21 Jul 2009 // Manu Raju and John Bresnahan // Politico - Rep. Zach Wamp took a $5,000 campaign contribution from Sen. John Ensign — a fellow Republican and fellow resident of a Capitol Hill Christian fellowship house — eight days after Ensign admitted publicly that he’d had an affair with a former staffer.
The contribution, from Ensign’s Battle Born PAC to Wamp’s Tennessee gubernatorial campaign, shows up on Ensign’s latest FEC filing — and there’s no indication that Wamp has tried to return it.
Wamp did not respond to questions about the contribution Monday; his congressional office referred POLITICO to his gubernatorial campaign, and the campaign did not respond to several messages.
Although Wamp and Ensign live together at the C Street Christian group house, Wamp, a Tennessee Republican, has said little about Ensign’s affair except to suggest that he’ll abide by the code of silence that covers whatever happens in the home.
Two weeks after taking the $5,000 from Ensign, Wamp told the Knoxville News Sentinel: “I hate it that John Ensign lives in the house and this happened, because it opens up all of these kinds of questions.” But, he added, “I’m not going to be the guy who goes out and talks.”
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2 comments:
I hope this story continues to have legs...It could be the end for the far right in terms of having any clout or recognition. they would be relegated in daddy Bush's terms, part of the "extra chromosome crowd"
Jeebus !
How about just a little Separation of Church & State,Aye ?
How about alot,instead !
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