Escort service called lawmaker 5 times
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A woman accused of running a Washington prostitution ring placed five phone calls to David Vitter while he was a House member, including two while roll call votes were under way, according to telephone and congressional records.
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Fines of up to &#36;500,000 per violation for indecent material aired on broadcast television and radio were unveiled by a top U.S. House of Representatives lawmaker on Tuesday, renewing a campaign to clean up broadcasting that failed last year.
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By Steve Tetreault  By STEVE TETREAULT  Stephens Washington Bureau   WASHINGTON - Rep.
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Three legislators are asking Attorney General Martha Coakley to take action against an Ohio debt collector who is accused of harassing and threatening Massachusetts residents.
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Allegedly scamming a Virginia businesswoman could prove to be a major mistake for a Democratic congressman from New Orleans.
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska  - FBI agents combed the offices   of six Alaska state lawmakers on Thursday as part of a criminal   investigation, according to local news reports and lawmakers   not targeted in the probe.
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SAN DIEGO, Oct. 17 -- Prosecutors trying San Diego businessman Brent Wilkes for allegedly bribing then-Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham (R-Calif.) rested their case Wednesday with brief testimony from two prostitutes who said they were paid to have sex with Wilkes and the lawmaker.
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Here is a typical e-mail waiting for Nhan Vu when he arrives at work in the morning, this one from a county official complaining on behalf of a constituent: "[A citizen] called in saying that when she is coming from Hoadley Road & then turning right onto 234 & then turning Left onto Counselor Road....
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A conservative senator from America&#39;s Bible Belt has apologized after being exposed as a former customer of an upscale prostitution agency whose massive client list is said to include many Washington power brokers.
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A congressional inquiry into online data brokers has raised concerns that federal and local law enforcement may be skirting privacy laws to obtain calling records
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By La Crosse Tribune, Wis.  May 31--Five people, including two 12-year-olds, were cited Wednesday for trespassing at U.S. Rep. Ron Kind's La Crosse office at 205 Fifth Ave. S.
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A former New Orleans prostitute who will be featured in Larry Flynt's Hustler magazine appeared at his office Tuesday to accuse Sen. David Vitter of having a sexual relationship with her in 1999. Wendy Ellis told reporters that Vitter visited her two to three times a week for sexual relations between July and November 1999.
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Lawmakers charged with enforcing  ethics in the U.S. House of Representatives met on Thursday to  begin an investigation of a sex scandal that has ensnared top  Republicans and could harm their chances of keeping control of  Congress in the November 7 elections.
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The government is seeking penalties against a Nevada-based telemarketing group for alleged violations of the federal do-not-call registry, making calls to more than 300,000 people whose numbers were on the list.
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By SAM HANANEL  WASHINGTON - On a recent weeknight, Kansas Rep. Jerry Moran spoke to nearly 10,000 of his constituents at once - from the comfort of his Capitol Hill office.
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By Emily Wagster Pettus Associated Press  JACKSON - A Mississippi senator who's running for state auditor was listing his Capitol phone number on the "contact me" portion of his campaign Web site.  Sen.
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After raising record sums to win high office, the region's politicians are preparing to party -- and again looking for someone to pick up the costs.