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FOLLOWING UP: ETHICS COMMITTE BACKTRACKS

Though still angry with the National Journal reporter who actually found out about and reported on the House Ethics Committee decision to gut the rule that forced lawmakers to disclose who pays for their rollicking good times on those "congressional junkets" that take them to the best tourist spots on the planet, Rep. Mike Conaway, chair of the, uh, Ethics Committee, has announced that "We will reverse that decision."  Boo-hoo!  You can read his self-serving comments and more of his "boo-hoo about his big boo-boo" here:

http://www.nationaljournal.com/congress/ethics-chair-house-will-reverse-itself-on-disclosure-of-free...

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