Rep. Lofgren: 'No Inference Should Be Made' About Members Named in Leaked Ethics Document

[catch22af]

There needs to be boners in Congress, how else are they going to be able to penetrate you.

[GretchenDawntreader]

translation...

Democrat: "D'oh!!"

Republican: "D'oh!!"

glad we got a chance to clear things up.

[freesk8]

Make the document public.

NOW.

[marniespeaks]

heh and they want to put medical records on line?

[sirus10]

they are so busted

[mexcurmudgeon]

"Just because these people violated the law and their oaths of office doesn't make them criminals or unfit for office." - that's pretty much where they're going with this. What the hell ever happened to a sense of duty and accountability? These Dems are getting as bad as the Bush Congress was...

[frostwolf1]

Man, I wish I was an IT at the congressional offices. There'd be so much juicy stuff to leak to the press!

[Tokkemon]

Obviously they're either covering something nefarious up or something embarasing. When people choose their words carefully and use words like "infrence" and "investigation", that means something is up.

Why did they just repeat each other anyway? What bloat for a cover up.

[BullnBearAnalytics]

I'm a pub, but what's up with all these Boners in the congress? John Boener, Jo Bonner. Wow. What Boners!

[corbono35]

umm I am sort of confused as to what is going on.

What does the "document" contain exactly?

[frostwolf1]

Their speech was vague for a reason. =)

[pokerslut530]

Basically, if I am understanding this correctly; within their committee they make lists of various members whom have spoken publicly to examine what was said for potential ethics violations. From what it sounds like, the newspaper got a hold of one of these lists and they just want to make it clear that if you are on the list, it doesn't mean you did anything wrong.

At least, this is what I took from it. Always open to corrections.

[MooseOfReason]

corbono35, Some junior staffer in Congress leaked a document that names over 30 legislators involved in ethics investigations. Some of them are about donations from a defense contractor.