CREW accuses David Vitter of 'bribery'
By DAN BERMAN | 6/21/11 5:38 PM EDT
A Washington watchdog group is singling out Sen. David Vitter, accusing the Louisiana Republican of attempted bribery.
Vitter last month blocked a proposed pay raise for Interior Secretary Ken Salazar in order to pressure the Obama administration to approve more offshore drilling permits. On Tuesday, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington asked the Senate ethics committee to investigate whether Vitter’s actions amounted to attempted bribery.
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“I will end my efforts to block your salary increase” only when the rate of permits for deepwater wells had been increased by Interior to six per month, Vitter wrote in a letter to the Interior secretary.
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