A United States House of Representatives ethics panel has charged Representative Maxine Waters (D-California ) with violating unspecified ethics rules, making her the second Democrat in a week to be charged with ethical violations. Since 2008, the Office of Congressional Ethics has investigated Waters for requesting a meeting with former Secretary of the Treasury Henry Paulson . Although the meeting was supposed to be about minority-owned banks, the actual conversation focused on one bank, OneUnited. Water's husband, Sidney Williams , had been a stock-holder and board member in the bank at the time. OneUnited later received US 12 million in bailout funds, and an unnamed member of Congress said that Waters had been unsure how to deal with OneUnited, which had been near collapse, "because Sidney's been on the board." Waters has represented her district in South Central Los Angeles, California for 20 years. This incident comes just five days after another House Democrat, Charlie Rangel of New York was charged with thirteen ethics violations. Rangel's charges range from tax evasion to donations he solicited for an education center bearing his name.
A United States House of Representatives ethics panel has charged Representative (-California ) with violating unspecified ethics rules, making her the second Democrat in a week to be charged with ethical violations. Since 2008, the Office of Congressional Ethics has investigated Waters for requesting a meeting with former Secretary of the Treasury . Although the meeting was supposed to be about minority-owned banks, the actual conversation focused on one bank, OneUnited. Water's husband, , had been a stock-holder and board member in the bank at the time. OneUnited later received 12 million in bailout funds, and an unnamed member of Congress said that Waters had been unsure how to deal with OneUnited, which had been near collapse, "because Sidney's been on the board." Waters has represented her district in Los Angeles, California for 20 years. This incident comes just five days after another House Democrat, of New York was charged with thirteen ethics violations. Rangel's charges range from tax evasion to donations he solicited for an education center bearing his name.
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Maxine Waters (D-California
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Charlie Rangel