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House ethics chair a job that's gotten tougher

August 15, 2010

Frpm the San Francisco Chronicle

Ethics committee outlines charges against Waters

August 9, 2010

By Paul Kane
Washington Post staff writer

The House ethics committee Monday unveiled a three-count charge against Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) alleging she broke congressional conflict-of-interest rules when she helped arrange a meeting of bank officials and Treasury Department aides in 2008.

Barney Frank defends support of bank after call from disgraced pol Dianne Wilkerson asked me to do it

August 3, 2010

U.S. Rep. Barney Frank said yesterday he has “no regrets” about his role in helping a troubled Boston bank qualify for a $12 million federal bailout now at the center of ethics charges against California Rep. Maxine Waters.

In fact, Frank - chairman of the powerful House Financial Services Committee - says he never helped OneUnited at the behest of Waters, whose husband had served on the bank’s board.

Instead, the Bay State congressman said he worked to promote the bailout at the request of scandal-plagued then-state Sen. Dianne Wilkerson.