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Representative Edolphus Towns in a spot of trouble.

Corruption in Congress? Naaaaaa... Meet Representative Edolphus Towns, Democrat, 10th District of New York based in Brooklyn. On December 10, 2008, the House Democratic Caucus formally elected Rep. Towns as Chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. See where this is going yet? From Bloomberg:

Lawmaker Blocking Countrywide Subpoena Received Loans From Firm
The chairman of a U.S. House committee who has refused Republican requests to subpoena Countrywide Financial Corp. over questions about preferential treatment for lawmakers received at least two loans from the company, records show.

One of the loans to Representative Edolphus Towns, a New York Democrat, was processed through an office the company used to prepare so-called VIP loans, according to public mortgage documents. Towns, as head of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, has rejected calls from Republicans to subpoena the company for details of the VIP program.

�Congressman Towns did not receive, nor did he seek, any special mortgage benefits,� Towns spokeswoman Shrita Sterlin said in an e-mail yesterday. �We have no reason to believe there is anything to this matter.�

Emphasis mine -- Oink Flap Oink Flap Oink Flap The article goes into a lot more detail -- Towns is dirty. Posted by DaveH at August 8, 2009 7:27 PM