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      <excerpt>...Thursday considered three referrals from the recently formed Office of Congressional Ethics. It dismissed a case against Rep. Sam Graves (R-Mo.), who is white, but agreed to open full-blown investigations of California Democratic Reps. Maxine Waters and</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...resort, storage of a vehicle in a House parking area. Jesse Jackson Jr., D-Ill., fundraising in return for Illinois Senate seat. Sam Graves, R-Mo., inviting a longtime friend and business partner of his wife to testify before a committee. Case dismissed</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...House Ethics Committee has cleared Rep. Sam Graves (Mo.), the ranking Republican on the House Small Business Committee, of any impropriety after scrutinizing him early this year. The committee said Thursday that it found nothing improper in Graves helpi</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...subcommittees in the cases of Richardson and Waters. At the same time, the panel dismissed a third case involving Rep. Sam Graves, a Missouri Republican. Richardson's case involves whether she received preferential treatment in the foreclosure and event</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...Thursday &quot;again slammed the year-old Office of Congressional Ethics -- declaring the OCE's earlier review of the&quot; case of Rep. Sam Graves, D-Mo., &quot;case and recommendation that it merited further consideration by the Ethics Committee was procedurally 'de</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...her annual personal financial-disclosure statement related to her real estate.Ms. Richardson wasn't immediately available for comment.The committee also dismissed a complaint about Rep. Sam Graves (R., Mo.). Write to Brody Mullins at brody.mullins@wsj.c</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...&#160;issued brief statements on Thursday confirming a probe of Waters and Richardson.&#160; It also issued a statement clearing Rep. Sam Graves, R-Mo., of any wrongdoing. Under scrutiny, the Post reports, are Reps. &#160;John P. Murtha, D-Pa.,&#160; Peter J. Visclosky</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Sam Graves is the U.S. representative from Missouri&amp;#39;s Sixth District, which includes northwest Missouri. Maryville Daily Forum. true. Related Stories. Loading additional related stories... Loading commenting interface... Comments ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Separately, the ethics committee dismissed allegations against Rep. Sam Graves (R-Mo.) and released a 541-page OCE report as required under rules governing interaction between the OCE and the ethics panel. ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Seems there&amp;#39;s this Congressman whose name is Sam Graves. He&amp;#39;s a Republican from Missouri &#8211; the show me state. He&amp;#39;s also the ranking member of the House Small Business Committee, which yesterday held a hearing on the federal estate tax. ...  o</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>among its 10 members &#8212; on Thursday considered three referrals from the recently formed Office of Congressional Ethics. It dismissed a case against Rep. Sam Graves (R-Mo.), who is white, but agreed to open full-blown investigations of ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Other tham my congressman (Sam Graves, Mo. 6th district.), Sarah Palin and perhaps Michelle Bachman (sp?) I have problems detecting any true Reagan conservatives within the GOP. Log in to Reply. 26 knightone July 15, 2009 at 11:13 am. I  like Michelle Bach</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Congressman Sam Graves claims to be working on his legislative reading. But where it concerns the 1990-page health care reform bill, the lawmaker remains confident of his math. The nation can&amp;#39;t afford it, he says.</excerpt>
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      <title>stjoenews.net | Graves: Nation can&amp;#39;t afford health care bill</title>
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