31.   And at the statehouse, a legislative ethics committee rejected charges of ethics violations against acting governor Donald DiFrancesco.

32.   And although he may win reelection as speaker, the Georgia Republican still must weather the twin storms of an ethics committee hearing and a likely reprimand.

33.   And any charges focused on Congress should be handled by the ethics committees, he insists in clearing his plate for a full-blown Clinton inquiry.

34.   And it will be up to the ethics committee to decide whether to disclose any ethics complaints or investigations to the public.

35.   And now Armey and Minority Leader Richard A. Gephardt of Missouri are talking about creating a committee to reform the ethics committee.

36.   And it left the ethics committee in a partisan shamble.

37.   And the House ethics committee has not granted a letter reassuring members about the propriety of participating in the excursion.

38.   Another ethics committee needs to be appointed to investigate the House ethics committee, which unethically decides issues based on party affiliation, not on ethics.

39.   Any in the latter category could be referred either to the House ethics committee or the Justice Department.

40.   Any other recent ethics committee, however, quickly would have bundled the rest of the case against Gingrich off to a special counsel.