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No one blamed for covering up Foley scandal.


"It is unfathomable that the ethics committee ethics committee A multidisciplinary hospital body composed of a broad spectrum of personnel–eg, physicians, nurses, social workers, priests, and others, which addresses the moral and ethical issues within the hospital. See DNR, Institutional review board.  has held no member or staff member individually accountable for the manner in which the Foley fo·ley  
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 scandal was handled in the House."

When no discipline was handed out to many members of Congress who knew of former Congressman Foley's inappropriate contacts with pages, Fred Wertheimer Fredric Michael "Fred" Wertheimer (born 1939) is an American activist notable for his work on campaign finance reform. He served as president of Common Cause and is currently the President and CEO of Democracy 21 and Democracy 21 Education Fund, which he founded in 1997.  of the watchdog group Democracy 21 expressed outrage.
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Title Annotation:Quick Quotes
Author:McManus, John F.
Publication:The New American
Date:Jan 8, 2007
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