The allegations reported by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review against Rep. Tim Murphy (R-Pa) back in 2006 have yet to be fully investigated by the House Ethics Committee. Murphy was accused in November 2006 for using his congressional staff to help him in his campaign for re-election.
Seeing as
"House ethics rules prohibit members of Congress from using their offices, staff, equipment and supplies for campaign purposes,"
one would assume that an investigation into his unethical use of staffers' time would have occurred within the the past 6 months.
Accusations against the congressman made by several of his staff members included things such as the use of his congressional office for campaign-related activities and the instruction of his staff(during the work-day) to address, stuff, and mail greeting cards to Muphy's campaign contributers. One staffer recalled that "Congressman Murphy would very often say, 'Don't you people care about your jobs? If I'm not re-elected, you don't have jobs."
Although Murphy denied the allegations and was re-elected in November, the lack of investigation into these reports is outrageous.
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