61.   A member of the House Republican leadership can dip into his campaign treasury to pay for a lawsuit against Rep. Jim McDermott, the House ethics committee has ruled.

62.   A mere cheeseburger could send an errant lawmaker to the House ethics committee.

63.   A few Republicans have said their support for Gingrich is predicated on a favorable report from the House ethics committee, but Granger is committed without conditions.

64.   A House ethics committee that had appeared paralyzed by partisan bickering has taken a startling step in its long-stalled investigation of Speaker Newt Gingrich.

65.   -a measure blocking a Democratic request for the House ethics committee to report on its investigation of Speaker Newt Gingrich.

66.   A government watchdog group called for the House ethics committee to expand its investigation into Rep. Bud Shuster.

67.   A result has been more studies of greater complexity that must be approved by local ethics committees, known as institutional review boards.

68.   A tax expert hired by the ethics committee agreed with Cole that Gingrich violated the law by using tax-exempt donations for political purposes.

69.   A week later, the House ethics committee voted unanimously to hire an outside counsel to pursue separate charges against Gingrich.

70.   According to a public schedule released by the ethics committee early Thursday morning, the panel will begin a week of public hearings on the Gingrich case on Monday.