Also, Syracuse University hosts a mock disaster drill, and the apple crop will be early and extra sweet this year.
View full sizeRep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington in this photo from Oct. 28, 2009. A House investigative panel has charged California Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters with violating ethics rules. Waters, a senior member of the House Financial Services Committee, would face a trial in the fall unless she negotiates a settlement. The specific charges against Waters were not made public in the announcement Monday from the House ethics committee. From The New York Times:
WASHINGTON — Representative Maxine Waters, D- Calif., admitted to another House member in late 2008 that she probably would have a conflict of interest if she intervened on behalf of a bank in which her husband owned stock — but she did so anyway, according to a report by the Office of Congressional Ethics released on Monday.
Ms. Waters’s actions involving OneUnited, where Mr. Williams was a former director as well as a shareholder, are now at the center of an investigation that led the House ethics committee to announce on Monday the creation of an adjudicatory subcommittee. That panel is charged with holding a public trial to determine if Ms. Waters violated House rules.
» Read the story: Waters Sought Advice on Potential Conflict, Report Says
» House ethics panel charges Rep. Maxine Waters [USA Today]
» Maxine Waters Denies Ethics Charges [CBS News]
» 92 Days to Decide: GOP Working to Keep Dems' Ethics Storm on Radar [Fox News]
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