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Ethics inquiry looks into several House panel members

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Nearly half the members of the House subcommittee that oversees more than $600 billion in Pentagon spending have been targeted by ethics investigators who are probing the conduct of a once-influential Washington lobbying firm, according to a confidential document that the House Ethics Committee...

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News Source: Los Angeles Times | 28 days ago

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