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Amazing how anomalies like this are discovered only now. And it makes one wonder about Cunningham's staff as well, particularly on the Appropriations and Intelligence committees. Posted by Laura at February 2, 2006 05:31 AMThe staff member who tracks defense appropriations for Rep. Jerry Lewis (R-Calif.), chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, is a military officer on the Pentagon’s payroll, an apparent violation of House rules and a possible conflict of interest.
Marine Lt. Col. Carl Kime works as an appropriations associate in Lewis’s personal office, according to his business card. The aide’s service appears to violate two provisions of the House members’ congressional handbook: that detailees are supposed to serve committees for only one year and that they are not allowed to be assigned to members’ personal offices.