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Title
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"We don't have time for this" news article excerpt on the 1992 House banking scandal
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Description
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An excerpt of the Oregonian article "We don't have time for this" by Steve Duin, first published on March 19, 1992, and reprinted by the Les AuCoin for Senate Committee. Duin's article analyzes the 1992 House banking scandal in Congress, of which AuCoin was later cleared of any wrongdoing by the US Department of Justice. In 1992, an investigation discovered that hundreds of members of Congress had overdrafted their House bank accounts numerous times, although it was found that the vast majority did so unintentionally -- as the House bank system did not properly alert members of their overdrafts and delayed processing deposits -- and did not break any laws. Duin describes the scandal as "absurdly overblown," defending both Congressman Peter DeFazio and Congressman Les AuCoin.
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This is one of a collection of digitized objects from the Les AuCoin Papers (MS.147) at the Pacific University Archives. AuCoin served in the Oregon House of Representatives (1971-1975) and in the United States House of Representatives from Oregon's 1st District (1975-1993).
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Identifier
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PUA_MS147_537
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Creator
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Duin, Steve
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Date Created
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March 19, 1992
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Is Part Of
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The Oregonian
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Source
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Les AuCoin Papers, Pacific University Archives
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Rights
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http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
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Type
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Text
PUA_MS147_537.pdf