A coalition of reform groups are calling on the House Ethics Committee to resume its work on the investigation of Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA). The ethics watchdogs said in a letter to House Ethics Chairman Jo Bonner (R-Ala.) and Linda Sanchez (D-CA) that they want the committee to let the public know more about the status of the case.Two lawyers on the Ethics Committee — Morgan Kim and Stacey Sovereign — who were working on the Waters case were suspended in November for still unconfirmed reasons but amid accusations that they either bungled or perhaps pursued too aggressively the case against Waters. Kim has since landed in a position on the GOP staff of the House Natural Resources Committee.
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