A complaint has been filed with the House Ethics Committee against the Chair of the House Social Security Subcommittee, Jim McCrery. The complaint was filed by an outside group rather than a member of Congress and may not be taken seriously by the Ethics Committee. The problem for McCrery is that he was the recipient of large sums of money from Jack Abramoff, who is at the center of a major investigation about influence peddling, particularly in regard to Indian casinos in Louisiana. One of Abramoff's business associates has already pled guilty and is cooperating with prosecutors in hopes of getting a shortened prison sentence. There are signs that several members of Congress may be in serious legal jeopardy, although nothing is known publicly about exactly which members may be in trouble. Here's more on the current status of the Abramoff scandal.
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