NY Post - By GINGER ADAMS OTIS and ISABEL VINCENT Nov. 30, 2008
High-ranking members of Congress were flown to a lush Caribbean resort this month for a three-day conference planned and paid for by several of the country's most powerful corporations - a violation of federal ethics rules, critics say.
Six members of the Congressional Black Caucus attended the 13th annual Caribbean Multi-National Business Conference in sun-drenched St. Maarten, including embattled Harlem Rep. Charles Rangel and New Jersey Rep. Donald Payne.
A national ethics watchdog group says the Caribbean conference ran afoul of Congress' new ethics rules. See full story ...
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