Lawmakers blame banking records over rubber checks
Scores of House members face scrutiny as the ethics committee reviews bank data used to label them as rubber check writers. Rep. Hansen and Rep. Cardin call the records wildly inaccurate, with 296 current and 59 former members involved and 24 labeled as worst abusers. One top name, Rep. Tommy Robinson, says he doubts the figures and will seek the underlying records.
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Lawrence Knutson
Associated Press
Washington
House
Ethics Committee
House Bank
Mickey Edwards
R-Okla
Tommy Robinson
Arkansas
Robinson
Congress
Woolfolk
James Bates
D-Calif
Dirty two dozen lawmakers named in overdraft list
Washington AP reports 23 current and former House members on the ethics committee’s overdraft list for writing checks on house accounts without funds. The 24th name is undisclosed. Records show numerous members including Tommy Robinson, Bob Mrazek, Stephen Solarz, Tony Coelho, John Conyers, Mary Rose Oakar and others with hundreds of overdrafts across months.
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Bob Mrazek
D-N.y
Mrazek
Thomas Barry
Washington
House of Representatives
House Ethics Committee
Tommy Robinson
D-Ark
Robert Davis
R-Mich
Checks and accusations in ethics probe name large bad checks
The ethics committee cites Democrats Jim Scheuer and James Bates and former Rep Jim Wright as writing numerous bad checks. Cardholders claim no checks bounced and official banking records were unreleased. Wright disputes the high totals, while 24 names are flagged as worst abusers.
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Jim Scheuer
D-N.y
Joseph Early
D-Mass
Doug Bosco
D-Calif
Jim Bates
Charles Wilson
Texas
Mickey Edwards
R-Okla
Caregivers guide to Alzheimer's aid and aging survey
The East Central Kansas Area Agency on Aging and the Kansas Department on Aging release a caregivers guide for managing daily activities and behavior in Alzheimer's patients and for organizing financial and legal affairs. The agency seeks input on a community center and senior services, with contact numbers for copies and surveys.
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East Central Kansas Area Agency On Aging
The
Kansas Department On Aging
Eckaaa
Ottawa
New lead surfaces in Earhart mystery
Washington AP reports a metal piece and a size 9 shoe heel found on Nikumaroro Island are cited with other evidence as investigators push a theory that Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan crash landed there. TIGHAR funded the $750000 search, while the NTSB weighs findings but cannot confirm the site.
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Washington
Pacific
Amelia Earhart
Richard Gillespie
International Group For Historic Aircraft Recovery
Life Magazine
Gillespie
Electraplane Flown By Ms. Earhart
Fred Noonan
National Transportation Safety Board
Ms. Earhart
Noonan
New York Times
NTSB
Safety Board
South Pacific
Nikumaroro
New Guinea
Howland Island
Central Pacific
Howland
Honolulu
Oakland
United States
Tighar
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D-Ga
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D-Pa
Stephen J. Solarz
Charles A. Hayes
D-Ta
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Art C
Chris) Perkins
D-Ky
Bill Alexander
Tid Towns
Aarold E. Ford
D-Tenn
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Ohio
Tony Coelho
William Clay
John Conyers
D-Mich
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Peter Woolfolk
Certified Public Accountant
California
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Wright
Eckaaa News
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Em Bake
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Wal-Mart
Jubilee
Washington Creek
Douglas County
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Ind
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Olathe
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