Harry Reid ethics standards above the rest?

SteveS — 5/30/2006 1:23:11 PM (archived)

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid, who has criticized Republican ethics, accepted free ringside tickets to three professional boxing matches from Nevada officials who were trying to influence his federal legislation
regulating the sport.

Reid, D-Nev., took the free seats for Las Vegas fights between 2003 and 2005 from the Nevada Athletic Commission as he pressed legislation to increase federal oversight of boxing, including the creation of a government commission.

Several ethics experts said Reid should have paid for the tickets, which were close to the ring and worth between several hundred and several thousand dollars each, to avoid the appearance he was being influenced by gifts.

Two senators who joined Reid for fights with the complimentary tickets took markedly differently steps.
Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., insisted on paying $1,400 for his ticket when he joined Reid for a 2004 championship fight. Sen. John Ensign, R-Nev., accepted free tickets to another fight with Reid but already had abstained from taking any votes or actions on the boxing bill because his father was an executive for a Las Vegas hotel that hosts fights.

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Harry Reid ethics standards above the rest? - SteveS - 5/30/2006 1:23:11 PM
- The rest of the story........ - Tony - 5/30/2006 2:54:06 PM
  - re: The real story........ - SteveS - 5/30/2006 3:52:49 PM
    - I didn't say it was OK or even ethical. - Tony - 5/30/2006 5:26:59 PM
      - Hey, buddy-- - Mary Anne - 5/30/2006 6:48:52 PM
        
        Good Grief Mary Ann - FrankC - 5/31/2006 3:32:25 AM
      - I didnâ€™t say it was illegal - SteveS - 5/30/2006 6:45:54 PM
        
        A) It's Chapter 2, not chapter 1 - Tony - 5/30/2006 8:12:34 PM
        
        Nitpicking aside, he has a point. - Tom Brosz - 5/31/2006 1:34:57 AM
        
        How the NYT sees it - Tom Brosz - 5/31/2006 4:37:04 PM
        
        Where? - Robert - 5/31/2006 10:23:31 PM
        
        Ah. Playing - Tom Brosz - 6/1/2006 2:07:21 AM
        
        Ah. Inconsistency - Robert - 6/1/2006 3:54:53 PM
        
        re: Ah. Non sequitor - Tom Brosz - 6/1/2006 5:44:23 PM
        
        Ya got me - Robert - 6/2/2006 2:33:38 AM
        
        Having your cake - Tony - 6/1/2006 6:12:10 PM
        
        Bingo. (n/t) - Tony - 6/1/2006 5:08:06 PM
        
        Chapter 2, page 42 & 43 - SteveS - 5/30/2006 9:43:40 PM
        
        Much better, but I draw your attention to the word "repeatedly".... (n/t) - Tony - 5/31/2006 2:41:29 PM
        
        Thanks and "repeatedly".... - SteveS - 5/31/2006 4:39:12 PM
        
        Possibly true, but..... - Tony - 6/1/2006 3:55:51 PM
        
        re: Possibly true, but..... - SteveS - 6/1/2006 10:03:59 PM
  - ...and perspective - Robert - 5/30/2006 3:44:26 PM
    - re: ...and perspective - SteveS - 5/30/2006 4:39:41 PM
    - Caesar's wife... - Mary Anne - 5/30/2006 4:26:32 PM
      - re: Caesar's wife... - Robert - 5/30/2006 5:01:45 PM
- How's this for a chuckle? - Mary Anne - 5/30/2006 1:31:48 PM
  - "Doesn't attend prizefights" - Tom Brosz - 5/30/2006 2:55:26 PM
  - Laughing so hard it hurts - SteveS - 5/30/2006 2:18:47 PM
    - You know what the next excuse will be... - ljk - 5/30/2006 7:17:36 PM

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