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From: The Washington Times stories: Politics | June 27, 2009 

HOUSE Ethics committee investigates travel The House ethics committee is investigating whether five Democratic lawmakers, including two committee chairmen, received improper gifts in travel to Caribbean conferences in 2007 and 2008. The committee said it was investigating Charles B. Rangel of New York, chairman of the Ways and Means Committee; Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick of Michigan; Donald M. Payne of New Jersey; Bennie Thompson of Mississippi, chairman of the Homeland Security Committee; and Donna M.C. Christensen, the delegate from the U.S. Virgin Islands. The annual Multinational Business Conference on Caribbean affairs is held in a different Caribbean country each year and …

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