Tony Gonzales announces plans to quit Congress early - Axios
Representative Tony Gonzales announced his resignation from Congress following an ethics probe and calls for his removal due to personal misconduct.
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TAP FOR WHYRep. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) announced his early resignation from Congress following a House Ethics Committee investigation and bipartisan pressure regarding an admitted affair with a staffer who died by suicide.
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31 OUTLETSOutlets across the spectrum are reporting on Gonzales's resignation with uniform negativity, though they emphasize different consequences of the scandal. While center-left sources like NPR and MS NOW focus on the House Ethics Committee probe and the tragic suicide of the staffer involved, right-leaning outlets like Fox News highlight the subsequent push by GOP colleagues to strip Gonzales of his taxpayer-funded pension.
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