opensecrets.org - 10/9/2009
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Despite a lack of support from key leaders in his own political party, Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.) said resolutely this week that he has no plans to resign from Congress in the face of accusations that he's deeply embroiled in an ethics scandal. But it's not just his own party's support at risk ...
tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com - 10/5/2009
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Disgraced Nevada senator John Ensign won't fight the
ethics investigation into his dealings with a former staffer,...
in the aftermath of an affair between Ensign and the staffer's wife. "Sen. Ensign will cooperate with any official inquiry," a ...
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Ensign: I'll Cooperate With Ethics Probe Into Help For ...
politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com - 10/6/2009
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WASHINGTON (CNN) — Embattled Republican Sen. John Ensign
told CNN Tuesday he did not break Senate ethics...
rules by helping to secure a lobbying job for the husband of the woman he had an affair with. "I think it's pretty clear. I said in ...
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Ensign says he did not breach ethics rules
tpmlivewire.talkingpointsmemo.com - 10/6/2009
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CNN's Dana Bash and producer Ted Barrett waited
outside embattled Sen. John Ensign's (R-NV) office in Washington...
today and asked him about a New York Times report that he flouted a lobbying ban by trying to get a job for Doug Hampton -- his mistress's ...
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Ensign: I 'Absolutely Did Nothing' That Violated Ethics ...
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Las Vegas Gleaner —
... Well, those non-profit do-gooders will be rolling in dough when John Ensign gets frog-marched the big house, if an analysis from the Center for Responsive Politics is any indication. ...
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Capital Eye: Aides, lobbyists and contributors among those left in the wake of John Ensign's ethics scandal
Lean Left: Don't know much about history, biology, science books, the French I took...or art. But I do know that I'm a right wing moron.
Where’s the Outrage?: Dr. Errington Thompson says..."Keith, thanks for letting America see the world I work in every day."
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