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Corruption issue besets House Democrats, again (The Christian Science Monitor)
Filed: June 6th 2007: US

The Christian Science Monitor - After winning control of the House of Representatives on a campaign to end a culture of corruption on Republican-led Capitol Hill, Democrats are scrambling to respond to a 16-count indictment against one of their own.

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