Here’s a copy of the request for an ethics investigation into Rep. Don Young’s (R-AK) murky Coconut Road earmark that we mentioned earlier.
Last month I spoke with executive director of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington Melanie Sloan who said there’s virtually no chance that the famously inactive House ethics committee will pursue the issue. But as Paul just noted, maybe the sleeping giant has awakened. We here at TPMmuckraker like to think of the glass as half full.