Panel Finds Waters Didn't Violate Ethics Rules In Bank Case

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Kansas City StarPanel Finds Waters Didn't Violate Ethics Rules in Bank CaseNew York TimesWASHINGTON — Representative Maxine Waters, Democrat of California, did not violate House ethics rules when she contacted the Treasury Department in 2008 about a bank matter, a special investigator announced on Friday. But the House Ethics Committee is ...House ethics panel to end bank aid probe of lawmakerReutersEthics panel urged to drop case against Rep.

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