60 Minutes on Shuster and Corruption in Congress

[Gary Ruskin]

Congressional Reform Briefings			October 14, 2000

Tomorrow, the CBS News program 60 Minutes will air a segment on
corruption in Congress, featuring the case of House Transportation
Committee Chairman Bud Shuster, and his legislative, political,
financial and personal ties to top transportation lobbyist Ann Eppard.

According to 60 Minutes, the segment will cover "Bud Shuster: How close
a relationship can a congressman and a lobbyist have? A House ethics
committee says the relationship between House Transportation Committee
Chairman Bud Shuster and Ann Eppard went over the line. Mike Wallace
reports. Robert Anderson is the producer."

The Congressional Accountability Project asked Attorney General Janet
Reno to investigate Chairman Shuster and lobbyist Eppard on February 28,
1996, and filed an ethics complaint against Chairman Shuster on
September 5, 1996.  That complaint led the House ethics committee to
issue a letter of reproval for Chairman Shuster.

Congressional Accountability Project Director Gary Ruskin was
interviewed by Mike Wallace and will appear in the segment.

FOR MORE INFORMATION 
about the Shuster case and corruption in Congress, see the Congressional
Accountability Project website at
<http://www.essential.org/orgs/CAP/CAP.html>.

The Congressional Accountability Project opposes corruption in the U.S.
Congress. 

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