AP: Ethics Report Faults Nathan Deal

[Perky]

By KATE PHILLIPS
Remember the Georgia Congressman who announced his resignation from Congress, but then postponed it until he could vote against the health care bill in the House last week?

Well, the Republican Congressman, Nathan Deal, did in fact call it quits in the hours after the final vote last weekend. But that move, done so that he could run for the Republican gubernatorial nomination in Florida, didn’t silence an ethics inquiry that had been swirling around him.

Colleague Eric Lipton reports that “on Monday, the Office of Congressional Ethics released its report anyway, concluding that the Georgia Republican appeared to have improperly used his office staff to pressure Georgia state officials to continue a state vehicle inspection program that generated hundreds of thousands of dollars a year for his family’s auto salvage business. ”

[Jennicut]

1. Hmmm, maybe he won't be running for gov after all. Then again, it is Florida.

[quiet.american]

2. K&R nt