So this is why the Dem's didn't comment on Foley's ethics ??

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This is an old article by Melanie Sloan...
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http://www.tpmcafe.com/story/2005/12/8/171912/291

Since 1998, there has been an ethics "truce" in the House of Representatives, under the terms of which no member will file an ethics complaint against another member. Because outsiders are prohibited from filing complaints with the House ethics committee, this has effectively shut down the ethics process.

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So the average American, and most DU'ers has no idea this existed, and so the GOP axmen, like Jackson, can go on television and scream about what the Dems didn't do. Over the years the Dems have been sticking to a long standing truce.