Rule-Breaking Republican Hit With Historic Censure

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Anadolu / Anadolu via Getty Images A Republican lawmaker has faced an unprecedented public rebuke from the Senate Ethics Committee after missing deadlines to report his personal finances, violating both federal law and chamber rules. The historic slapdown targeted former billionaire Republican Senator Jim Justice of West Virginia in a rare letter of admonition released this week. According to reporting from the Washington Sun, the citation marks a major milestone on Capitol Hill. “It is the first time since the passage of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 that the committee has found a…

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