Sen. Coleman May Be Investigated For Cheap D.C. Apartment

National Journal:

A government watchdog group in Washington today called on the Senate Ethics Committee to investigate whether Sen. Norm Coleman, R-Minn., violated Senate gift rules in renting an apartment on Capitol Hill from Republican strategist and telemarketer Jeff Larson.

In its complaint, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, or CREW, cited a June 28 National Journal story that revealed Coleman pays Larson only $600 a month in rent for what the senator described as a portion of a basement apartment four blocks from the Capitol.

CREW said that Senate ethics rules generally prohibit members from accepting gifts and asked the ethics panel to explore whether Coleman is paying "fair market value,'' as he contends, for the living space. Democrats in Minnesota and Washington have alleged that the rent is well below market value for similar living quarters on Capitol Hill.

Read the whole story: National Journal

Comments

[VOTER]

"May Be Investigated" ????????????????

Please drop the "May."

[djg55555]

Leave Norm alone!!! He needs a place to hang his empty suit.

[JessWonderin]

A REPUBLICAN mixed up with a LOBBYIST???? whoda thunkit????

A landlord that gives a great deal, AND doesn't CASH your rent checks??? We should all be so lucky . . .

[MartyGee]

By the description of the space, it might not be legal to rent or live in without a kitchen, etc.

[TheRebel82]

Hit em where it hurts Al!

[wm1066]

Norm was on a MPLS TV station (WCCO TV, CBS) talking about this issue and the host was pitching soft ball questions and not asking any hard questions, it was really CBS letting Norm use thier airwaves to soft soap his dilemma.
You can bet WCCO TV wouldn't give Al Franken the same treatment. The station has a Republican bias that is sickening.

[gurukalehuru]

If this is a gift, it's a small one, not politically significant. I'm much more interested in whether or not there is any sexual relationship between Norm Coleman and Jeff Larson. They are, after all, Republicans.

[BadCompany]

Go Al Franken!

[ggmome]

Senators and Congresspersons need to be reminded who they are in DC to Represent. It is not about THEM!

[gbht12]

Wow!

Can I get a deal like that please?

[ggmome]

Somewhere down the line, these Senators and Congresspersons, have forgotten who and what they are in Washington to Represent... They have lost sight of those they are Representing, and it has become ABOUT THEM! There are few there that truly realize what their job descriptions entail. We had better remind them in the our Votes.

[steamboat]

and investigate Sen. Chris Dodd, also? His dirty sweetheart deal with Countryside Financing.

Arianna, why no post on this?

[Graywolf48]

It was posted here, weeks ago. Try to keep up, dummy. Maybe your boat needs a little more steam?

[steamboat]

wolf, as long as I maintain a steamboat and don't go to a swiftboat. I think you'll agree with that.

[AdamND]

Not really a sweetheart deal. If you look into it they didnt get much of a deal.

[TheOneironaut]

Thats what they get for bringing up Rezko!! HAHAAHAHAHAHAHAAH

[brwnizofmine]

We need to clean house in Washington for sure!