Kucinich campaign broke House ethics rules

[Freddie Stubbs]

WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 (UPI) -- Ohio Democrat Dennis Kucinich violated House ethics rules in his bid for the presidential nomination, the Washington newspaper Roll Call reported Monday.

The paper said Kucinich's campaign failed to abide by House regulations forbidding a member's campaign from immediately publicizing material released by their congressional office. The rules are designed to prevent a member of Congress from using government resources to help their political campaigns.

More than three dozen press statements issued by Kucinich's House office, the newspaper said, were immediately placed on his campaign Web site.

Doug Gordon, a spokesman for Kucinich's House office, acknowledged the violation after it was brought to his attention. "All the press releases that were issued out of the congressional office were directly related to issues (Kucinich) has been working on in his official duties," Gordon said. "But as soon as this was brought to our attention, the congressman instructed his campaign to remove this material from his campaign Web site," the aide told Roll Call.

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[Hep]

1. IF it were Dean, this thread would have 300 replies by now

Don't tell me it has nothing to do with being a front runner.

[Bolo Boffin]

4. 300 replies...in a minute??

Nice hyperbole...thanks for playing.

[Hep]

7. Wow!

If only Dean opponents recognized literary devices when Dean uses them.

Good one for you, though!

[IndianaGreen]

8. And Rev. Al would be railing about the number of minority staffers

Ironic that the president of my union local mentioned today that the Democrats appear to be more interested in destroying one another than in speaking about the issues, or attacking Bush.

[Padraig18]

2. No blood, no foul.

He gets a pass from me on this. :shrug:

[Bolo Boffin]

5. Exactly.

No big whoop.

[Don Claybrook]

9. Agree with both of you

Hopefully no other candidate will feel the need to try to smear him with it. He has more credibility than the rest of our candidates put together, and it was an honest mistake that caused no harm.

[arcane1]

3. DK is a stand-up guy, and dealt with this as an Honest Man should

acknowledge the issue and deal with it. Simple and sweet

DK still kicks ass!!!

[Walt Starr]

6. I don't see a problem here

He was informed and he took action. Good on Dennis!

Of course, if Dean had done something like this, why it would be proof that not only does he eat kitten fetuses, he's also the fourth horseman of the apocalypse.

[Padraig18]

10. you're right, on all counts. n/t

[Constitution]

11. So De4enis is too open about his record and Dean seals his record

Who can we trust? Definitely not Dean.

[Walt Starr]

12. Hey, I've heard that before

B-)

[Freddie Stubbs]

13. This isn't about open records

The issue is using his Congressional office to boost his underfuned presidential campaign.