The ethics (or, rather, the lack thereof) buzz around Rep. Richard "Dick" Pombo (R-Calif.) is getting louder. The latest has to do with over $6,000 in taxpayer money he used to rent an RV and drive his family around on a two-week vacation to various national parks, which he assures us was all official business. Several of the park officials he claimed to have met, however, are struggling to recall ever seeing him. Must have slipped their minds.

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