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...ethics panel has other fish to fry. Members reportedly have sent Sen. Alan Simpson (R-Wy.), one of Packwood's chief defenders, a letter asking how he managed to obtain the statements by two witnesses in its Packwood investigation that he discussed last Thursday on ABC-TV's "Nightline." (One statement said a woman who accused Packwood of sexual misconduct had herself made advances on him.) Simpson, who has accused Packwood critics of leaking unfavorable material, told the Associated Press today that he was simply circulating the "other side" of the story...
...Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) said she would will hit the Senate floor "as soon as possible" to challenge an ethics committee vote Monday to rejectpublic hearings on Sen. Bob Packwood (R-Ore.)TIME's Karen Tumultysays Boxer is expected to introduce her measure either tonight or Wednesday. "This is a real miscarriage of justice," Boxer told "CBS This Morning" today. "I think it's a horrific message...
...Packwood continues to be dogged by the charges against him. Most recently, the debate has focused on whether hearings on the matter will be held in the Senate Ethics Committee...
...found this really surprising, because he was known as an advocate of women's right," she said, nothing that Packwood, a Republican from Oregon, once counted Gloria Stienem and Kate Michelman (check name) among his friends...
...Many people thought it would be a one or two day story," she said of the Packwood allegations. "It's been a three year story...