Republicans On Ethics Panel Investigating Foley Have $$$ Ties To Hastert

[kpete]

Republicans on panel have ties to Hastert
Posted 10/5/2006
By David Jackson and Matt Kelley, USA TODAY


WASHINGTON — Both Republicans on the House ethics subcommittee investigating the Mark Foley scandal have financial ties to Speaker Dennis Hastert, whose handling of the former congressman's lurid Internet messages to House pages is under scrutiny.

Ethics Chairman Doc Hastings received $2,500 during the 2000 campaign from Hastert's political action committee, Keep Our Majority, according to PoliticalMoneyLine, which tracks money in politics. The six-term Washington Republican, who became ethics chairman last year, will lead the Foley investigation.

Rep. Judy Biggert of Illinois, received $6,000 from Hastert's PAC and $2,000 from Hastert's own re-election fund during the 2002 campaign, according to PoliticalMoneyLine.

Biggert, whose district neighbors Hastert's, said personal relationships and financial ties will not affect the investigation: "I think that all of us on this committee were chosen because we are thought to be fair."

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http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-10-05-hastert-ties_x.htm

[Jackpine Radical]

1. What surprises me is not that the $$ ties exist, but

that they're already being widely reported.

[Kagemusha]

2. Did DeLay ensure they were picked because he thought they'd be fair?

Hmm.. fairer to some more than others, I think.