rules because it would give lobbyists for those companies access to members.

The ethics committee has formed a special subcommittee made up of four House members who will make a recommendation to the full ethics committee as to whether they think the members committed an ethics violation. Leading the investigation is fellow Congressional Black Caucus member G.K. Butterfield, D-N.C. The ranking Republican on the subcommittee is J. Gresham Barrett, R-S.C., who is running to replace embattled governor and fellow Republican Mark Sanford.

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as if members of the black caucus will find anything wrong with what the rest of the black caucus did......... GIVE ME A BREAK!