"A former Georgia congressman asked the House Ethics Committee Thursday to make a sweeping probe of possible ethical violations by House Speaker Newt Gingrich that include his controversial deal to write books." Newt is an ethical violation. His limited views of society and what it should be restrict free thought by imposing artificial mores. His rhetoric ridicules the thoughts of anybody that is not in what he defines as the mainstream.Maxwell_Klinger@Toledo.netDemocrat Ben Jones filed a seven-count complaint against the Republican leader asking the committee to investigate. He also said precedent calls for it to name an outside counsel to probe the charges.Hawkeye@mash:4077.com
But that complaint went unresolved by the ethics committee in the prior Democratic-controlled Congress. Like then, the ethics committee makeup is split between Republicans, who now control Congress for the first time in 40 years, and Democrats with seven members each.Gingrich improperly used official House resources and violated tax law to finance a college course Gingrich teaches in Georgia, a course Jones said was designed to advance Gingrich's partisan political goals.Jones' new, amended complaint charges Gingrich "has violated rules, statutes of conduct" and extends to a book arrangement between Gingrich and HarperCollins, a publishing firm controlled by media magnate Rupert Murdoch.FBurns@interport.net
A spokesman for Gingrich, Tony Blankley, dismissed the complaint. He told Reuters that "it appears Mr. Jones, whom Newt thrashed in the election, is feasting on a bunch of sour grapes." He added that Jones has established "a pattern of filing frivolous ethics complaints against Newt" and expects more "as Mr. Jones' creative juices flow from time to time." HotLips@seoul.korea.panix.com
He also said precedent calls for it to name an outside counsel to probe the charges.Hawkeye@mash:4077.com
Gingrich improperly used official House resources and violated tax law to finance a college course Gingrich teaches in Georgia, a course Jones said was designed to advance Gingrich's partisan political goals.Jones' new, amended complaint charges Gingrich "has violated rules, statutes of conduct" and extends to a book arrangement between Gingrich and HarperCollins, a publishing firm controlled by media magnate Rupert Murdoch.FBurns@interport.net
A spokesman for Gingrich, Tony Blankley, dismissed the complaint. He told Reuters that "it appears Mr. Jones, whom Newt thrashed in the election, is feasting on a bunch of sour grapes." He added that Jones has established "a pattern of filing frivolous ethics complaints against Newt" and expects more "as Mr. Jones' creative juices flow from time to time." HotLips@seoul.korea.panix.com
Congress asked the House Ethics Committee Thursday to make a sweeping probe of possible ethical violations by House Speaker Newt Gingrich that include his controversial deal to write books.Maxwell_Klinger@Toledo.net
Like then, the ethics committee makeup is split between Republicans, who now control Congress for the first time in 40 years, and Democrats with seven members each.Gingrich improperly used official House resources and violated tax law to finance a college course Gingrich teaches in Georgia, a course Jones said was designed to advance Gingrich's partisan political goals.Jones' new, amended complaint charges Gingrich "has violated rules, statutes of conduct" and extends to a book arrangement between Gingrich and HarperCollins, a publishing firm controlled by media magnate Rupert Murdoch.FBurns@interport.net
